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Main route closed for school expansion
29 October 2024A main route through a village has been shut to allow for road upgrades as part of a scheme to double the number of places at a primary school.
The hardest secondary schools to get into in Kent and why
29 October 2024Kent’s most popular secondary schools are denying places to as many as four out of five children listing them as their first choice.
‘They’ve got to step in - this is harming children’: Parents call for phone-free childhood
28 October 2024Can children cope without a smartphone until age 14 or 16? Thousands of Kent parents think so and they’re on a mission to change things.
Thousands sign petition to stop cuts at children’s centre
27 October 2024A petition with more than 6,000 signatures has been submitted to the county council after protests against funding cuts at children's centres.
Council eyes cuts to ‘short breaks’ for disabled children to save £200K
23 October 2024A scheme giving disabled children support to attend out-of-school clubs could be scaled back as demand puts too much pressure on council coffers.
Flood-hit school which lost thousands of books opens new library
21 October 2024Children at one primary school say they “can’t wait” to use their new reading space a year after the site was badly flooded.
Former pupil returns as teacher - and finds his face on staff room tea towel
19 October 2024A former primary school pupil has come full circle as he returns as a teacher nearly two decades years later and makes a remarkable discovery.
Teacher who taught hundreds of children during 25 years at Kent school dies
18 October 2024A much-loved former teacher who worked at the same school across three decades is being remembered after her death aged 80.
Primary school reopens after large sinkhole appeared outside
18 October 2024Work is still being carried out on a school’s access road after a sinkhole appeared outside.
Make childhood memories last forever
18 October 2024We bring reception class pictures together from more than 200 schools for the First Class supplements available from Wednesday, November 6.
Primary school closed after large sinkhole appears outside
17 October 2024Parents were told not to bring their children into a school after a burst water main saw a large sinkhole open outside the entrance.
Dad of ‘distraught’ autistic boy says school is ‘like a detention centre’
16 October 2024A dad has pulled his autistic son out of a secondary school which he claims is “obsessed” with dishing out detentions.
‘How we’re transforming one of Britain’s worst schools’
15 October 2024Staff say they have already seen improvements after a new trust took on a failing school whose reputation was in tatters.
School pulls out of buying hotel despite getting green light
14 October 2024The future of a hotel is unclear after a private school’s plan to transform it were given the green light, only for the school to pull out.
Zebra crossing to be installed outside school
14 October 2024A new crossing is set to be built on a main road in a bid to make the route safer for children and the elderly.
No ‘inadequate’ primary schools in Kent
14 October 2024Encouraging new figures show 80% of primary schools in the county are rated ‘outstanding’ or ‘good’ by Ofsted.
School issues ‘stranger danger’ warning after girl ‘grabbed’ on way home
10 October 2024School students have been advised to walk home in pairs after a girl was allegedly “accosted” by a man as she walked home from school.
Ofsted rates nursery with cracked glass and sharp gaps in windowpanes ‘inadequate’
09 October 2024Inspectors have slapped a nursery with an ‘inadequate’ rating after cracked glass and sharp gaps in windowpanes were not made safe.
Take control of your future with the Next Step
08 October 2024Our online magazine is here to help teenagers deciding what to do at Post-16 and includes study guides, expert advice and useful links.
World’s oldest school reveals plans for 400-year-old pub
08 October 2024The world’s oldest school has finally announced what it plans to do with a 400-year-old pub it bought five years ago.
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