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250 primary pupils enjoy Brine Leas Activity Day in Nantwich

250 primary pupils enjoy Brine Leas Activity Day in Nantwich

Hundreds of youngsters from around Nantwich descended on Brine Leas Academy to enjoy the school’s annual Activity Day.

The event is designed to give year 5 and 6 pupils a taste of life in high school once they leave primary.

October 6, 2014
Reaseheath College staff face disciplinary measures over ice bucket challenge

Reaseheath College staff face disciplinary measures over ice bucket challenge

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College workers in Nantwich are facing disciplinary measures – for filming their charity ice bucket challenge on college grounds.

Five members of staff at Reaseheath College were stunned to be told they were facing disciplinary proceedings after carrying out the fund-raising stunt performed by millions around the globe.

October 2, 2014
Nantwich headteacher hails intruder alert system after police incidents

Nantwich headteacher hails intruder alert system after police incidents

A headteacher in Nantwich has moved to reassure concerned parents today after two intruder alerts led to classroom lock downs.

Students at Brine Leas Academy were kept in rooms while police were called out to deal with a trespasser.

September 24, 2014
Nantwich primaries cope with boom in school meals demand

Nantwich primaries cope with boom in school meals demand

Nantwich MP Edward Timpson visited a local primary school to see how it is coping with a boom in demand for school meals.

New Government policy of free meals for all year 1 and 2 pupils has seen many primary schools providing scores more meals every day.

September 23, 2014
Reaseheath College scores high marks in latest QAA report

Reaseheath College scores high marks in latest QAA report

Higher education students at Reaseheath College in Nantwich receive an excellent experience, according to a report.

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), HE’s equivalent of Ofsted, says quality of degrees offered by Reaseheath and the way they are delivered is worthy of commendation.

September 15, 2014
A51 Reaseheath bypass in Nantwich three years away, residents told

A51 Reaseheath bypass in Nantwich three years away, residents told

Work on a much-needed Reaseheath A51 bypass promised as part of the massive 1,100-home Kingsley Fields development, is at least three years away.

Reaseheath College Principal Meredydd David told concerned residents that work on the bypass is not due to start until the third year of the development.

September 12, 2014
New Cheshire Wildlife Trust education centre opens near Nantwich

New Cheshire Wildlife Trust education centre opens near Nantwich

Dozens of guests joined the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire David Briggs for the opening of a new wildlife trust education centre near Nantwich.

The £120,000 new Bickley Barn education centre, between Wrenbury and Malpas, is based in a converted 100-year-old diary milking barn.

September 9, 2014
Reaseheath College to unveil multi-million pound expansion plan

Reaseheath College to unveil multi-million pound expansion plan

Residents will get the chance to quiz Reaseheath College bosses over its expansion bid as part of the plan to build 1,000 homes on green land on the edge of Nantwich.

The college has organised a public meeting to outline its future development, which is tied in to the North West Nantwich Consortium’s proposed housing and retail site at Kingsley Fields.

September 5, 2014
Brine Leas student to perform at Food and Drink Festival

Brine Leas student to perform at Food and Drink Festival

A talented Brine Leas student will be playing at the Nantwich Food and Drink Festival this weekend.

Callum Joseph Wright will be performing after wowing the judges at the Open Mic UK auditions.

September 3, 2014
Nantwich college hopes new gym will help Crewe Alexandra

Nantwich college hopes new gym will help Crewe Alexandra

A Nantwich college hopes its cutting edge sport science kit will help Crewe Alexandra return to winning ways!

Reaseheath College is offering its new sports science laboratory in the campus gym to first team players at Gresty Road.

August 31, 2014
Brine Leas and Malbank students achieve top GCSE results

Brine Leas and Malbank students achieve top GCSE results

Students at Brine Leas and Malbank School in Nantwich were celebrating another excellent set of GCSE results today (August 21).

More than 80% of Brine Leas students in Nantwich achieved A* to C in both Maths and English, today’s results revealed.

August 21, 2014
Malbank Sixth Form celebrates Nantwich student A level success

Malbank Sixth Form celebrates Nantwich student A level success

Students from Malbank Sixth Form College in Nantwich will be going to some of the most prestigious universities in the UK and abroad.

A level results across the curriculum brought tears of joy and excitement for students and parents today (August 14).

August 14, 2014
Brine Leas students in Nantwich celebrate amazing A level results

Brine Leas students in Nantwich celebrate amazing A level results

Hundreds of pupils across Nantwich were celebrating another set of amazing A level results today.

And it was another record-breaking year for Brine Leas Sixth Form (BL6) students.

August 14, 2014