FORMER STUDENT, JUSTINE GREENING, THE EDUCATION SECRETARY, OFFICIALLY OPENS OAKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL!

I was at Oakwood High School this morning, where Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for Education, was officially opening their fantastic new school building. Justine Greening MP was returning to her former Rotherham school to officially open its new building. Interestingly she is the first Education Secretary with a comprehensive school background!

I was there because we are working with colleagues and a wonderful group of young people at Oakwood High School, who are working on our 'Better Learners, Better Workers' healthcare and engineering programmes. Programmes where young people experience of the world of work and develop the character, core skills and workplace skills that will help them thrive and succeed at school and in the world of work. Ms Greening was shown around Oakwood High School's fantastic new £12 million pound building by head teacher David Naisbitt and Year 11 students Will Monteiro and Safia Ajaib, the school's head boy and girl. The new building on Moorgate was commissioned and built as part of the Government’s Priority Schools Building Programme. Ms Greening visited classrooms and unveiled a plaque to commemorate the opening during a ceremony in which she told students that they needed to develop character and resilience, the skills at the heart of our programmes, and that they were fortunate that they were at a school that would help them achieve to their potential.