Another three Telford schools could be added to a list of seven already set to be bulldozed and rebuilt as part of a massive overhaul of education in the borough, it has been announced.
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Warning after schools’ cash failure
Education watchdogs in Shropshire have been told the county council is going to be embarrassed by the visit of Government advisors after it failed to secure more than £8 million of schools funding.
Parents vow to battle on
Parents at a Shropshire school left devastated after councillors voted for merger proposals to go ahead have vowed to keep fighting. And they are waiting to see if the plan is called to scrutiny.
Teacher Talent Pool
Ormiston Education calls for innovative approaches to Teacher Recruitment.
Parents lose school closure fight
Parents campaigning to save their school broke down in tears today as councillors unanimously voted for merger proposals to go ahead – despite a lack of funding to secure the project.
School can set up sixth form
A sixth form with 200 places is to be created at a Telford school, 17 years after it was closed in an education review, it was revealed today.
Schools will be bulldozed
Council officials today disclosed further details of a planned £209 million overhaul of education in Telford which will see seven schools bulldozed and completely rebuilt.
Schools plan climbdown
A climbdown by Shirehall leaders which would secure the future of two Shropshire schools could be the blueprint to save others, it has been claimed.
Don’t just keep mum …
How should parents raise the subject of the birds and the bees with their youngsters? Ben Bentley speaks to Kay Smallbone, teenage pregnancy co-ordinator for Shropshire County Council
School row parents call for talks
Parents of children at a Shropshire school set to be amalgamated under future plans have issued a final call asking county councillors to “start listening”.
College to build £3m food academy
A £3 million food academy will be built at Shropshire’s Harper Adams as part of a £10 million tranche of money heading to the university college, it was revealed today.
Fears over impact of school revamp
Concerns have been raised about plans for a £30 million flagship “school on the hill” in Telford which will spearhead a £200 million revamp of every secondary school in the area.
Special meeting on town colleges plan
A special meeting on the controversial plans for the co-location of Shrewsbury’s two colleges is to be held “in a large venue”.
Good schools to be ‘freed’ from red tape
The Tories said today they would use the example of a successful Shropshire school to revolutionise secondary education and rescue under-performing schools from failure.
Victorian hot house converted to homes
Victorian greenhouses at a school near Tenbury Wells have been converted into eco-friendly homes for teachers.
Planners say no to Islam school club
Controversial proposals to use a residential house in Telford for Islamic teaching sessions for up to 70 youngsters have been thrown out by planning chiefs.
School’s boarding house to open
A £1 million boarding house at a county school is set to be officially opened tomorrow by a renowned artist.
Visit looks at future of schools in county
A fact-finding visit has been made to Shropshire by the independent policy commission which is investigating how best to secure the future of county primary schools.
Schools to get notices
A major shake up of county primary schools continued today as formal notices indicating closures and amalgamations were being served by council officials.
Application is made by trust
A bid to use a house in Telford for Islamic teaching sessions for up to 70 youngsters looks set to be rejected.
County heads’ call over testing fiasco
Secondary school headteachers in Shropshire are urging the Government to put more trust in teachers and so help restore confidence in the tests system.
Opening date as school is finished
The final touches are being put to a multi-million pound school set to open in Powys in the next fortnight.
Student centre plans welcomed
Vulnerable students across Oswestry are to be taught in a new, purpose-built centre in the town under new proposals welcomed by the county councillor with responsibility for children’s services.
GCSE joy in big turnaround
One of the biggest GCSE success stories today was The Grange School in Shrewsbury which has smashed the Government’s new GCSE standard just two months after it was branded as failing. Watch our video report.
Pupils celebrate record GCSE results
Pupils across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin notched up record GCSE results today, reflecting the national picture of one in five exams awarded top grades.
Deal to build £26m school before 2012
Education chiefs today named the preferred bidder for a £26 million project to rebuild a Shropshire school in time for the 2012 Olympics.
A-level exam pass record
Students from across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin have achieved record results in their A-levels again this year as the national pass rate today soared above 97 per cent for the first time.
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