Suspending children from school is something we rarely see from educators, especially at primary level. Teachers aim to keep kids in school, where they are safe, fed and learning. However, for a multitude of reasons, senior leadership can and do decide to temporarily suspend pupils from school. Suspensions and permanent exclusions data, published in a Gov.uk package in April 2024, includes figures revealing which Sheffield primary schools handed out the most suspensions in the 2021-22 academic...
It is extremely rare for educators to decide that a pupil cannot return to their schools - it is the absolute last resort, when all other options have been exhausted. Children must be in education. It is a legal requirement and means if a child is subject to a permanent exclusion from one school then the local authority must arrange full-time education as soon as possible. They are so rare that in Sheffield only seven of the 153 primary schools within the local authority issued them in the...
Armed police arrested a man yesterday morning (Wednesday) from an address on Mount Pleasant Road, Pudsey. Here’s everything we know so far What happened? West Yorkshire Police received a call reporting a man had been carrying a machete and behaving in a threatening manner. No one was injured in the incident and the man remains in police custody at this time. What school went into lockdown? A parent of a child at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School on Mount Pleasant Road got in touch to say that...
Turn the clock back 50 years and take a look at these pictures of secondary school life in the 1970s. The amazing images, from the Evening News archives, give a glimpse of day-to-day school activities, including some perhaps surprising ones - like pupils who built their own sailing dinghy - but also special occasions like a Roya visit, founder’s day and a Christmas pantomime staged by teachers. And there are landmark occasions like the first girls to be admitted to a previously all-boys school...
Moortown Primary School, located in Shadwell Lane, Leeds, was rated Outstanding in all five inspected categories – the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and early years provision. It marks a second successive Outstanding rating for the school - having previously received top marks from Ofsted in 2011. The education watchdog said: “Moortown Primary School is a special place to learn. It is both academically ambitious and deeply caring....
Armed police arrested a man on Wednesday morning (May 1) from an address on Mount Pleasant Road, Pudsey. A parent of a child at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School on Mount Pleasant Road got in touch to say that the school had gone into lockdown as a result of the incident. A 58-year-old man has now been charged in relation to the incident. A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “A 58-year-old man has been charged with possession of a knife in a public place and making threats to kill.”...
Kippax Ash Tree Primary School, located in Gibson Lane, Kippax, was rated Good in all five inspected categories – the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and early years provision. It completed a ratings turnaround for the school, part of the Brigshaw Learning Partnership, after it was rated as Requires Improvement during a 2021 inspection. The education watchdog said: “Pupils in this school ‘stride with pride’. They are proud to learn...
These photos take you back to the 1970s and nurseries, primary schools and middle schools in Sheffield at the time. Youngsters can be seen in the playground, at their desks and out and about in the community in these nostalgic images. One set of pupils are seen preparing for a visit by the Queen while another group are excited to welcome a Womble. This retro photo gallery also captures the school buildings in which thousands of children in the city spent their formative years.
Armed officers arrested a man this morning (Wednesday) from an address on Mount Pleasant Road, Pudsey after police received a call reporting a man had been carrying a machete and behaving in a threatening manner. West Yorkshire Police said that no one was injured and the man remains in police custody at this time. A parent of a child at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School on Mount Pleasant Road got in touch to say that the school had gone into lockdown as a result of the incident. A message was...
The UK’s best schools and teachers have been shortlisted in this year’s Tes Schools Awards – and one Edinburgh primary school is in the running to named as the nation’s very best. The Tes Schools Awards, which have been dubbed the ‘Oscars of education’, is a prestigious awards programme which celebrates the best of education across the UK. The Tes Schools Awards recognises the very best teachers and schools from UK state and independent schools, across early years settings, primary and...
Cockburn School named the new facility in memory of Kyle Asquith, a former pupil who died from a brain haemorrhage in 2013. His organs saved the lives of 5 people and since then, The Kyle Asquith Foundation has gone on to raise thousands of pounds for the NHS Blood and Transplant Trust. Kyle’s parents, trustees of the charity, presented representatives from the Leeds NHS Blood and Transplant Trust a cheque for £1000 on behalf of the charity before they cut the ribbon to officially open the...
Attorneys argued that the school violated the First Amendment by denying the prayer club while approving a pro-LGBT club, highlighting a bias against religious expression.