Sunday 15 January 2012

Child Poverty Level Concern

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The ward team is increasingly concerned by child poverty statistics in the ward which remain high.

Luton & Wayfield has ten times the level of child poverty then Hempstead & Wigmore and yet when it comes to campaigning for investment in new Primary School buildings we see time and time again money diverted to wealthier areas.

With the failure to modernise Luton School despite clear demand we can not allow the education of young people to be put second place. We will continue to highlight our concerns over poor Level 2 SATS results, GCSE ratings and A-levels in our Primary and Secondary schools and we are pushing for improvements.

We believe the Council education team, led by Cllr Les Wicks, need to get a grip and start to target resource where it is most needed and where we can see the maximum impact for every pound spent

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