Cheshire College – South & West is the only college in Cheshire to offer the new T Level qualifications.
T Levels aim to fast track learners’ careers in a range of vocational areas and will be offered from September 2021.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Parents collecting their children from school should switch their engines off to help improve air quality, says a Cheshire East Councillor.
Cllr Mick Warren, CEC cabinet member for communities, said “idling engines” is adding pollution and impacting on health.
A big-hearted Nantwich boy is climbing up Snowdon with his dad to help raise hundreds of pounds for his village school.
Five-year-old Jack McIntyre wanted to help raise money for the Friends of Acton School PTA.
A Nantwich school headteacher has demanded an apology from Network Rail for using an image of its pupils taken more than two years ago to highlight rail safety.
The image, which we have chosen not to publish but has been shared widely, shows two former Brine Leas pupils in school uniform posing on a section of rail tracks between Nantwich station and London Road level crossing.
Parents have scored a major victory in a battle to restore bus services for sixth form students in Audlem travelling to schools in Nantwich.
Our story earlier this week and parental pressure on Cheshire East Council has prompted swift action after we revealed up to 30 post-16 students were left stranded with no way to get to school.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Vulnerable children in Cheshire East were given hundreds of laptops from the Government during the coronavirus lockdown, new figures reveal.
The Department for Education provided 200,000 devices to local authorities and school trusts between May and July to help children access remote learning while schools were closed.
Angry parents say sixth form students in Audlem have been left “stranded” and unable to get to school in Nantwich after public transport was pulled by Cheshire East Council.
It’s feared up to 30 students could be affected by Cheshire East’s decision not to provide school transport for Brine Leas year 12 and 13 students.
Pupils, parents and staff in Cheshire East have been praised by education chiefs after figures showed attendance at fully open schools was more than 92%.
There were fears that many parents would continue to keep children off school amid the Coronavirus pandemic when classes restarted this week.
Parents across Nantwich and Cheshire East are being urged to stay clear of school gates when pupils finally return to classes later this week.
Around 56,000 children and young people will be returning to more than 170 schools and colleges across the borough.
Two new special schools catering for children aged between four and 18 across Cheshire East are set to open.
The schools, Axis Academy and Lavender Field School, aim to cater for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), such as those with social, emotional and mental health needs.
Staff and pupils at Malbank School in Nantwich are celebrating GCSE successes of its year 11 students.
Despite the difficult and chaotic circumstances, the school says many of its pupils have gained excellent grades to continue on to A levels or apprenticeships.
Cheshire College staff and students have celebrated excellent A Level results, despite the controversy around downgrading of teacher assessments.
Hundreds of students attended the college’s Crewe campus on at the end one of the most challenging years any cohort could face.
The headteacher of Malbank Sixth Form College said today she was “proud” of how her students coped during lockdown as A level results were unveiled today.
Hundreds of students across Nantwich and Crewe received their grades today, amid controversy that many have been downgraded from those worked out by teacher assessment.
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