Chandler's Ford schools meeting

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The Member of Parliament for Chandler's Ford has convened a meeting between headteachers of the local primary schools and officials at Hampshire County Council to discuss the head's perceived lack of strategic view of the impact of a falling roll in the area.

Also covered my ongoing campaign around universal infant free school meals and we discussed, separately, the issue of home educated children. The headteachers included Chandler's Ford Infants, Fryern Federation and Merdon Junior School.

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