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.
They have been labelled the mums’ army. But in schools up and down the country, their role is so much more writes Claire Dunn.
Shrewsbury is the first choice for a new university being considered by council officials.
A new university could be created in Shropshire, officials said today.
The University of Chester is leading the race to set up a new higher education establishment in Shropshire, it was revealed today.
A new £100,000 hospitality and catering academy is to be built by a Shropshire college.
Teenagers will be made to study the likes of Austen, Dickens, Shelley and Wordsworth under a major shake-up of GCSEs.
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.
A Newport school has raised £1 million in under a year to build a new sixth form and music suite.
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.
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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.
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.
Schoolchildren in Shrewsbury literally closed the road outside their school in a bid to highlight issues with road safety.
Oswestry’s secondary school has been awarded £1 million towards its plans to open a new sixth form centre.
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.
Staff and children at a Shropshire nursery are celebrating after being commended by education inspectors.
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 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 Arts Academy, in Telford is 80 years old, having been opened in 1933.
A new £3 million purpose-built teaching centre was officially opened at a leading Telford college today.
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.
An emergency meeting will be held tonight in a bid to save a pre-school in Shropshire described as “an asset to the community” from closure.
A song has been written and recorded in a last-gasp bid to keep a primary school open.