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 funded by the Skills Funding Agency and is designed to give parents and carers the skills and confidence they need to help them better support […]
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 Meals Week, recognises the dedicated, hard-working and talented school cooks who serve our children with nutritious, freshly prepared and locally sourced school dinners. Schools have […]
The Education Improvement Board (EIB) has launched its consultation on plans to improve education outcomes in the city. The EIB has a ten-year plan to improve schools in Nottingham and is now consulting with head teachers, teachers, governors, parents and the wider public on the proposals. The board, made up of city leaders and education […]
A campaign to boost school attendance by offering pupils the chance to go to an exclusive pop concert has won a national award. Nottingham City Council’s Get In:volved campaign with Capital FM was the Gold winner in the Media Week Awards 2015 in London on Thursday 22 October. The campaign, which ran over the Autumn […]
A teaching assistant from the school at Nottingham Children’s Hospital has been named the best in the UK. Kathy Harwood, who has worked at the Nottingham City Council-run school at the Queen’s Medical Centre since 1995, was one of 11 teaching staff honoured at the Pearson Teaching Awards on Sunday. The event, held at the […]
Nottingham City’s Health and Wellbeing Board wants to hear your views on how to make Nottingham City a happier and healthier place in which to live, as planning gets under way to develop the next Health and Wellbeing Strategy. Citizens’ views and opinions on improving health will enable the Board to understand which health and […]
New figures show that Nottingham has seen real improvement in the development of children under the age of five. The Department for Education data shows that the city has closed the national gap significantly in the past year in the assessment that takes place at the end of the EYFS year, the Early Years Foundation […]
With the autumn half term upon us, Nottingham City Council has organised events to give children and teenagers exciting and rewarding activities. There are some special seasonal events, but many of the activities are actually run all year round by Nottingham City Council’s Play & Youth service. There’ll be something for all the family including […]
Teenagers have helped transform The Meadows Children’s Centre garden, offering children in the area a fun and exciting place to play. The group of 13 young people aged 16-17 took on the challenge, as part of the National Citizen Service programme, a community project run by Notts County FC Football in the Community [FITC]. They […]
At times of great personal hardship, many of us would turn to our relatives and friends for guidance and a helping hand. What would you do if you and your family didn’t have this choice? For families who don’t have strong family connections or who have recently moved away from family in another part of […]