Gillian Keegan visited Chichester Highschool where she met the new Head Teacher Jo McKeown. She was then given a tour of the by the pupils where she saw classrooms and the fitness suite. Gillian spoke to some pupils in the meeting room about the books they were currently reading, hobbies and future careers. The Chichester MP was then led to an MP Question Time, where 6th form students were given the opportunity to ask questions of the MP that ranged from local to national policy areas. The student's enthusiasm was clearly to see and sadly there wasn’t time to get through everyone's questions. Gillian offered to answer them all if they wrote to her and since then nearly 40 further questions have arrived at her Westminster office.
The MP was then taken to watch some of the CCF (Combined Cadet Force) exercises at the school where the student demonstrated some of their marching drills for the MP.
After her visit, Gillian said: It was so lovely to return to Chichester Highschool. The students there are clearly engaged with current affairs and I was impressed that their focus was on local issues as well as the headline-catching ones on our news screens every night. Although it seems I have some homework to do to respond to all of the questions I didn’t get time to answer. It was also great to see the CCF on parade, a first for me on a school visit.
