Up to 93% of Cheshire East parents have received their first preference primary school for September 2024, the authority said.
The figures were revealed after parents and carers received their choices on national primary school offer day (April 16).
Dear Editor,
I am writing in support of national charity Living Streets’ call to see 60% of children walking to school by 2029.
Fewer than half of primary school aged children walk to school in England, this is a drop from 70% a generation ago.
Dear Editor
Your report on the school meals service identifies a major cost item of CEC that needs to be explored further.
It shows how CEC is top heavy. Commenting on the report is a Director of Strong Start, Family help and Integration PLUS a Head of Children’s Development & Partnership.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A new primary school scheduled to open in Shavington in two years will be delayed by 12 months because a developer has gone into administration.
The 210-place primary school earmarked for Basford East was due to open in September 2025.
Nantwich Museum is appealing for more volunteers to help run school workshops throughout the academic year.
Sessions have links to the National Curriculum and are designed to be fun and informative with many practical activities.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is to increase the mileage rate for families whose children qualify for free home-to-school travel in an attempt to slash nearly £450,000 off school transport costs.
The council offers personal travel budgets (PTB) to some parents whose children are eligible for free transport.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans for a new primary school on the Kingsbourne development in Nantwich have been recommended for approval.
The one-form entry school, which will accommodate 210 pupils, will be sited on vacant land off Richard Gibson Road.
The North West Academies Trust has been appointed as the sponsor for the new 210-pupil primary school in Nantwich.
The one form entry primary school, due to open in autumn 2024 subject to planning approval, will be on the Kingsbourne development where there will eventually be 1,100 new homes.
Plans have been submitted for the proposed new primary school at Kingsley Fields in Nantwich, writes Belinda Ryan.
The one-form entry school, which will accommodate 210 pupils, is planned for vacant land off Richard Gibson Road.
Up to 2,800 teachers and school staff from 300 schools will be striking in Cheshire as part of the National Education Union’s industrial action announced today.
Teacher members of the NEU in England and Wales have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is paying £3,000 more per pupil than most equivalent councils to transport some children to school each year.
This includes paying on average £71 for a 10-mile taxi journey or £118 for a 20-mile journey – way above the expected £21 or £41 costs respectively.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council spends more than £230,000 a week on taxis taking children to and from school.
Figures obtained by the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) through Freedom of Information (FOI) reveal the council pays for 887 children to go to school by taxi at an approximate cost of £231,959.67 per week.
Young pupil at St Anne’s Primary in Nantwich put their best feet forward to help raise more than £2,000 for the Ukraine appeal.
The big-hearted children took part in a sponsored run and walk to raise money for the appeal through the charity, CAFOD.
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