Conservative Councillor Adam Thomas recently visited the Avery Hill Nursery's open day to look at best practice in early years education. The nursery is considered to be an outstanding child care facility in the borough and at the moment offers child care for students studying at Greenwich University and the Avery Hill campus.
Following Thursday’s General and Local Elections Greenwich Conservatives are pleased to welcome three new Councillors to the Council Group, Cllr Matt Clare, Cllr Neil Dickenson and Cllr Adam Thomas.
David Gold, Spencer Drury and Colin Bloom were unsuccessful in their campaigns to be elected to the House of Commons.
David Gold said: “I would like to thank everyone who has voted for me and extend a special thank-you to members of my dedicated team of activists. It has been an absolute privilege to be your Conservative candidate at this election.”
Polls opened today across Greenwich for both the General Election and Greenwich Borough Elections. Today is the day that you can Vote for Change in Greenwich, in total you have four votes.
By voting for all Conservative Candidates you can bring Change to Greenwich. Standing for Parliament are:
With less than a day of campaigning left for all parties it is time to make your mind up.
The figures from the last election for which ward figures are available are from the GLA Elections in 2008 show that only the Conservatives can beat Labour here to change Greenwich West.
The percentage of the vote then was as follows:
Sadly Greenwich has been in the bottom 10 in the country for most of the last 8 years and the worst in London for most of that time at Secondary level. Conservatives think that after nearly 40 years the Labour run Council has had enough time to try to improve the schools. In Primary education one of the main concerns remains that, despite having some very good schools the overall level remains very poor, suggesting many schools are well below an acceptable level. In addition, truancy remains high.
Conservatives would look to improve schooling across Greenwich: