Local pupils have placed Nottingham in the top ten most improved areas in the country for learning how to read and write through phonics. Their achievement – which has seen Nottingham City move up 32 places in the national league tables in just two years – has prompted a letter from Minister of State for […]
Public health experts at Nottingham City Council are warning parents to remember the importance of safe sleeping for babies ahead of the Christmas season. Babies need lots of sleep during their first few months and it’s important to ensure that they’re sleeping safely at all times – either overnight or daytime naps. Since 1st April […]
Nottingham Music Service, a registered charity providing life-changing music programmes in the city, is hosting two Christmas in the City concerts from Nottingham city pupils. The charity now has more than 8,000 young people learning to play instruments in the city compared to just 650 in 2002. The first concert will be at the Albert […]
Nottingham City Council is encouraging potential foster carers to come forward so that children and teenagers waiting for a foster home can experience next Christmas in a loving family home. Nottingham City Council cares for over 600 children who can’t live with their parents – many of these children are in temporary accommodation and don’t […]
A Nottingham City Council corporate director has been honoured in an annual awards ceremony celebrating women in business. Alison Michalska, who has responsibility for Children and Adults at the authority, scooped the Women In Public Service category of the Nottingham Post Women In Business Awards 2017. The awards have been held for the past five […]
Parents and carers of children due to start primary school in September 2018 can apply for their child’s place on Friday 17 November. Anyone with children born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014 must fill in an application form before 15 January 2018. Parents are being reminded that it is important to use […]
Three international sports stars will help to officially open the £3.35m expansion of a Nottingham primary school this week. Great Britain gymnast Ellie Downie, former world champion boxer Jawaid Khaliq and ex-England footballer Jermaine Jenas – who all hail from the city – will visit Mellers Primary in Radford on Thursday 16 November. Work on […]
Nottingham City Council has granted When You Wish Upon a Star charity founder Barbara White OBE her own Christmas wish – to be official friends with Santa Claus himself! Barbara founded the charity in Nottingham in 1990 to grant the wishes of children living with a life-threatening illness. Since it was established it has granted […]
A campaign in Nottingham which delivers free books to children has just passed its 100,000 milestone. Nottingham City Council has been working alongside the Rotary Club of Nottingham to co-ordinate fundraising for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library since the Club chose to adopt the scheme as a project in 2012. Since then, donations have increased to […]
Hungry Nottingham City Council workers will be served by the chefs of the future when young people take over Loxley House restaurant on Thursday 9 November. Members of the city’s Children in Care Council will plan, prepare and cook the lunchtime menu for staff at the City Council’s Station Street headquarters. It’s all part of […]