Education

On the 10th November, Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, visited All Saints CofE Primary School in Bishops Caundle, which he attended as a pupil over thirty years ago.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, hosted a summit on the 9th November with the Farming Minister, Mark Spencer at Kingston Maurward College. The local MP was joined by over 40 NFU farmers and South Dorset’s MP, Richard Drax.

Cheselbourne Village School is set to receive a new modern building following the support of Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset. The local MP visited the premises in December 2022, where he pledged to support the School’s ambitions for a new building with classroom space and toilet facilities.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has expressed his support for community and heritage organisations in West Dorset to apply to Historic England for Working Class Heritage grants.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, attended a small ceremony on Tuesday 22nd August for the repatriation of a number of items belonging to Alan Turing.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, welcomed choristers of Sherborne Abbey Choir and their families to Parliament and Downing Street on the 4th August 2023. Over forty people attended and were given a tour of the Parliamentary Estate, including the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has welcomed the news that schools in his constituency will receive record-funding of £83,412,652 for 2024-25 through the National Funding Formula.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, led a summit with local farmers and members of the National Farmers’ Union on the 23rd June on the Dorset/Somerset border at Thorncombe, hosted by , first-generation dairy farmers Sophie and Tom Gregory.

Chris Loder, the MP for West Dorset, attended the unveiling of Broadwindsor’s new war memorial on the 6th June. The event, which coincided with the 79th anniversary of D-Day, was attended by villagers, councillors, schoolchildren, and local dignitaries.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has welcomed the news that three schools in the constituency are to benefit from the School Improvement Fund. Marshwood CofE Primary Academy, Thorncombe St.