Left to right, candidates Janine Le Sauvage, Mike O’Hara, Lorraine Marson, Ivan Roberts and Mike Hadley look on as Lauren Prevel and Harry Fleet, both 9, cast their vote in the mini-election at closure-threatened St Andrew’s Primary School. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0559370)

PUPILS at St Andrew’s Primary grilled South-East election candidates yesterday on the future of their school.

The 10 candidates present were asked why the school could close, what would they do to stop it and whether they thought it was fair. Each candidate vowed to fight against the closure, much to the satisfaction of the children.

‘I was pleased they said they wanted it to stay open. They could just not bother and let it close. It’s really good that they want to help,’ said 11-year-old Kieran Enevoldsen, who had a strong idea about what he thought made a good politician.