Teaching assistants: We’re much more than a mums’ army
They have been labelled the mums’ army. But in schools up and down the country, their role is so much more writes Claire Dunn.
Education
Time-lapse video shows progress on £14m Ercall Wood Technology College
Poll: Does Shropshire need a new university?
Shrewsbury is the first choice for a new university being considered by council officials.
New university could be created in Shropshire
A new university could be created in Shropshire, officials said today.
Time lapse videos of Ercall Wood school building progress
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Digital Editions Chester leads way in Shropshire university race
The University of Chester is leading the race to set up a new higher education establishment in Shropshire, it was revealed today.
Shropshire college reveals plan for a new hospitality and catering academy
A new £100,000 hospitality and catering academy is to be built by a Shropshire college.
Poll: Is a radical overhaul of GCSE exams needed?
Teenagers will be made to study the likes of Austen, Dickens, Shelley and Wordsworth under a major shake-up of GCSEs.
Takeover proposal to aid struggling school
A struggling secondary school is today set to be taken over by one of the area’s best performing schools under plans put forward by the county council.
Adams' Grammar School’s appeal hits £1m in under a year
A Newport school has raised £1 million in under a year to build a new sixth form and music suite.
Council seeks £2m to revamp Telford school
A special school in Telford is on course for a major facelift – as long as the Government agrees to release the cash to pay for it.
Ex-headteacher swaps the classroom for Shrewsbury Town FC
He’s a teacher who has ditched the classroom for a football club. Claire Dunn meets Martin James. Martin James says he can hardly believe his luck to have landed his dream job.
Intoxicated pupils sent home from Ludlow school
Four teenagers were sent home from a Shropshire school when they turned up for the last day of term after a booze session, it was revealed today.
Poll: Should sex and relationships education be made compulsory?
With a pressure group claiming that ministers are failing to take action to protect children and women, we ask if sex and relationships education should be made compulsory in secondary schools.
Shrewsbury pupils close road in protest
Schoolchildren in Shrewsbury literally closed the road outside their school in a bid to highlight issues with road safety.
£1m boost towards Oswestry sixth form centre
Oswestry’s secondary school has been awarded £1 million towards its plans to open a new sixth form centre.
Wrockwardine Wood Arts Academy celebrates 80th anniversary
More than 300 past and present pupils of a Telford school, including an MP and an 88-year-old woman believed to be its oldest surviving pupil, turned out to celebrate its 80th anniversary.
Wem nursery celebrating after inspector’s report
Staff and children at a Shropshire nursery are celebrating after being commended by education inspectors.
Lifelong learning scheme starts at Shrewsbury School
A series of events aimed at encouraging ‘Lifelong Learning’ has been launched at one of Shropshire’s leading schools as part of a new community involvement initiative.
Telford College’s new engineering centre to fill the skills gap
Telford College has just completed the building of a new Engineering and Technology centre. This new flagship centre delivers many of the Engineering and Technology disciplines that are in short supply throughout the region.
Wrockwardine Wood School marks 80 great years
Wrockwardine Wood Arts Academy, in Telford is 80 years old, having been opened in 1933.
£3m Discovery Centre opens at Telford college
A new £3 million purpose-built teaching centre was officially opened at a leading Telford college today.
Telford teacher in row with Education Secretary over Mr Men history lessons
A history teacher from Telford today found himself embroiled in a row with the Education Secretary after using Mr Men books as a teaching aid for pupils studying the rise of Hitler.