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Ensuring everyone in Gosport, Stubbington, Lee-on-the-Solent and Hill Head has access to the best education and training is essential to the future of the area.

Caroline wants all children to get the best possible start in life. She fought against Sure Start Children's Centre closures, raising her concerns in Parliament and locally. In 2016, Caroline was appointed Minister for Women, Equalities and Early Years and was responsible for the implementation of 30 hours free childcare.

Since becoming elected, Caroline has visited all of the schools and colleges in her constituency, meeting with hundreds of teachers and pupils to discuss their achievements and the challenges they face. She has also welcomed many local schools and home education groups to Parliament, taking part in lively Q&A sessions with pupils of all ages. Caroline played an important role in securing new sports facilities at Bay House and Bridgemary Schools.

In 2019, Caroline won the star prize in a digital currency competition, winning £10,000 for local schools which she divided amongst them.

She took part in the campaign to keep children safe online as a member of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Child Safety Online and held a Cyber Safety event to help parents be confident with digital parenting.

Caroline has hosted many events for senior school pupils surrounding enterprise and business, welcoming Baroness Karren Brady to Bay House School and Jacqueline Gold CBE and a cohort of successful local businesswomen to Bridgemary School.

She has strived to encourage more girls into STEM and is a keen supporter of Gomer Junior School’s gSTEM project, bringing ministers to see the learning in action. In 2019, the then Secretary of State for Education, Damian Hinds, accepted her invitation to meet with local head teachers and open the Gosport STEM Centre.

Caroline helped to secure funding for CEMAST, which trains over 1100 engineering students annually. Caroline also backed the funding bid to build CETC based at Daedalus, offering practical training so that apprentices are 'work ready' after an intensive 20 week training course. She took the then Skills Minister, Anne Milton, to see their unique model.

She has promoted apprenticeship schemes throughout the area and completed her own mini-apprenticeship at Costa Coffee. She ran a campaign to shine a light on the diversity of apprenticeships in the Gosport constituency, and invited learners to Parliament to meet the then Apprenticeships and Skills Minister, the Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP

Believing that educational opportunities should be available to people whatever their age, Caroline worked hard to save adult education resources when the Rowner RSR closed and was delighted to help secure the new service at the Nimrod Centre. The project was hailed as a European example of excellence and a blueprint for other adult education schemes. The project moved to St Vincent College in 2018 rebranded as "Choices @ The Clocktower".

Through her engagement with Gosport based reading programme 'We CAN Read', Caroline developed a passion for boosting basic skills among the adult population. She led a landmark debate in the House of Commons on adult literacy and numeracy and played a key role in securing a BIS Select Committee Inquiry into adult literacy and numeracy issues. She also formed an All Party Parliamentary Group for Maths and Numeracy with cross party support and was Co-Chair of the group.

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New Educational Opportunities For Adults Announced

Wednesday, 30 September, 2020

Today, the Prime Minister has announced that from April 2021 adults without an A-level or equivalent qualification will have the chance to take a free, fully-funded college course.

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Secretary of State opens Digger School!

Friday, 18 September, 2020

Gavin Williamson MP, Secretary of State for Education, opened the Civil Engineering Training Centre (CETC) based at Daedalus yesterday.

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Early Years Funding To Boost Language Skills

Tuesday, 25 August, 2020

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, is encouraging state schools within the Gosport Constituency to apply for funding from a £9 million pot to help reception-age children with their language skills.

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Pay Rise For Public Sector Workers

Tuesday, 21 July, 2020

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, has today welcomed the news that 900 000 public sector workers, from doctors to Armed Forces personnel, will benefit from a pay rise.

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Educational Boost For State And Special Needs Schools

Tuesday, 21 July, 2020

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, has welcomed the news that state and special needs schools in the South East will see a funding boost.

‘Build build build’: New Deal for Britain

Tuesday, 30 June, 2020

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, welcomes the ‘build build build’ New Deal for Britain which puts jobs and infrastructure at the centre of the government’s economic growth strategy.

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National Numeracy Day To Boost Numbers Skills

Tuesday, 12 May, 2020

Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, is encouraging constituents to take part in the National Numeracy Challenge this National Numeracy Day on May 13th.

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Caroline Helps Share a Million Stories for World Book Day

Thursday, 5 March, 2020

“I began to realise how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good.” Ronald Dahl.

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Teaching Starting Salaries To See Sustained Increase

Wednesday, 22 January, 2020

Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has put forward proposals for the biggest sustained salary increase for teachers since 2015.

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Caroline calls on residents to make their voices heard!

Tuesday, 21 January, 2020

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, is urging residents to take part in Hampshire County Council’s Consultation on proposed changes to Hampshire's Library Service.

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