Hereford Cathedral School students have enjoyed outstanding successes again in today’s A-Level results, breaking all previous records. This year sees over a quarter of grades being awarded an A*, the School’s best ever outcome in public examinations. This...
Students at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools are celebrating their A level results, and a bumper crop of top grades.The students in the co-educational Monmouth Schools Sixth Form performed very strongly in the first year of traditional A level examinations since...
Hundreds of thousands of students will collect exam results today (18 August) after sitting exams for the first time since 2019. Marking a significant milestone in returning to normality post pandemic, today’s results day includes students who sat A and AS levels,...
Student loan borrowers will be further protected from rising inflation rates with additional cuts to interest rates for those on Plan 2 and Plan 3 loans. Student loan interest rates will now be capped at 6.3% from September 2022. The government intervened in June to...
The cost of school uniform is a pressure that many families feel. With many parents simply struggling to afford the increasing costs, a Facebook page was set up earlier this year to support families that struggle to afford school uniform in Herefordshire. The...
Council agrees additional funding for Brookfield Special School upgrade project Herefordshire Council has agreed at today’s meeting to re-allocate additional funding towards improvement works at Brookfield Special School, Hereford, as part of a joint funded project...
Hereford Sixth Form College is once again celebrating winning a national accolade in the form of the prestigious ‘Aspire School of the Year’ award at the Student Social Mobility Awards. The Student Social Mobility Awards are a celebration of outstanding...
Schools without a defibrillator to be provided one by government by the end of 22/23 academic year, building on curriculum teaching first aid and CPR. State-funded schools across England will receive defibrillators under new government plans to make sure there is a...
Teachers across the country will benefit from pay increases of between 5% and 8.9% from September, as the government has today (Tuesday 19 July) fully accepted pay recommendations from the independent School Teachers’ Review Body for the next academic year. The...
A number of schools are allowing parents to pick their children up at 1pm this afternoon, rather than the usual time of around 3pm. Clehonger Primary School has messaged parents saying they can pick their children up at 1pm this afternoon, after seeing how children...
A Herefordshire school has told parents that they can collect their children at 1pm this afternoon, due to extreme heat. Ashfield Park Primary School in Ross-on-Wye said: "Due to the build up of heat in the school building over night and the continued heatwave...
A specialist school in Hereford has taken the decision to close for the day tomorrow (Tuesday) due to the extreme temperatures that are being forecast. Brookfield School in Hereford shared the following update earlier today on the Herefordshire Council’s School...
A Herefordshire school has confirmed a partial closure this week, due to heatwave conditions. John Masefield High School & Sixth Form in Ledbury will close at 12.15pm on Monday and will remain closed on Tuesday. The following was posted on the Herefordshire...
A local school has taken the decision to temporarily close due to the upcoming heatwave. Parents at John Masefield High School in Ledbury have received the following letter: “We have had high temperatures for the past fortnight which have particularly affected lessons...
A school in Leominster will close early on Monday and Tuesday due to heatwave conditions. Earl Mortimer High School & Sixth Form Centre confirmed the news in a letter to parents this afternoon. We’ve attached a copy of the letter below:
Another school in Herefordshire has this afternoon confirmed that it will close early on Monday and Tuesday next week, with extreme temperatures predicted. Kingstone High School and Primary School will both close early on Monday and Tuesday, with the following update...
A number of schools in Herefordshire are sending out letters that give parents the option to allow kids to remain at home on Monday, with heatwave conditions and temperatures of up to 36c possible across Herefordshire. Your Herefordshire has been informed that St...
A Hereford school will finish classes earlier next week to ensure that students aren’t in class during the ‘hottest part of the day’. The Hereford Academy confirmed the news in a letter to parents earlier today that said: “THA has decided not to have Sports Day on...
A Hereford based school has brought forward its Sports Day, to avoid the ‘extremely high temperatures’ that are being forecast for early next week. The Hereford Academy announced that its Sports Day that was due to take place on Monday 18th July has been brought...
Thousands of Herefordshire children and young people in nurseries, schools and colleges are set to benefit from free school meals support during the summer holidays, through a council funded scheme.Primary and secondary school pupils who are entitled to benefits...