The youngest disadvantaged children in the Graves Park area would benefit from a threefold increase in cash support under Lib Dem manifesto plans unwrapped today. Announcing the proposals, Schools Minister David Laws said the Liberal Democrats will more than triple the early years pupil premium to £1000 per child.  The early years pupil premium was introduced in March […]

Speaking today at the LACA Main Event in Birmingham, David Laws revealed that, according to recent information from schools and councils, over 99% of schools are on track to deliver nutritious and free school meals to infants this September. Free school meals are expected to benefit an extra 1.5 million children. This policy is the […]

Nine schools in the Graves Park area are receiving a total of more than £800k thanks to the Lib Dem Pupil Premium this school year. Local schools in our area of Graves Park alone will have benefited from a total £1.6 MILLION since the Pupil Premium was introduced in Apr 2011! Sheffield schools are benefiting to the tune of […]

Get the Facts: Tuition Fees Lib Dems reveal the Facts about Tuition Fees The Liberal Democrats have released a new Factsheet on tuition fees. Read it now. The Liberal Democrats have released a new factsheet which sets out the truth about the impact of Tuition Fees. As a party, we acknowledge that we couldn’t deliver our policy […]

Lib Dems in government deliver better deal for local children ALL children from the ages of 5-7 in Sheffield are to receive free school meals starting next September. The announcement, made by Sheffield Lib Dem MP Nick Clegg, has been warmly welcomed by parents and the Children’s Society. Local Lib Dem campaigner, Steve Ayris, said, “This will help parents with the cost of living, but just […]

Schools in the Graves Park area are set to gain £800k cash this year – thanks to the Lib Dems. The Pupil Premium is a major Liberal Democrat priority that is being delivered by the Coalition Government. Nine schools in our area will benefit from a total of more than £800k under the Pupil Premium […]

Sheffield primary schools look set to benefit from an additional £11 million this year through the Liberal Democrat Pupil Premium, alongside a massive increase in primary school places. The pupil premium, which will be worth £10.9 million for primary schools in 2013/14, is targeted to help schools support the most disadvantaged pupils. The funding, which […]

Sheffield’s Labour bosses are still keeping residents in the dark about their plans to shut up to half of our local libraries. Hundreds of residents in Woodseats, Norton and Norton Lees are among 12,500 who have now signed the petition to save the libraries – but Labour bosses have refused to rule out closing Woodseats, Jordanthorpe or Greenhill libraries. Biggest petition for a decade Local […]

Council bosses have conspired to keep secret a ‘hit-list’ of Sheffield libraries potentially earmarked for closure. Council officials have refused to release details of recent expressions of interest in running local libraries, despite prior confirmation that the information should be released. Where no expressions of interest have been made, libraries could be earmarked for closure, […]

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