John Battle Supports Move for Flagship Family Learning Centre

“A school that is no longer used by the Council should be transformed to the new West Leeds Family Learning Centre,” said John Battle, Labour MP for Leeds West.

Upper Wortley Primary School is moving to a new, modern building, and the old building will not be required by the Council.

John Battle recently took John Healey, Minister for Lifelong Learning, to see the building, when he visited West Leeds Family Learning Centre at its current Whingate Road site.

What we need now is more training and more jobs for local people."

“The Minister was impressed by the groundbreaking work going on at the West Leeds Family Learning Centre, in cramped conditions. He was particularly impressed by the partnership constructed with local companies such as Elite to provide good quality training with guaranteed local work at the end of it.

“I’ve got the Minister keen, and I am now asking Leeds City Council to look at Upper Wortley as a new site for a new Centre - to take the work on local training and job placement in Wortley and the whole of West Leeds forward into the 21st Century.

“This is an ideal opportunity which we cannot afford to pass up. Selling the site for more housing would be much less use to the community."

John Battle and John Healey arriving at West Leeds Family Learning Centre

John Battle and John Healey meeting Dave Foxton of West Leeds Family Learning Centre