West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin is celebrating a huge cash boost for Pershore High School which will see more than £3million being spent on new classrooms. Harriett lobbied Education Minister David Laws to urge the department to back plans to improve the schools facilities – some of which were built in the 1970s and were due for upgrade more than two decades ago. The project – which will overhaul two teaching blocks – will cost £3.3 million and the work will be carried out over the next two years. Harriett commented: “The new blocks will make a huge difference to the school and add impressive new buildings to the campus. “I was more than willing to make the case for this funding and I wrote to both the Minster and the funding department’s chief executive to press for some long-overdue investment in classrooms. “Head teacher Clive Corbett took me on a tour of some of the older buildings when I last visited the school and I was happy to offer my support when he put the funding bid together. “Pershore High School pulls out all the stops to give their students the best possible education and investing in our children’s education is fundamental to the Government’s long term economic plan.” Pershore High School head teacher Clive Corbertt added: “The award of £3.3 million offers a wonderful opportunity to further improve the school’s facilities, notably in the areas of Art and Design, Humanities and Modern Languages. “The new buildings will allow students to learn in even more exciting and interesting ways, and I am hugely grateful to Harriett Baldwin for her unstinting support for our project.”