Local students given voice over their education

Local students will have the chance to speak up about their education next week.

Pupils from the Island’s five high schools are meeting for the first ever Young Learners Conference.

Seventy-five youngsters between 11 and 18 years old are set to lay out their thoughts on their future education.

By the end, they’ll be able to take ideas back to school and pitch them to their head teachers.

The conference is the brainchild of Ramsey Grammar School’s assistant headteacher Julie Owen:

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