Schools & Colleges

99% of Cheshire East parents secure preferred primary school place

99% of Cheshire East parents secure preferred primary school place

Up to 99% of parents across Nantwich and rest of Cheshire East have secured their preferred primary school place for their child.

The figures emerged on national primary school offer day today (April 16).

April 16, 2025
Nantwich headteacher receives memorable send off

Nantwich headteacher receives memorable send off

Headteacher Gill Price was given a memorable send off from Weaver Primary School in Nantwich after 19 years at the helm.

After being whisked off first thing in an open top sports car for ‘a coffee’ by a colleague, she returned to cheering children lining Western Avenue.

April 6, 2025
Wybunbury Delves primary celebrates SIAMS success

Wybunbury Delves primary celebrates SIAMS success

Children and staff at Wybunbury Delves CE Primary are celebrating after receiving an inspection which called the school a “beacon of light”.

The school underwent a Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS).

April 4, 2025
Village school near Nantwich nets nursery capital grant

Village school near Nantwich nets nursery capital grant

Calveley Primary Academy near Nantwich has secured funding to expand its nursery provision.

The village school is one of 300 across the UK to be approved for the school-based nursery capital grant 2024-2025.

April 3, 2025
Kingsbourne Academy delayed with first intake now Sept 2026

Kingsbourne Academy delayed with first intake now Sept 2026

A new primary school for Nantwich will not be ready for pupils until September 2026 at the earliest.

Work to build the new Kingsbourne Academy on the Kingsbourne development off Waterlode has been dogged by delays.

March 25, 2025
Warning over children vaping at schools in Cheshire East

Warning over children vaping at schools in Cheshire East

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Children vaping at schools in Cheshire East are not just using nicotine but other substances as well, the director of education has said.

Claire Williamson told Cheshire East’s health and wellbeing board that vaping was becoming a real concern for headteachers in the borough.

March 20, 2025
More than 10,000 flock to Reaseheath College’s lambing weekends

More than 10,000 flock to Reaseheath College’s lambing weekends

Reaseheath College’s popular lambing and mini zoo weekends once again delighted thousands of visitors this month.

And with the sun shining on all four event days, more than 10,000 people flocked to the college’s Nantwich campus to experience the magic of spring on the farm.

March 14, 2025
Malbank students enjoy cultural “trip of lifetime” in New York

Malbank students enjoy cultural “trip of lifetime” in New York

Year 11 and 13 students from Malbank School and Sixth Form College embarked on a trip of a lifetime to New York.

The visit had been planned for almost two years by staff at the Nantwich school.

March 10, 2025
CEC secures funds to extend Holiday Activities and Food Programme

CEC secures funds to extend Holiday Activities and Food Programme

A scheme providing school holiday activities and healthy meals to Cheshire East children will continue for at least one more year.

Cheshire East Council has been awarded new government funding for its Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.

March 5, 2025
95% of Cheshire East parents receive first choice secondary school

95% of Cheshire East parents receive first choice secondary school

As many as 95% parents in Cheshire East will receive their first choice of secondary school on national offer day, the authority says.

On national offer day today (March 3), Cheshire East Council has informed thousands of parents and carers about their children’s secondary school places.

March 3, 2025
Cheshire East’s SEND budget deficit team fails to meet once

Cheshire East’s SEND budget deficit team fails to meet once

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.

February 27, 2025
Retired school nurse returns to class for Schoolreaders charity

Retired school nurse returns to class for Schoolreaders charity

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.

February 21, 2025
Future stars hailed at Reaseheath College apprenticeship awards

Future stars hailed at Reaseheath College apprenticeship awards

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.

February 21, 2025