Schools & Colleges

Reaseheath College staff honoured at PRIDE awards

Reaseheath College staff honoured at PRIDE awards

Staff at Reaseheath College and University Centre in Nantwich have been honoured at a ceremony for their contribution to “life of its local community”.

The Reaseheath PRIDE Awards are presented to teams and individuals who “go the extra mile” in role modelling the college’s values of People, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence.

July 18, 2022
Brine Leas School maintains “good” Ofsted rating in latest inspection

Brine Leas School maintains “good” Ofsted rating in latest inspection

Brine Leas School in Nantwich has maintained its “good” rating after the latest Ofsted inspection.

Inspectors visited the Audlem Road school in May.

July 15, 2022
School leaders celebrate SATs results at Learning for Life Partnership

School leaders celebrate SATs results at Learning for Life Partnership

School leaders across the Learning for Life Partnership (LFLP) in South Cheshire are celebrating strong SATs results.

Year 6 students from the Partnership – which includes Shavington and Wistaston – bucked the national trend, particularly in Reading, Writing and Maths.

July 14, 2022
Calveley Primary Academy unveils new outdoor classroom

Calveley Primary Academy unveils new outdoor classroom

A new outdoor classroom at Calveley Primary Academy looks set to prove a big hit with children.

That’s according to Nantwich Town Crier Dev Hobson, who dropped in at the primary school to officially open the new facility.

July 13, 2022
Reaseheath College students praised for Hope House fundraising

Reaseheath College students praised for Hope House fundraising

Students and staff from Reaseheath College and University Centre in Nantwich have raised more than £12,000 for Hope House Children’s Hospice.

Members of the college and university centre’s Student Association (SA) also made a substantial donation to Body Positive after a busy fundraising year.

July 13, 2022
Everybody to run Cheshire East summer activity programme

Everybody to run Cheshire East summer activity programme

Everybody Health and Leisure has received funding from Cheshire East Council to help run a summer 2022 holiday activity and food programme (HAF).

It will fund places on Everybody’s Summer Multi Activity Days and Crewe Everybody Football Academy sessions in partnership with Crewe Alexandra In The Community

July 11, 2022
Cheshire East employs “experts” to review school catering service

Cheshire East employs “experts” to review school catering service

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is employing experts to review its schools catering service after it made a loss of more than £95,000 in 2021-22.

The service currently provides meals for 92 schools across the borough – this includes 86 primary, four special schools, one secondary and a pupil referral unit.

July 7, 2022
Brine Leas School to host Summer Showcase event

Brine Leas School to host Summer Showcase event

Brine Leas in Nantwich will its Summer Showcase on July 14 to celebrate and display the talents of students across all curriculum areas.

Doors will open at 5.30pm with events starting at 6pm and we will close at 8pm.

June 26, 2022
Covid lockdown impact on children’s mental health “significant”

Covid lockdown impact on children’s mental health “significant”

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Lockdown has had a significant impact on the mental health of children and young people in Cheshire East with as many as one in six needing support, a healthcare boss has said.

June 15, 2022
Cheshire College – South and West principal Dhesi honoured with OBE

Cheshire College – South and West principal Dhesi honoured with OBE

The Principal and CEO of Cheshire College – South & West has been awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Jasbir Dheshi – known as Dheshi – was awarded it for services to education.

June 4, 2022
Nantwich pupils suggest designs for town’s new primary school

Nantwich pupils suggest designs for town’s new primary school

Nantwich pupils have been putting their creative brains to the test to come up with designs for a new primary school in the town.

Youngsters across the local cluster of schools came together to give their views, share ideas and create designs for a new 210-pupil primary school on the Kingsbourne development.

May 31, 2022
Children’s Nantwich Platinum Jubilee displays fit for a Queen

Children’s Nantwich Platinum Jubilee displays fit for a Queen

By Jonathan White
Nantwich shopkeepers and local schoolchildren have produced a colourful range of regal window displays and frontages to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

The displays all have a red, white and blue theme and include Union Jack flags, The Royal Standard of the United Kingdom flags, and Platinum Jubilee flags.

May 30, 2022
Nantwich pupils scoop honours in art and writing competition

Nantwich pupils scoop honours in art and writing competition

Pupils from Nantwich primary schools have scooped awards in a Rotary Art and Handwriting competition.

Eleven schools submitted entries with the theme of the competition “My Favourite Time Of Year”.

May 29, 2022