The new government has been asked whether a big Nottinghamshire school rebuilding plan will still go ahead after power changed hands following the general election. The Department of Education, under the previous Conservative administration, committed to building a 160-place Special Educational Needs school, as well as rebuilding ten existing schools in the county. Nottinghamshire County Council has now written to Bridget Phillipson, the new Labour Secretary for Education, saying it needs to know whether these will still go ahead. The government says schools must be fit for the future, and it …
