Bromley MPs Jo Johnson, Bob Stewart and Bob Neill, along with Cllr Ernest Noad, Lead Member for Children's Services in Bromley, met earlier today with Tim Loughton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families.  The MPs discussed funding provisions for vulnerable children within Academy schools, which are now independent of the Local Authority. 

Jo said: "I am grateful to the minister for taking the time to meet with us.  We had a frank and productive discussion and I welcome his assurances that he will do what he can to give every child in Bromley a fair start in life.  I am proud that our borough has had a particularly high rate of Academy conversions – one-size-fits-all education just doesn't cut it – but the coalition has also vowed to make social mobility a priority, and I was pleased to see the minister reaffirm that today".