Staff at an under-threat primary school near Oswestry will never know why their bid for academy status was rejected – because the Department for Education is refusing to tell them, it has been claimed.

A school in Telford is among more than 100 across the country to be praised by the Government today for making big improvements.

Hundreds of schoolchildren in the county missed out on a place at their preferred first choice of secondary school, new figures reveal.

Pupils and staff were forced to evacuate a school in Mid Wales today following a suspected gas leak.

A school in south Shropshire which changed several members of staff following a below par Ofsted report is making good progress according to inspectors.

Church Stretton School is just a few steps away from achieving ‘outstanding’ status, according to Ofsted inspectors.

Claims that up to 31 Shropshire schools are failing to improve beyond ‘satisfactory’ were today denied by the county’s education boss.

A new 270 pupil Welsh language school will be built in Newtown after councillors agreed on a location for it.

Over the past couple of weeks I have attended several events which have focussed on creativity in education, writes education blogger Kit Field. In some cases this has related to senior management teams and in others to pupils’ learning in the classroom.

Plans to give people a chance to have an informal say on proposals to reduce the number of primary schools on the Shropshire and Powys border are to be discussed by councillors this week.

Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville are being snubbed because it costs too much to hire them, it was today claimed.

The final decision on plans to bulldoze and rebuild five Telford secondary schools has been delayed after a massive public response.

Plans have been unveiled to build two ‘super schools’ for three to 19 year olds in Powys. But the move could see the closure of at least three primary schools across the region.

When fundraisers supporting a rural Shropshire primary school were set a £10,000 target to help pay for a new demountable classroom, they thought it would take them several years to secure the money.

Parents who put children’s lives at risk by breaking the speed limit and parking illegally outside schools in Telford will face court action, police warned today.

The arguments over the value or otherwise of the school performance tables have become all part of the ritual, and it is easy to be cynical about what they appear to show.

Shropshire schools were today celebrating another record in the number of pupils achieving the top GCSE grades – while national figures showed thousands of teenagers are still failing to get good results after being let down by under-performing schools.

Staff at a secondary school in Shrewsbury are seeking permission to build a brand new dance studio for students.

Last week I was fortunate to attend a wonderful morning with about 50 primary school children, writes education blogger Kit Field.

The government are making sweeping changes to the way ICT and computing are taught in UK schools, by ‘scrapping’ the ICT National Curriculum and replacing it with computer science lessons, writes education blogger Gavin Rhoades.

Hard-pressed parents are facing a major rise in school bus fares in Shropshire after operator Arriva raised prices above inflation.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony has taken place to mark the opening of a new school in Telford on the £35 million Abraham Darby site.

An action group has been set up over plans to build a faith school in Telford, with residents concerned it wouldn’t be a new school but rather the moving of an old one.

Youngsters had an extra day at home today after a school in Shropshire was forced to close due to heating problems.

A school in a historic Shropshire town is now at the forefront of 21st century education, its headteacher said today.

Last week the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) predicted that there will be many schools without head teachers in the next five years, writes education blogger Kit Field.

Staff and children at a primary school in Broseley are celebrating after it received an ‘outstanding’ rating, the highest possible mark, from Ofsted inspectors.

Amid all the gloom that is around at the moment, there is one shaft of shining sunlight for Shropshire.

Shropshire’s primary schools were today celebrating success in the latest round of education results with county pupils achieving above the national average for English and maths.

You may have seen on the news on how examiners and teachers may have colluded to help young people to predict examination questions, and thereby increase their chances of attaining high scores.