Horncastle & Louth MP Visits Banovallum

Member of Parliament for Louth & Horncastle Victoria Atkins has been sharing her experience of working at Westminster with pupils at Banovallum School. 

The MP, who is also Financial Secretary to the Treasury, met with Year 10 students, Acting Head Teacher Jenny Kirkwood and our trust leaders at Banovallum school on 9th June to talk about her career and find out more about the school and the trust. 

As well as sharing their experiences of studying at the school, the students also told Ms Atkins about their achievements, both in their curricular and extra-curricular endeavours, and their ambitions to step into student leadership as prefects. 

Mrs Kirkwood said: “It was superb to see our young people getting involved with the visit as they welcomed Ms Atkins to our school community.  

“They spoke with pride about their school and shared valuable insights into the experiences of young people in our setting. They also spoke of their ambitions for the future and were keen to listen and gather insight and advice from their MP. I was thrilled that our students could be a part of the visit.” 

During the visit we also shared some of the exciting projects in the pipeline with Ms Atkins along with the challenges faced in continuing to deliver the current high standard of safe, quality education for the 1,700 pupils attending our schools.  

During the visit our CEO Sandra James shared her direction for the trust as it continues to develop provision for young people and drive positive outcomes for them. 

"It was a pleasure to meet Ms Atkins again and welcome her to another of our trust schools,” said Mrs James. 

“We were delighted to have the opportunity to share our strategic vision for the trust, including plans for some high-profile projects which will benefit our young people and the local community.   

“As always, I was proud of our students who were interested to hear from Ms Atkins about her career path as they embark on their first steps into leadership with applications for the role of prefects.  I look forward to seeing them as role models in Year 11! " 

Gifted photographer 15-year-old Liv Summers was chosen to make a lasting record of the visit.  

Reflecting on her visit to the school, Ms Atkins said: “It was fantastic to be at the Banovallum School in Horncastle. It was great to meet some of the staff and students and to hear about the exciting projects they have coming up this year.  

“I also really appreciated this opportunity to discuss with the Horncastle Education Trust’s leadership team their visions for the future.   

 “I’d like to thank the wonderful staff and students for having me!”