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School closure extended after structural issues found in roof

School closure extended after structural issues found in roof

19 June 2023

A school has been forced to close for additional days while engineers assess issues found on one of the buildings’ roofs.

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Anger over FGM video shown to 11-year-olds

Anger over FGM video shown to 11-year-olds

19 June 2023

A school has been criticised for showing a video on female genital mutilation to a class of 11 and 12-year-olds.

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‘Outstanding in all areas’

‘Outstanding in all areas’

17 June 2023

A secondary school has been rated outstanding after its recent Ofsted inspection as others around the county are being downgraded.

Four schools close due to safety fears

Four schools close due to safety fears

16 June 2023

Four primary schools have been forced to close following safety fears about the material used to construct the buildings.

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Police probe at secondary school after ‘pupil threatened’

Police probe at secondary school after ‘pupil threatened’

16 June 2023

A headteacher has moved to dispel rumours after a child was reportedly threatened.

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Mum vows to fight ‘school 5G mast plans’ in court

Mum vows to fight ‘school 5G mast plans’ in court

15 June 2023

A concerned mother is launching legal action against a borough council for permitting a 5G phone mast to be placed outside two schools.

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School forced to close after concerns about roof

School forced to close after concerns about roof

15 June 2023

A school has been forced to close for two days while engineers assess a roof – with parents told only late the night before.

School rated ‘good’ by Church of England inspectors

School rated ‘good’ by Church of England inspectors

14 June 2023

A primary school which converted to an academy nearly three years ago has been praised by inspectors from the Church of England.

'She could have been run over or abducted - it was horrible'

'She could have been run over or abducted - it was horrible'

14 June 2023

A hero postie rushed to save a toddler standing in the middle of a main road – after the little girl had walked out of a nearby nursery unnoticed.

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Secondary school loses its outstanding rating

Secondary school loses its outstanding rating

14 June 2023

Another Kent School has lost its outstanding status after a visit from Ofsted inspectors.

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Teachers strike at world’s oldest school for first time ever

Teachers strike at world’s oldest school for first time ever

13 June 2023

Teachers at the world’s oldest school have gone on strike accusing management of taking a “coercive and unfair approach” in a pension dispute.

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Primary school set to be torn down and double in size

Primary school set to be torn down and double in size

12 June 2023

A school is seeking an upgrade 50 years in the making – as it applies to bulldoze its current home and double the number of pupils.

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Teachers at Britain’s oldest school to strike for first time ever

Teachers at Britain’s oldest school to strike for first time ever

09 June 2023

Teachers at a Kent school founded more than 1,400 years ago are set to walk out for the first time in its history.

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School-run traffic ban ‘would push problems up the road’

School-run traffic ban ‘would push problems up the road’

08 June 2023

Residents could be fined for driving down their own roads under plans put forward to introduce ‘school streets’.

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Village school once ‘inadequate’ now ‘on the right path’

Village school once ‘inadequate’ now ‘on the right path’

07 June 2023

A primary school previously given the lowest Ofsted rating possible has made ‘significant’ improvements thanks to new leadership.

Councillor resigns from post after comments on children with SEND

Councillor resigns from post after comments on children with SEND

07 June 2023

A councillor who made controversial remarks at a council meeting discussing children with special educational needs has resigned from his post.

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Banned teacher: 'I deeply regret sexually explicit texts to child'

Banned teacher: 'I deeply regret sexually explicit texts to child'

07 June 2023

A disgraced teacher has told KentOnline he “deeply regrets” sending sexually explicit messages to a child - after he was banned from the profession.

Teachers and school staff across county honoured with awards

Teachers and school staff across county honoured with awards

05 June 2023

Teachers, teaching assistants and support staff across Kent have been honoured at the Teacher of the Year Awards.

The fight to get your kids into the right school

The fight to get your kids into the right school

05 June 2023

With so many Kent schools now setting their own admission rules, how hard is it for parents to get the place that they want for their child?

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Primary school celebrates ‘Outstanding’ rating

Primary school celebrates ‘Outstanding’ rating

04 June 2023

A school celebrating its twentieth anniversary has maintained its ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating in its most recent inspection.

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