Graham Stuart MP met pupils and staff at Longcroft School and Sixth Form to see for himself the amazing progress that the school has made over recent years with the support of the Wonder Learning Partnership Trust and show his support for the partnership’s exciting vision to secure sustained educational excellence in the locality. Graham noted the impressive facilities that are now available to those seeking a world class coeducational secondary school in the communities of Beverley and the surrounding areas. Visiting a range of subjects, he was able to talk to children about their impressive work and their ambitions for the future, sharing his own experiences of education not only as a pupil himself, but also in developing and shaping national policy.

Having been involved from the early stages in brokering the partnership between the East Riding Local Authority, Wonder Learning Partnership Trust and the school, Graham knows well the Longcroft journey and has played a key role in its widely acknowledged success. Leaders discussed how grateful they have been of the Local Authority’s support in facilitating this partnership and in doing so investing in the school and community. There is now an exciting opportunity to secure the long term future of the school and further develop partnerships within the locality, ensuring that the great outcomes achieved to date form the foundation for sustained excellence.