Equine students in Nantwich hail local vet’s online lectures
Equine science undergraduates Reaseheath in Nantwich have praised a local vet for helping them keep on track with their final year degree studies during the pandemic.
Schools & Colleges
Reaseheath Vice Principal retires after 36 years’ service
One of Reaseheath College’s longest serving staff members, Vice Principal Dave Kynaston, has retired after 36 years of unbroken service at the Nantwich college.
Dave was a student at the then Cheshire College of Agriculture in 1977 and returned in 1983 to become a lecturer in farm building construction, estate maintenance, mechanisation and engineering.
Equine students in Nantwich learn from showjumping designer
Equine students keen to join Reaseheath College’s arena parties have picked up top tips from national show jumping course designer Sue Barratt.
Nantwich secondary schools scale back as staffing hit by Coronavirus crisis
Secondary schools in Nantwich are being forced to scale back teaching and ask pupils to study at home as they are hit by staffing problems caused by the Coronavirus crisis.
97% of Cheshire East parents secure preference school places
Cheshire East Council says 97% of parents have secured preferential secondary school places for their children for September 2020.
Hundreds of families enjoy first Reaseheath lambing event of year
Visitors to Reaseheath College in Nantwich enjoyed an early taste of Spring over the weekend despite the wintry weather.
Although Storm Jorge forced the cancellation of Saturday’s Lambing and Zoo event, the Nantwich college was able to open its new lambing sheds to the public as planned on Sunday.
MP Kieran Mullan goes back to school in Nantwich
MP Kieran Mullan went back to school in Nantwich to celebrate activities designed to boost the health and wellbeing of children and inspire the next generation of politicians.
Retail giant AO sets vehicle challenge for South Cheshire schools
Online electricals retailer AO are calling on young minds across South Cheshire to help reduce their carbon footprint.
The Big Bang Green Logistics Challenge is a competition for schools across the borough to design an environmentally friendly vehicle for the AO logistics team.
Reaseheath lambing event cancelled on February 29
Reaseheath College has been forced to cancel tomorrow’s lambing event due to forecast stormy weather.
Pupils and staff to return to Brine Leas amid latest Coronavirus guidance
Pupils and staff from Brine Leas School in Nantwich showing no flu-like symptoms after a ski trip to Northern Italy can return to school, latest guidance has said.
A number of teachers and around 95 students were sent home today by headteacher David Cole as a precaution against potential Coronavirus after they had spent a week on their ski trip in Northern Italy.
Brine Leas closes Sixth Form over Coronavirus fears after Italy ski trip
A Nantiwch sixth form has been closed due to staff shortages after teachers who returned from ski trip in Italy were told to self-quarantine over Coronavirus fears.
It’s believed up to 12 teachers and 100 students who were on the week-long trip to Folgaria in Northern Italy have been told to stay at home for 14 days.
Reaseheath student crowned runner up in national dairy contest
An agriculture undergraduate from Reaseheath College in Nantwich has been crowned runner-up in a national dairy competition.
Olivia Edgerton was second in the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) 2020 ‘Dairy Student of the Year’ contest.
Big rise in fines handed to Cheshire East parents for taking term-time holidays
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Thousands of fines have been handed out to Cheshire East parents for taking their children out of school at term-time following a landmark court ruling.
Figures obtained by the Knowledge Academy under the Freedom of Information Act show both Cheshire East and West councils dished out more fixed penalty notices (FPNs) in 2018-19 than in 2017-18.
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