On Friday, 21st June, Wymondham High Academy Sixth Form hosted a ‘Question Time’ style debate. All seven candidates hoping to be MP for the South Norfolk Constituency were present.

The panel opened with a brief introduction from Mr Chris Smith (Headteacher), who spoke passionately about the values at the school and how they are very much in line with the Nolan principles which politicians agree to uphold. Mr Chris Mulcahy (Head of year 12 and a History & Politics teacher) then gave the audience an overview of the history of our political system . Chair of Governors, Mrs Jacqueline Davies then chaired the panel debate with admirable skill and fairness.

In advance, students had discussed and agreed upon which questions they wanted to ask the candidates. They covered topics including the NHS, potholes, education, immigration and the EU.

Some of the Film Studies and Photography students were taking pictures and filming the debate, providing them with some real world experience of covering a live event. Thomas Dawson took the photo included with this article.

The candidates for South Norfolk are: Chris Brown (Liberal Democrat), Paco Davila (Independent), Ben Goldsborough (Labour), Chris Harrison (Reform), Jason Maguire (SDP), Catherine Rowett (Green), and Poppy Simister-Thomas (Conservative).