Ofsted has rated a nursery “inadequate” after inspectors concluded “children’s safety and security cannot be assured”.

There are fears families in a village will be unable to access “vital” children’s services following a decision to close a kid’s health clinic.

An outdoor education centre has been targeted by thieves using bolt cutters to steal £3,000 worth of equipment as support floods in to help.

An application has been submitted to convert a now-closed flower shop into an expanded nursery facility for tots.

A school which was given the worst possible rating after a video went viral after of girls fighting, is showing signs of improvement.

A 33-year-old computer science teacher who confessed to looking at sexual pictures of children every week has been banned from the profession.

Even pupils admit life at school has improved after teachers started locking away phones in pouches.

A school has launched a crackdown on parents late to collect their children by threatening to hit them in the pocket.

A 10-year-old girl with complex needs has finally restarted school after a year-long wait for a special educational needs place.

Pupils at a secondary school have opened a time capsule from the 1970s.

A school which was forced to become an academy following a poor Ofsted rating is to be renamed this spring.

A new study estimates nearly a quart of of adults in the Medway Towns lack literacy or numeracy skills which are necessary for everyday life.

Residents are concerned over the possibility a 600-bed student complex could be built on the site of a nearby demolished school.

A school has been forced to close six times in three months because its new government-funded air source heat pump system keeps failing.

A once “outstanding” school with more than 1,000 pupils on the roll has been downgraded and told it must improve.

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.

A troubled young offenders institution where violence is rife and ‘demoralised’ prison staff are leaving in their droves is under the spotlight again.

Plans to open a new school for children with special needs have been given the green light.

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.

Plans to create a new satellite school for pupils with special educational needs on an island with a shortage of places have been welcomed.