Statement of support from Tim Yeo, MP

"I would like everyone here this evening to know that the idea of a new secondary school in Clare has my full support. I believe this would best serve the interests of the town and the surrounding villages and is clearly preferable to bussing eleven year old boys and girls to schools in Haverhill.
"I am delighted that Suffolk County Council has accepted, in Option Three, that a new secondary school in Clare is a real possibility. Our task now is to make this their preferred option. They clearly recognise the considerable merits of this proposal or they would not have seen fit to suggest it at all.
"As someone who believes that maximum local choice in education is one of the best ways of improving our education system i am instinctively in favour of the three schools option. And if the local community get behind the idea they have my full backing. " TIM YEO MP