Children bunked off almost 4.3 million days of school during the autumn term last year as the truancy rate rose, Government figures showed today. Many miss a day of school every week.
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Letter: Teaching is no easy life
LETTER: As a teacher in his second year of teaching it always intrigues me when people comment on teachers’ pay, teachers’ holidays and the fact that they have an “easy job working 9.00am until 3.30pm every day”.
Village school will close
A Powys village school with just seven pupils is to close, council officials today revealed. Llanfihangel Primary School, near Llanfyllin, will shut its doors for the last time on December 18.
Letter: Unfair criticism of teachers
LETTER: I would like to correct Mr Thomas on the scale for teaching – this can be variable depending on experience and where you teach – and is not always £600 a week as he stated in his letter.
Letter: Wrong view of teachers
LETTER: In reply to the letter headed “Spotlight may fall on teachers” I would like to respond in the strongest terms. As a newly qualified teacher I found the letter to be both factually incorrect and insulting.
Schools pledge welcomed
A Shirehall opposition group has welcomed the pledge of the new leader of Shropshire Council to safeguard small rural schools.
New leader’s schools pledge
The Shirehall’s new leader has moved quickly to remove the closure threat to more than 20 small Shropshire schools.
Parents saved axed leavers’ ball
A county school leavers’ ball which was axed after a number of students threw flour and egg bombs on their last day of school was back on today after parents stepped in.
Growing school given £170,000
A Shrewsbury primary school is to get a £170,000 extension to cope with rising pupil numbers.
College is seeking firms for students
A Shropshire college fears it my not be able to provide apprenticeships for students unless more employees come forward to offer places.
Inspectors’ praise for town school
Pupils at a south Shropshire school reach above average standards, Ofsted inspectors have said.
Pupils earn praise after lift rescue
Firefighters came to the rescue of four youngsters who got stuck in a lift at a Shropshire school.
Promise after education criticism
Action will be taken over the quality of Welsh education on offer in secondary schools in parts of Powys after worried parents called for the issue to be looked at.
Sixth forms in funds boost
Sixth forms facing teaching cuts next year in Powys are to get a share of almost £9 million of extra Government cash.
School flooded after roof theft
Thousands of pounds of damage was caused by flooding from heavy rainfall after thieves stole lead from a Shropshire primary school’s roof.
Exam monitor’s arrest fury
A 63-year-old Telford exam invigilator was arrested on suspicion of assault and fingerprinted and DNA tested by police for pushing away a rowdy teenage schoolboy, it was revealed yesterday.
Children in ‘good behaviour’ contracts
Young children have begun signing special good behaviour contracts after concerns were raised about youngsters causing havoc on a Shrewsbury estate.
Letters sent out over children’s weight
Parents in Telford & Wrekin are starting to to receive letters informing them whether or not their children are a healthy weight.
School set for closure
A school in Powys is to close due to a fall in the number of pupils. Ysgol Efyrnwy in Llanwddyn, near Lake Vyrnwy, will shut on August 31.
Pupil units are facing axe
Two of Telford’s four specialist education units catering for teenage parents and youngsters with behavioural problems will be axed in the autumn, it was revealed today.
Arsenal in link with county school
A school in Telford is to develop a unique link with Premier League football giants Arsenal which will see academic subjects being taught in tandem with both football and ice hockey.
County among best as truancy rate falls
Shropshire’s school attendance rates are among the best in England, new figures have revealed.
Fury as £60m plan shelved
A £60 million scheme to revamp a Telford college, which would have created thousands of jobs as well as a new fire station, has been delayed by a government cash shortage.
Fears of crowded classrooms
Pupils in parts of Shropshire are being taught in crowded classrooms, official Government figures showed today, with staff teaching classes of 26 children.
No teachers for lessons fear
Lessons at Powys secondary schools could be left unstaffed due to budget cuts according to headteachers.
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