Dame Harriett Baldwin highlights the important role of the independent Malvern College as one of the largest employers in Worcestershire, and contributing £28 million to the local economy. She also raises concerns at the public cost if its 300-plus fee-paying pupils had to be transferred to local state schools.
Harriett backs a number of bids from local schools into the Condition Improvement Fund.
Harriett Baldwin speaks in Parliament about her recent visit to Our Place—an independent provider—which provides specialist education, mainly for children with autism, and asks if this school would be impacted should a tax on independent schools be introduced.
Harriett Baldwin speaks in the debate on the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill and calls on the Skills Minister to see if he can use the powers in the Bill to push back on Warwickshire College Group’s plans to close Malvern Hills College.
Following the Secretary of State’s visit to see the condition of the windows at Malvern Parish primary school, Harriett Baldwin asks the Minister for Schools Standards when the next condition improvement fund will be announced.