Schools & Colleges

Nantwich hairdressing students play key Grease role

Nantwich hairdressing students play key Grease role

Hairdressing students in Crewe and Nantwich were shining stars after playing a leading role in a charity production of hit musical Grease.

The South Cheshire College group delivered a range of dazzling hairstyles for cast members before they took to the stage for performances at Crewe’s Lyceum Theatre.

April 30, 2015
Nantwich student with Crohn’s Disease wins award for orchard

Nantwich student with Crohn’s Disease wins award for orchard

A Nantwich college undergraduate who is battling Crohn’s Disease, has won a national award with his flood plain orchard.

Daniel Ackerley, studying a Foundation Degree in Countryside, Conservation and Recreation at Reaseheath College, was a runner-up in The Conservation Foundation’s ‘Gardening Against the Odds’ Awards.

April 28, 2015
Reaseheath baking challenge attracts 80 entrants across North West

Reaseheath baking challenge attracts 80 entrants across North West

Budding food technologists from schools across the region battled it out in a baking challenge at a Nantwich college.

Ten finalists including Alex Camp, 13, from Congleton, made it through to the Schools Great British Pie Bake Off, held in Reaseheath College’s specialist food centre.

April 9, 2015
Nantwich ‘special measures’ primary school could change name

Nantwich ‘special measures’ primary school could change name

A Nantwich primary school placed in special measures could change its name and uniform, it has emerged.

Parents of pupils at Wyche Primary and Nursery School, on Manor Road, were given the news on the day children broke for Easter.

April 8, 2015
Council backs Nantwich headteachers over 18-rated video games letter

Council backs Nantwich headteachers over 18-rated video games letter

Council bosses have defended Nantwich headteachers for issuing a warning letter to parents about children playing 18-rated computer games.

The letter, sent by Nantwich Education Partnership, tells parents that they could be reported to police or social services if pupils reveal they are allowed to play adult-rated games.

April 1, 2015
Holocaust survivor tells story to Crewe and Nantwich students

Holocaust survivor tells story to Crewe and Nantwich students

A Holocaust survivor shared his life experiences and recollections of World War II with Crewe and Nantwich students.

John Dobai spoke to students and staff at South Cheshire College about his family’s fight for survival during the 1940s.

March 26, 2015
Whale rescued at Reaseheath College in Nantwich!

Whale rescued at Reaseheath College in Nantwich!

A beached whale and several dolphins and seals were rescued from the front lawn at Reaseheath College in Nantwich.

The simulated emergency was staged to help 37 animal management students gain an internationally recognised qualification in wildlife rescue.

March 25, 2015
Nantwich school to broadcast eclipse live for students

Nantwich school to broadcast eclipse live for students

A Nantwich school is showing education has no boundaries – by planning to stream the solar eclipse live to students and staff!

Technicians at Brine Leas Academy on Audlem Road is to stream the eclipse live on its Youtube Channel, and students in class can also see the recording later in the day.

March 19, 2015
Crewe and Nantwich students run The Cat radio shows

Crewe and Nantwich students run The Cat radio shows

Media students from Crewe and Nantwich have taken to the microphone to launch their own regular show on The Cat Community Radio.

The Crewe and Nantwich station, based at South Cheshire College, has given students a chance to host a show and gain valuable broadcast experience.

March 17, 2015
Nantwich college student in BBC Countryfile show

Nantwich college student in BBC Countryfile show

A Reaseheath College apprentice in Nantwich starred in a BBC Countryfile programme.

Agriculture apprentice Jason Smith, 21, was joined by presenter Matt Baker as he carried out duties of assistant herdsman at his dairy farm in Middlewich.

March 12, 2015
Ofsted dump Bunbury village school in special measures

Ofsted dump Bunbury village school in special measures

A village school near Nantwich has been placed in “special measures” by Ofsted amid concerns of pupil safety and behaviour.

The move, which has shocked staff and governors at Bunbury Aldersey C of E Primary, relates to safeguarding and pupil behaviour issues.

March 10, 2015
South Cheshire College students prepare for Red Nose Day

South Cheshire College students prepare for Red Nose Day

Crewe and Nantwich students will turn South Cheshire College into a sea of red in support of the Red Nose Day 2015 appeal.

The college is throwing its weight behind Comic Relief which takes place this Friday March 13.

March 10, 2015
Hundreds enjoy lambing weekend at Reaseheath, Nantwich

Hundreds enjoy lambing weekend at Reaseheath, Nantwich

Hundreds of families flocked to Reaseheath College in Nantwich over the weekend for the first of two lambing events.

Spring has arrived in the college’s lambing sheds with the arrival of the first newborns of the season.

March 3, 2015