One parent said: "I had a car drive straight at me, with the driver yelling abuse.”
The upcoming GCSE exam season may be returned to normal after the pandemic - but after all the disruption, some pressure might this year be taken off pupils who studied through Covid-19. The Department foe Education has confirmed there will be no ‘Progress 8’ reports published for schools for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years. The score is a measure for assessing schools based on how well pupils did in their KS2 results compared to the end of KS4 when they did their GCSEs. Positive scores...
The New Mexico School Superintendent Association along with multiple schools and their superintendents have filed a lawsuit in Curry County against the New Mexico Public Education Department in regard to the departments implementation of its new administrative rule, School Instructional Time Requirements.
Each day when a parent sends their child off to school, the safety of their student is top of mind.
Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Wayne Allyn Root, April 21, 2024 I swear we are living in some kind of bizarro “Twilight Zone” episode, or a zombie apocalypse nightmare. Things are that bizarre in America nowadays. Forty-eight hours ago, I was watching a TV show on CBS when a promotion came on my TV screen […]
ST. GEORGE — Southern Utah law enforcement and firefighters had a busy Sunday evening with two separate incidents near New Harmony. A woman was traveling south on Interstate 15 near New Harmony when she “all of a sudden noticed a problem” while driving a white Toyota Camry, New Harmony Fire Chief Jim Banks told St. […]
It will be built by a catholic church in Foleshill
A specialist school and charity in Sheffield, which supports children, adults and families living with cerebral palsy and other motor disorders, is holding a 24-hour fundraising danceathon. Children at Paces will start dancing at midday on Friday, May 24, and dance all the way through the night until midday on Saturday (May 25). They are taking on the challenge to raise vital funds to develop their outdoor space, including a sensory garden, outdoor classroom, raised beds for planting, and...
Jayne Mason and Caron Britton were thrilled to hear that Sheffield City Council has now approved the zebra crossing on Birley Spa Lane near the junction with Jermyn Crescent. The spot is close to Birley Spa Primary Academy and St John Fisher Catholic Primary School is also nearby. Jayne and Caron went to the council’s transport, regeneration and climate policy committee in November 2022 to plead their case. Caron, a parent governor at Birley Spa, told the committee that a boy had broken his...
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. Nineteen of Sheffield’s secondary schools issued permanent exclusions during the 2021-22 academic year. See if your local...
BMET Limited submitted its plans to turn Crich Quarry into a water park resort more than two years ago, with several years before that involving further development and negotiations. The site is less than an hour’s drive from Sheffield. Now the firm has submitted a flurry of new documents responding to Derbyshire County Council’s formal notice requesting more information – or face the application being rejected – which the authority issued in June 2022. The developers, who unveiled their plans...
Mayar Yahia was killed in a collision in Upper Highgate Street when a silver Vauxhall Corsa crashed into a group of four pedestrians at just after 9.45pm on Sunday, West Midlands Police said.