Apply for your child’s reception class school place for 2023 from today Herefordshire Council’s admission process for reception class school places for September 2023 opens today for children who were born between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019.Applications can...
EDUCATION
NEWS | The Department for Education set to announce guidance to schools on plans for potential closures should The Queen’s funeral land on a weekday
The Department for Education is today expected to release guidance to schools across the country about what should happen if The Queen's funeral lands on a weekday. Schools will remain open as normal today (Friday). The Department for Education will confirm that all...
NEWS | Herefordshire Council’s secondary school admissions process opens for applications from today
From Herefordshire Council: Herefordshire Council’s secondary school admissions process opens for applications from Monday 5 September. Herefordshire Council’s admissions process for secondary school places for 2023 opens today for children who were born between 1...
NEWS | Record-breaking A-Level results for Hereford Cathedral School Sixth Formers
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...
NEWS | Students celebrate A level success at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools
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...
NEWS | Thousands of students in Herefordshire set to receive exam results today
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,...
NEWS | Student loan interest rates cut again due to market rates
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...
NEWS | ‘Free School Uniform’ Facebook page set up to help struggling families in Herefordshire and to keep good uniform out of landfill
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...
NEWS | Council agrees additional funding towards Brookfield Special School improvements project
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...
NEWS | Hereford Sixth Form College Wins National Award for Social Mobility
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...
NEWS | Every school will have a life-saving defibrillator by 22/23
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...
NEWS | Teachers across the country will benefit from pay increases of between 5% and 8.9% from September
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...
NEWS | School offers parents the chance to pick their children up early this afternoon due to heatwave conditions
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...
NEWS | A Herefordshire school has told parents they can collect children at 1pm this afternoon due to extreme heat
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...
NEWS | A school in Hereford has taken the decision to close tomorrow due to the 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...
NEWS | A Herefordshire school has confirmed a partial closure on Monday and Tuesday
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...
NEWS | Local school takes decision to temporarily close due to extreme heatwave temperatures
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...
NEWS | A school in Leominster will close early on Monday and Tuesday due to heatwave conditions
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:
NEWS | Another school in Herefordshire confirms early finish on Monday and Tuesday due to extreme heatwave temperatures
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...
NEWS | Several schools in Herefordshire are giving parents the opportunity to allow kids to remain at home on Monday due to heatwave
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...