Two schools in Telford could be merged saving £100,000 a year, it was revealed today – and the move could be brought in as early as next January.

A controversial £200 million shake-up of secondary education in Telford – which would see six borough schools bulldozed – could be reviewed, it emerged today.

A teacher from Shropshire has become one of the UK’s first education ‘troubleshooters’.

Plans were unveiled today for a care and education centre for disadvantaged children in Shropshire, which could create up to 18 jobs.

More than a million pounds has been secured in Shropshire as part of moves to improve access to music for young people.

Hundreds of children due to start at a new amalgamated school in north Shropshire in September have voted for the new school logo.

Six schools in Telford face being bulldozed to make way for four new academies catering for thousands of pupils as part of a £200 million scheme.

An extra 120 children could be taken on at a primary school in Telford after plans were unveiled to build four new classrooms in a bid to cope with a hike in pupil numbers.

The Government has announced that it is making £500,000 available to support the work of those who work with children who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

‘Higher fines if children play truant’ will only serve to make matters worse for poor families.

More than nine out of 10 Shropshire parents were given their choice of primary school for their children this year, new figures revealed today.

A massive £200 million shake-up of education in Telford and Wrekin, including controversial plans for a new academy in Oakengates, is set to get the go ahead this week.

New figures released today paint a pretty rosy picture for parents in Shropshire. When it comes to getting their children into the school of their choice most succeed.

A village primary school judged ‘inadequate’ by education watchdogs has been ordered to raise standards following a routine inspection.

Compulsory sex education in primary schools is completely wrong and immoral.

The Government’s latest Tsar – this one in charge of truancy – wants to deprive parents of child benefit if their kids skip school.

On Good Friday, I was asked to link up, through Skype, with a conference taking place in India writes Professor Kit Field.

Many Shropshire schools are increasingly using unqualified assistants rather than supply teachers to cover lessons and save money, a county headteacher has warned today.

Villagers are being urged to speak up to save a near 100-year-old school building from possibly being demolished and turned into housing.

A schoolteacher from Shrewsbury caused a stir after criticising education minister Michael Gove over the Government’s controversial plans for more academies and Free Schools.

Bosses at Coleg Powys today hit back at rumours the college was in a ‘state of crisis’, claiming student numbers were actually on the up.

Shropshire’s headteachers say they are ‘resigned’ to receiving far less funding for their pupils than schools in other parts of the country, but will continue to press the Government for a better deal.

Wolverhampton College, home to 15,000 students around the region including hundreds in Telford, has been judged ‘inadequate’ in a damning inspection.

A primary school has been placed in special measures following a damning report by education watchdogs. Hugo Meynell CE Primary School, in Loggerheads, near Market Drayton, was rated ‘inadequate’ by Government inspectors.

More than 3,000 pupils in Shropshire and Telford were persistently absent from school last year, new figures reveal.

This week the press made a big thing about our children’s low levels of literacy, which set me off thinking. We need to distinguish between ‘literacy’ and English teaching.

A primary school on the outskirts of Shrewsbury is celebrating after being praised in an Ofsted report following an inspection.

Literacy standards in English schools are falling behind those in other countries with one in five children failing to achieve the expected levels, Ofsted’s chief inspector today warned.

The final decision over plans to build four new schools in Telford has been delayed after a massive public response.

Schools Minister Nick Gibb will meet county education bosses in Shrewsbury tomorrow.