Now is the time to apply for primary school places
Parents of children due to start primary school next September can now apply for their child’s place. Anyone with children born between September 1, 2011, and August 31, 2012, must…
Nottingham School Wins Prestigious United Nations Award
Middleton Primary and Nursery School has become one of only 250 schools in the UK and the first in Nottingham or Nottinghamshire to be recognised with the highest level UNICEF…
City schools performing well above national average for music
Schools in Nottingham are doing better in Music than others nationally. New figures collected for the Department for Education music survey show that Nottingham is scoring well above the national…
Attendance improving in Nottingham schools
Schools and academies in Nottingham have seen a big improvement in attendance. New figures show 4.8% of pupils were absent from schools and academies in Nottingham last year, that’s a…
School attendance campaign wins third national award
A campaign to boost school attendance by offering pupils the chance to go to an exclusive pop concert has won its third national award. Nottingham City Council’s Get In:volved campaign…
Clifton care home to become centre for people with disabilities
Nottingham City Council will turn Laura Chambers Lodge care home in Clifton into a centre for adults with special needs and disabilities. The decision was made on Monday following a…
Nottingham teacher is one of the first to get a new national music qualification
A teacher in Nottingham City has become one of the first in the country to gain a prestigious new qualification for music teachers. Lucy Kerslake, one of three teachers in…
Educational progress of Nottingham Children in Care exceeds national average.
Pupils in care have made better progress through school to their GCSE’s than their peers have nationally. Provisional data for 2015 shows that the number of Children in Care in…
Focus on family learning helps to support parents and carers into work
Ten thousand Nottingham families who faced social and economic disadvantage have benefited from a ‘family learning’ programme in Nottingham over the last 12 years. The Nottingham City Council-led programme is…
Nottingham City Council backs Food for Life Roast Dinner Day
Schools across Nottingham will be taking part in the sixth annual Food for Life Roast Dinner Day on Wednesday 4 November. This day of celebration, held during LACA’s National School…