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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
A Hereford Secondary School has moved a year group to home learning, due to a shortage of staff after a rise in COVID-19 cases. Parents and Carers at The Hereford Academy received this email this evening:
Students and staff at Dyson Perrins Church of England Academy have shown their support for the people of the Ukraine by holding a series of fundraising events in the past two weeks. The fundraising efforts have seen the whole school pull...
A school in Herefordshire will remain partially closed for the remainder of this week due to cases of COVID-19 causing staff shortages. An update from Blackmarston School was shared by Herefordshire Council this morning. It said: “Wrens Class will be closed from...
COVID-19 cases have resulted in a Herefordshire school taking the decision to partially close a school until further notice, with cases rising once again across Herefordshire. An update from Blackmarston School said: “Wrens Class will be closed from Monday 21st...
A Herefordshire school will be partially closed tomorrow due to COVID-19. An update from Blackmarston School said: “Wrens Class will be closed from Monday 21st March until further notice due to staff shortages arising from Covid infections within the class team. We...
A school bus that serves two Herefordshire secondary schools has been cancelled this morning, Herefordshire Council has confirmed. Herefordshire Council said that the KST216 A J Watkins service that serves Kingstone & Fairfield High Schools has been cancelled this...