West Dorset’s MP Chris Loder has met with Staff and Governors of the Woodroffe School in Lyme Regis on Friday 14th April to discuss ways of improving the school’s classroom facilities. Mr Loder said;
“Woodroffe is a very special and unique school, but the gradual construction process of the site with different blocks built in different eras has meant we now have some serious long term issues relating to classroom conditions and futureproofing for climate resilience. Some of the temporary classrooms at Woodroffe are from that generation of portacabins that I was taught in over 25 years ago and are requiring frequent work to keep them functional.”
Mr Loder was shown around the school by Headteacher Dan Watts, Parent Governor Chris Newall and Site Manager Mat Daly to see the condition of the many buildings around the school site, the varying conditions and to demonstrate the need for additional support to resolve some of the classroom issues. The local MP continued;
“The number of young people being taught at Woodroffe has also increased significantly in recent times with over 1000 pupils going to school there now, up from around 800 only a few years ago. I will continue to work hard as your MP to find ways to improve the Woodroffe School facilities in the same way we have successfully done for other schools in the constituency.”
