Home Categories Grid
Education
Troubled school to shut early for summer term
10 July 2024Students will be going home seven school days early at the end of the summer term as a pair of schools prepare to be taken over by new bosses.
Parents’ anger at trust ‘erasing school’s history’ with name changes
10 July 2024Families have accused one of Kent’s biggest academy trusts of ‘erasing’ its primary’s history as it prepares to rename more than 15 schools it runs.
‘Rude and lazy school-run parents are making our lives a misery’
10 July 2024Frustrated neighbours say “disrespectful” drivers on the school run are making their lives hell by parking and driving recklessly.
‘I’m absolutely terrified. What will this mean for children?’
08 July 2024Education plans to send children with special needs to mainstream schools have been branded ‘terrifying and damaging’.
‘We’re not NIMBYs, we don’t hate SEN children - but don’t build school here’
07 July 2024Plans for a new special educational needs school have hit a stumbling block as campaigners want the land to be granted ‘village green’ status.
Teacher caught drinking wine in car on lunch break banned
04 July 2024A primary school teacher who was caught drinking from a bottle of wine in her car during her lunch break has been banned from the profession.
‘Indecent image’ of child shared to secondary school students on social media
02 July 2024A school has sounded the alarm after an illegal picture was shared among pupils on social media.
Special schools crisis: ‘My autistic son has been turned down by 30 schools’
01 July 2024A desperate mum does not know where to turn after her autistic son was refused entry from 30 secondary schools who claim they “cannot meet his needs”.
Teenage girl hit by car outside school
28 June 2024A teenager has been flown to hospital after being hit by a car outside a school.
Mum accuses council of being ‘heartless’ over school bus pass charge
25 June 2024A mum has branded Kent County Council “heartless” over how much it is charging for her grieving daughter’s school bus pass.
‘We’re not asking for a new school, just reopen the one that’s already there’
25 June 2024A head of a sought-after grammar is calling for a secondary school to be opened in the area following a glut of house-building.
‘Whoever wins has the most monumental task ahead’
24 June 2024Education in Kent is facing a crisis on a number of fronts - but how is each party promising to solve it at the general election?
Sneak peek inside special school’s amazing train carriage cafe
24 June 2024We take a look inside a converted railway carriage which is set to open as a cafe at a special needs school.
College saves axed hair and beauty course
23 June 2024Hair and beauty students who’d been told they wouldn’t get a grade after their course was scrapped will be able to sit their exams after all.
Pop-up pool put in school playground to help pupils learn to swim
23 June 2024A large swimming pool has been erected at a school after it raised enough funds for the summer project.
Primary school shines in glowing Ofsted report
21 June 2024A primary school has been praised by inspectors following its first inspection in six years.
‘School would be outstanding if it was judged today’
20 June 2024Ofsted inspectors have heaped praise upon a school following a mid-point check-up.
Infant school hits back after being attacked on social media over Pride flag
19 June 2024A head teacher and parents have defended a school accused of "indoctrinating" its pupils by putting up a Pride flag.
Pool for pupils at special needs school is a “game changer”
18 June 2024A Kent school is the first to be a part of a project that provides an alternative to leisure centres for those with learning difficulties.
‘Outstanding’ nursery praised by Ofsted
17 June 2024A nursery that “ensures that all children achieve the best possible outcomes” has been given the highest possible rating by Ofsted.
Most popular
- 1
Motorway blocked due to ‘police incident’
- 2
Everything we know about the Russian ship stranded off Kent carrying explosives
27 - 3
Inside late TV star’s multi-million-pound home
8 - 4
No end in sight for ‘absolute disaster’ one-way system
20 - 5
‘The nursery called and said ‘don’t panic - but she’s choked’’
8
