By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has reduced its special needs budget deficit by £10.1 million.
This means it was about £80m overspent in this area at the end of 2023/24 year instead of the predicted £90m.
Brine Leas School in Nantwich has appointed a new headteacher following the death of previous head David Cole.
The Audlem Road school has announced that Paul Whitehead has been appointed as the new headteacher.
An aspiring garden designer will celebrate his community allotment’s 100th birthday in his debut show garden at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park.
Harry Dean, 19, a landscape architecture student at University Centre Reaseheath in Nantwich, will lead a team of 11 fellow vegetable growers from Over Allotments in Winsford on the garden build.
Winners from nine Nantwich primary schools have been honoured with awards in the Rotary Art & Handwriting Competition.
The youngsters gathered to collect their accolades from Nantwich Rotary Club President Elect Rod Stokes and Mayor of Nantwich Cllr Stuart Bostock.
Youngsters at a Nantwich primary school enjoyed a special visitor when Paralympic swimmer Oliver Hynd called in.
Oliver, who has an MBE, visited Stapeley Broad Lane School to share his inspiring story of triumph over adversity.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Head teachers impacted by Cheshire East Council’s decision to scrap its school meals service should consider a not-for-profit model such as one which operates in Liverpool, a Crewe councillor said.
The council’s loss-making catering service is due to close next April, leaving 87 schools looking for alternative providers.
Two Crewe and Nantwich youngsters have won a competition to see their designs on the side of Boughey Distribution trucks.
It was part of a road safety competition for their colleagues’ families and local schools Calveley Primary Academy and Highfields Primary Academy.
Animal Care students at Reaseheath College in Nantwich have been helping clear up litter polluting the River Weaver in the town.
The students have been learning about recent pollution of the river after incidents which caused the deaths of thousands of fish.
Staff and governors at Brine Leas School in Nantwich have issued a heartfelt tribute to headteacher David Cole, who died five days ago.
Mr Cole, who had been at the school on Audlem Road for 24 years, died suddenly aged 52 on Sunday night at his home in Willaston.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is to close its loss-making school meals service next April.
It is also putting up the price of its meals for schools from September until the service ends next year.
Tributes have poured in following the sudden death of David Cole, the headteacher at Brine Leas School in Nantwich.
Many have taken to social media to express their condolences and pay tribute.
The headteacher of Brine Leas School in Nantwich David Cole has died suddenly, the school has announced.
In a statement this morning, the school said: “We are deeply shocked and saddened to inform you that David Cole, headteacher at Brine Leas, died suddenly yesterday.
A Nantwich secondary school is closed all day today due what it calls “an emergency situation”.
Brine Leas on Audlem Road is closed all day April 29 to all pupils.
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