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16 January 2024
A school has been forced to close six times in three months because its new government-funded air source heat pump system keeps failing.
16 January 2024
A once “outstanding” school with more than 1,000 pupils on the roll has been downgraded and told it must improve.
15 January 2024
Access to counselling and a cut to weekly workloads are among the proposals being put forward to tackle the number of staff quitting the classroom.
13 January 2024
A troubled young offenders institution where violence is rife and ‘demoralised’ prison staff are leaving in their droves is under the spotlight again.
12 January 2024
Plans to open a new school for children with special needs have been given the green light.
11 January 2024
The parents of a baby who died after a choking incident at nursery are hoping to provide every school in the county with life-saving equipment.
10 January 2024
Plans to create a new satellite school for pupils with special educational needs on an island with a shortage of places have been welcomed.
10 January 2024
A nursery manager says her staff will not be changing anything about the way they operate – despite receiving their worst-ever Ofsted rating.
04 January 2024
A community hub and library will remain closed for another week due to problems with the heating.
04 January 2024
The head of a troubled secondary has stepped down as two schools rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted merge under one head teacher.
01 January 2024
A borough council’s plans to introduce parking charges to a town seem to have upset almost everyone.
31 December 2023
A nursery has been forced to close suddenly, the parent company citing its “financial position” as the reason.
26 December 2023
Councillors have approved plans to redevelop a listed building into a creative hub for a university.
23 December 2023
Fears have been raised that parking outside a primary school will become more dangerous if charges are introduced on nearby streets.
22 December 2023
Union calls for Ofsted school inspections to be suspended have been dismissed as “rubbish” by an education expert.
20 December 2023
A secondary school struggling to get pupils to class has been hit with a poor Ofsted rating for the fourth time running.
19 December 2023
A school trust is rethinking its plans to teach transgender issues after a backlash from some parents.
18 December 2023
The promise of tougher measures at a troubled school has stopped strikes, but will they be enough to fix the problems faced by staff and pupils?
15 December 2023
Plans for a Grade II-listed police section house to be turned into a university creative hub will go before a planning committee next week.
15 December 2023
Four-time Olympic medallist Rebecca Adlington has chatted to pupils about the importance of learning to swim ahead of the opening of her new venture.
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