POLITICALLY-minded pupils received an insight into the parliamentary process when Liberal Democrat Baroness Maddock visited their school to give a talk.
More than 150 upper and lower sixth formers from Barnard Castle School listened as she discussed her role and the work of the House of Lords, and encouraged students to become more engaged in political discussion.
The visit was arranged through the Lord Speaker’s Peers in Schools programme, which sends members of the House of Lords into schools and colleges to give talks in support of the citizenship curriculum.
Barnard Castle School’s head of sixth form Chris Butler said: “Having a respected life peer come up from Parliament to talk directly to the students was an incredible opportunity for them to gain first-hand knowledge of the way politics actually works.”
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