By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A panel set up last summer to look at the ‘extreme challenge’ of Cheshire East Council’s whopping £116 million special needs budget deficit has not met once, a councillor said.
Cash-strapped Cheshire East is overspent on its special needs and disability (SEND) budget because the cost of provision has outstripped government funding.
A retired school nurse from Nantwich is proving just the tonic for children needing a little extra help with their reading.
Mother-of-three Patricia Pickles is a volunteer with Schoolreaders, a charity that recruits people to visit a local primary school each week to listen to children read to improve their reading and comprehension skills.
Future land-based professionals were in the spotlight at the Reaseheath Apprenticeship Awards 2025.
The Nantwich college celebrated the achievements of apprentices and employers shaping their success across the UK.
Nantwich schools could soon have ANPR cameras outside to target bad or illegal parking by parents.
A ‘Safe haven’ parking pilot scheme is set to be trialled outside four schools in Cheshire East.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Nantwich rural schools are becoming over-subscribed but a new primary school which should have opened in September 2024 and was delayed for a year still hasn’t been built.
Planning permission was granted in June 2023 for the new 210-pupil Kingsbourne Academy on the Kingsley Fields development.
The headteacher of Stapeley Broad Lane C of E Primary School has hailed a “fantastic” report after their latest Ofsted inspection.
The school, part of the Cornovii Trust, has been praised by Ofsted for the ‘exemplary’ behaviour of pupils, a ‘broad and ambitious’ curriculum and ‘exceptional’ efforts in supporting pupil personal development.
Staff at Reaseheath Zoo in Nantwich are mourning the death of Timmy, a Brazilian Tapir.
Timmy has been a popular attraction at the mini zoo since arriving in Nantwich in 2007
Popular lambing weekends are to take place again at Reaseheath College in Nantwich in March.
The college has confirmed there will be two weekends – March 1-2 and March 8-9 – for visitors to witness the arrival of newborn lambs and learn about farm life.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council believes it will have slashed its school transport costs by more than £3m by the end of the financial year.
But they have hired Edge Consultants at a cost of £733,000 to help it bring down the cost of transporting children and young people to school.
Ofsted inspectors say Reaseheath College in Nantwich “requires improvement” in six areas.
Inspectors visited the college in October and released their latest report this week
University Centre Reaseheath is hosting its first open day of 2025 this Saturday January 18.
The Nantwich-based institution offers degrees and professional certificates for careers in agriculture, canine behaviour, veterinary nursing, environmental conservation, food science, zoology among others.
Cheshire College has unveiled a new “Sensory Space” to support students on its Crewe campus.
The aims is to provide a haven for students with neuro-divergent conditions when they are feeling overwhelmed or needing a quiet space.
Overnight snow has forced headteachers to close secondary schools in Nantwich and Shavington today.
The schools made the announcements in the last few minutes for “safety reasons”.
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