Cheshire East Council has won government backing for two new schools for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
The successful bid means the Department for Education will build two new special schools, in Middlewich and Congleton.
By Jonathan White
First team players at Nantwich Town helped spread Easter cheer by delivering chocolate eggs to children at Springfield School in Crewe.
Dabbers players Troy Bourne, Byron Harrison, and Dan Cockerline made the visit, along with Kit Manager Jason Clarke, representatives from the Co-op, and presenters Neil Davis and Gary Johnson from local community radio station The Cat.
Tributes have been paid to a popular Nantwich student who has died suddenly.
Brine Leas School sixth form pupil Mary Stanway passed away on Friday morning.
The North West Academies Trust has been appointed as the sponsor for the new 210-pupil primary school in Nantwich.
The one form entry primary school, due to open in autumn 2024 subject to planning approval, will be on the Kingsbourne development where there will eventually be 1,100 new homes.
More than 90% of parent and carers in Cheshire East have received their first secondary school preference choice, the council says.
Around 5,200 applications were received, an increase from just over 5,000 in 2022, from parents whose children will be moving up to secondary school in September 2023.
Thousands of visitors enjoyed a Springtime experience at Reaseheath College’s Lambing and Zoo Weekend in Nantwich, making it the most successful yet.
The sell-out event, which is being repeated this coming weekend (March 11-12), attracted 2,500 visitors each day.
Game and wildlife students at Reaseheath College in Nantwich have joined a project to build and install nesting tubes for mallard ducks.
The mallard, once the UK’s commonest wild duck, has seen its numbers drop over recent years and it is now on the Birds of Conservation Concern Amber list if concern for the species.
Youngsters at Springfield School in Crewe and a charity supporting the health and wellbeing of women have teamed up to mark a day the international social calendar.
A programme of displays and fun activities will take place at Cheshire College, South and West in Crewe on March 4 to celebrate International Women’s Day.
Reaseheath College’s construction students are to gain real life skills by building a bungalow on the college’s Nantwich campus.
The college has received £110,000 funding from Specialist lender Together to enable the project to go ahead.
Plans have been submitted for the proposed new primary school at Kingsley Fields in Nantwich, writes Belinda Ryan.
The one-form entry school, which will accommodate 210 pupils, is planned for vacant land off Richard Gibson Road.
Several schools in Cheshire East will go into the red next year unless the government increases their funding, headteachers have told councillors.
For many years Cheshire East has received less funding for its schools than other councils because it is seen as an affluent area.
Reaseheath College welcomed Roads and Local Transport Minister Richard Holden MP onto campus during National Apprenticeship Week to see the progress of the UK’s first dedicated Bus and Coach Engineering Academy.
The academy is the result of an innovative and forward-thinking partnership between Reaseheath and First Bus.
Several apprentices and employers were commended at Cheshire College – South and West’s Apprenticeship Awards Ceremony.
The annual event celebrates the outstanding contributions of apprentices, as well as the positive impact of their employers.
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