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Cowes Enterprise College: ‘Island children’s futures are being sacrificed’

A Northwood Parish councillor calls on action by the Isle of Wight council over ongoing problems at Cowes Enterprise College

Website offers school closure information for Lichfield and Burntwood parents

Parents in Lichfield and Burntwood are being reminded about how they can find out whether schools in the area are closed because of bad weather. St...

Taking the Miki for Ashcroft’s audience of just 50

BELLA BARTOCK has been out again, this time accompanied by a responsible child to see Miki at the Ashcroft Theatre The story of Inuit girl Miki, he...

Croydon needs to keep a proper grasp of its history

Norbury resident and noted historian and archivist SEAN CREIGHTON expresses concern over Croydon’s proposed cuts to the local studies centre,...

Cowes Enterprise College: ‘Not a pleasant environment to work in’ says Alan Wells

Pupils at the College have been praised by Ofsted inspectors for coping so well.

Gatten and Lake Primary: Ofsted find improvements

"Pupils across the school are increasingly achieving more because teaching is improving", say Ofsted.

Free sports course for 16-17-year-olds recruiting now

Organisers are seeking applicants for a sports training and education course at Thornton Heath Leisure Centre aimed at people aged 16 and 17 that a...

Deadline approaching for parents to pick primary schools

Primary places: Parents need to make sure they have applied for primary school places before January 14.

Bishop Grosseteste University finds new Vice Chancellor

New staff: A new Vice Chancellor will be heading up BG's senior team, after Muriel Robinson retires later in the year.

Primary School applications – by Tuesday 15th January 2013

APPLICATIONS are currently being accepted for children starting school for the first time in the 2013/14 academic year. Children who are three or f...

Roke Primary to be handed over to a carpet salesman

Roke Primary School in Kenley is being forced into academy status with the Harris Federation, against the wishes of the governors and parents. Malc...

Tabula Rasa gets crowdfunding help for Norwood workshops

Tabula Rasa, the youth workshops group in South Norwood founded last year by young Croydon residents and initially funded entirely from their own p...

New BUSWISE campaign launches

A NEW BUSWISE advertising campaign was launched yesterday (7th January 2013). East Riding of Yorkshire Council, supported by local schools and East...

Olympian helps Lichfield students celebrate their achievements

Students from a Lichfield school have been celebrating their achievements with a double Olympic medallists. Bryan Steel, who picked up silver and b...

The Google+ Community for Hangouts Rangers is now open

Google+ Communities was launched on 6 December 2012. Hangouts Rangers™ is a community group I own and moderate.  It has a modest 135 members, ...

Free school to open in North Somerset?

Dozens of parents have showed their support for a newly planned £4 million free school in North Somerset. Priory Primary School could be a new free...

Schools admission deadline looming

Parents in Stone looking for a primary or middle school place in September have less than two weeks to get their applications in. This year, parent...

Swindon College at Regents Circus Map_icon

March 1, 2012 2012 was the year Swindon College came down for redevelopment of the site in Regent Circus. Here we take a look back at the building ...

Scrapstore PlayPod up and running at Wheatfield Primary School

Pupils at Bradley Stoke’s Wheatfield Primary School recently celebrated the official opening of a Scrapstore PlayPod in their playground. Ope...

Planning permission granted for Cheswick Village primary school

A new school foreseen for the Cheswick Village estate in Stoke Gifford has now been granted planning permission and officially named Wallscourt Far...

Patchway College teachers’ video is internet hit

Staff at Patchway Community College gave students an early Christmas present by recording their own version of the dance craze ‘Gangnam Style...

Parents rally to save shared learning programme

For six years Newcastle’s Sharing Languages Sharing Cultures programme has been bringing together primary school children from across the area to s...

A critical education

After years of target-driven expansion, critics warn that adult education - when not supplanted by workfare - risks falling prey to a narrow agenda...

Anglo-German free school considers Rotherhithe site

The Judith Kerr Primary School, which plans to open a primary school which will teach pupils in both English and German, is asking parents of prosp...

Riverside Children’s Choir releases Christmas charity single on iTunes and Amazon.co.uk

Riverside Primary School in Bermondsey has released a Christmas single to raise money for the charity Music as Therapy International. The song R...

How our community can directly support education for girls & boys in Afghanistan

‘Khaled Hosseini wrote in the Kite Runner that: “There are many children in Afghanistan but not many with a childhood” ‘We hope that the kindness o...

[Education] Schools and business leaders must work together to boost apprenticeship take-up

Worrying number of small firms fail to take on an apprenticeship as many don't think it is relevant to their business

TeachMeet, Stranmillis College, Friday 19 October 6-9pm #TMBelfast

TeachMeet Belfast is back this Friday from 6-9pm with an informal gathering of teachers and educationally interested in Stranmillis College. At the...

Seckford boss resigns from Suffolk libraries board

Seckford Foundation boss Graham Watson has resigned from the board of Suffolk Libraries. He was one of the directors nominated by community groups....

Military recruitment in schools campaign

On Friday evening the launch event for a new campaign to ban military recruitment in Welsh schools will be held at the Temple of Peace The main too...

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