From Herefordshire Council: May half term 2022 holidays We are providing funding for a scheme that ensures over 3,900 children and young people in nurseries, schools and colleges will receive financial support during the May half term holidays. This scheme aims...
EDUCATION
NEWS | A Herefordshire Primary School has been awarded £124,158 to install an air source heat pump to improve energy efficiency
Goodrich Church of England Primary School in Herefordshire has been awarded £124,158 to install an air source heat pump and to improve energy efficiency by upgrade their lighting to LED lighting. Half a billion pounds awarded to upgrade public buildings in England...
NEWS | A walk for George will take place in Stretton Sugwas this July
Earlier this year we featured the story on Laura Hughes whose son George tragically passed aged five. NEWS | Hereford woman to walk 150 miles to raise money in tribute to her late son who tragically died aged five years old | Herefordshire’s Independent Source of News...
NEWS | Broadlands and Withington are welcoming new head of schools at the end of August to build on recent success
New chapter - Broadlands and Withington are welcoming their new head of schools at the end of August to build on recent success It’s been over 2 years since every school in the UK was closed due to the outbreak of Covid-19. While there is no doubt that it has been a...
NEWS | Park on yellow zig zags near schools in Herefordshire and you could soon be receiving a fine from Herefordshire Council
`Motorists who decide to park on yellow zig zags outside schools in Herefordshire could soon be receiving a fine from Herefordshire Council. Herefordshire Council has been asking residents for their views on the introduction of measures to enforce moving traffic...
NEWS | Kingsland CE Primary School Headteacher extremely proud of football team after becoming National Champions!
Kingsland CE Primary School’s football team are celebrating unprecedented success this academic year. Having been crowned runners up for Herefordshire in the English Schools’ FA U11 7-a-side Schools’ Cup 2022 in the autumn term, they were invited...
NEWS | A Herefordshire Primary School has been rated as ‘outstanding’ in recent Ofsted report
A Herefordshire Primary School has been rated as 'outstanding' in a recent Ofsted report. Canon Pyon CofE Academy was inspected on the 1st March 2022. Some of the comments on the Ofsted report are available below. Canon Pyon Church of England Academy is a small...
NEWS | Eco-friendly play area gets opening ceremony and is already proving popular with children and young adults
Priory Park's newly revamped play area has been officially opened with a formal ribbon cutting ceremony. The opening event took place on Thursday 5 May, at the new state-of-the-art play area, in Priory Park, Great Malvern. The ribbon was officially cut by Cllr Cynthia...
NEWS | Herefordshire Council asks residents for support in helping hedgehogs survive as numbers continue to decrease
Hedgehogs are an iconic species whose numbers are in decline. Since 2020, they have been listed as ‘vulnerable’ to extinction on the first red list of British mammals published by the Mammal Society. Their population decline is attributed to many different causes,...
NEWS | Students heading to class this Autumn are reminded to apply for student finance
It’s estimated that more than 1.5 million people will attend college or university this autumn, and the Student Loans Company (SLC) is urging students to apply for student finance in plenty of time. SLC’s role is to enable opportunity for students to invest in their...
NEWS | Herefordshire primary school places announced today
Parents in Herefordshire join those across England today (Tuesday19 April) with finding out which primary school their child will be attending in September 2022. Herefordshire Council has made 1729 offers of places in primary schools across the county with...
NEWS | Student volunteers from Hereford Sixth Form College show community spirit to tackle the litter problem in Churchill gardens
Student volunteers from Hereford Sixth Form College united in the community spirit to tackle the litter problem in Churchill gardens. Armed with gloves, bin bags, and litter pickers, the volunteers spent their lunchtime clearing the beautiful gardens, each...
NEWS | Herefordshire Council offers FREE Easter activities to children eligible for benefit related free school meals
Herefordshire Council is offering FREE Easter activities to children eligible for benefit related free school meals thanks to funding from the Department for Education. The programme is free for all school aged children 4 to 16 (reception to Year 11), who are eligible...
NEWS | Year 9 pupil at Hereford Academy is national winner of Royal Mail Stamp design competition
Year 9 Pupil at the Hereford Church of England Academy, Hereford is national winner of Royal Mail Stamp design competition. A spokesperson for Hereford Church of England Academy said: “We are delighted to announce that Alfie Craddock, a Year 9 pupil at The Hereford...
NEWS | Year group told to stay at home today as COVID-19 continues to affect a school in Herefordshire
A Herefordshire school has told students in one year group to stay at home, with COVID-19 impacting on staffing levels. Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre shared the following update on the Herefordshire Council Schools website page earlier: “Year 9 is closed...
NEWS | A Herefordshire school has told students in one year group to stay at home due to COVID-19 impacting staffing levels
A Herefordshire school has told students in one year group to stay at home, with COVID-19 impacting on staffing levels. Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre shared the following update on the Herefordshire Council Schools website page earlier: “Year 7 is closed...
NEWS | COVID-19 continues to cause problems at Herefordshire schools with another school partially closing until further notice
COVID-19 continues to cause problems at schools across the county, with Blackmarston School in Hereford confirming that Puffins class will be closed from today (Monday 28th March) until further notice, due to staff shortages. An update from Blackmarston School on the...
NEWS | COVID-19 cases cause a Herefordshire school to close a class group for the rest of this week
COVID-19 cases have caused a Herefordshire school to close a class group for the rest of this week. An update from Herefordshire Council this morning has confirmed that Broadlands EYFS will be closed for the rest of this week due to COVID-19 related staff shortages....
NEWS | Staff shortages due to COVID-19 mean that a class at a school in Hereford is closed tomorrow
Staff shortages because of COVID-19 are continuing to cause issues at educational settings in Herefordshire, with Broadlands EYFS the latest class to have to temporarily close. An update on the Herefordshire Council website this afternoon says: Broadlands EYFS is...
NEWS | Aylestone School students raise a fantastic £1659.39 for The Little Princess Trust
Aylestone School was delighted to have a visit from Kim from The Little Princess Trust on Wednesday 24th March to thank the students for their recent fundraising efforts on behalf of the Trust. Aylestone students had taken part in a range of events to raise money,...