Nottingham children to star in The Tempest on Notts TV
On Thursday 22 March at 1pm and 4pm, Notts TV will air a special screening of William Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’, performed by children from the Primary 6 Partnership (Ambleside Primary,…
64 Nottingham children designed and built their ‘ideal city’ at Primary Parliament
64 year 5 and 6 pupils from 16 Nottingham City schools took part in Primary Parliament today at the Council House to discuss their ideas for how cities can be…
Teaching the next generation about suffragettes
Pupils from secondary schools across the city are set to learn about the history of suffrage today. Nottingham City Council, as part of centenary celebrations, wants young people in Nottingham…
Council leader thanks staff for keeping services – and the city – going despite bad weather
Nottingham City Council Leader Cllr Jon Collins has praised council staff for keeping services running during the current severe weather. The vast majority of services have continued as sub-zero temperatures…
Alex Norris MP praises Nottingham’s Relationship and Sex Education Charter
Alex Norris, MP for Nottingham North, has praised Nottingham’s Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) Charter in Parliament. Mr Norris spoke in the House of Commons on Tuesday 6 February during…
Four more Nottingham schools celebrating glowing Ofsted reports
Ofsted inspectors have praised four schools in Nottingham for their hard work and excellence. Rosehill School has maintained its ‘Outstanding’ rating, Middleton Primary has also maintained ‘Good’, while Rosslyn Park…
Three primary school expansions will create 480 school places by 2020
Three Nottingham City schools will expand by the end of 2019, creating 480 school places and 26 nursery places. The three schools are: Westbury Special School in Bilborough, which will…
Councillor David Mellen to read to 2018 children in January
In January 2018, Councillor David Mellen, Portfolio Holder for Early Intervention and Early Years at Nottingham City Council, will read to as many children as he possibly can with a…
Pupils’ improvements in reading and writing through phonics put Nottingham in top ten
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 pupils showing real improvements at primary level
Primary school pupils in Nottingham are heading for the top of the class after flying up the national league tables for their work. The youngsters from Key Stage 2, aged…