Nantwich headteachers have praised the response of the community after appealing for help to deliver mass Covid testing of pupils on site.
David Cole, head of Brine Leas Academy, and John Harrison at Malbank have been working over Christmas to plan for the testing after the Government announced new return dates and mass testing requirements.
Headteachers in Nantwich are appealing for volunteers to help them carry out mass Covid testing when secondary schools return in January after the Christmas break.
Brine Leas and Malbank heads David Cole and John Harrison today contacted all parents to launch the appeal.
A Nantwich headteacher has hit out at Government announcements to “stagger” the return of secondary schools in January. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced the plans today – on the day schools break up for a two-week Christmas holiday. Mr Williamson said secondary schools and colleges will “operate a staggered return, offering all non-exam year groups full-time remote education, as close[Read More…]
A Nantwich Food Festival “Advent” donation event in aid of the town’s Foodbank has been hailed a major success after filling NINE vans full of food and gifts
Scores of residents dropped by throughout the day at Brine Leas School on Saturday with their generous donations, despite the terrible weather.
Brine Leas student Cathy Jain has released her new single ‘Green Screen’.
The talented 16-year-old from Wistaston wrote the single from her bedroom, and the alt-pop song explores an imagined reality and desire to feel something.
Nantwich Food Festival volunteers are urging residents to support Nantwich Foodbank this Christmas to ensure no one goes hungry in the community.
A Christmas donation “drop-off” is being organised for November 28 at Brine Leas School.
Brine Leas Sixth Form in Nantwich has been closed for the second time in a week after another positive Covid case.
The school said they have been informed of a positive Covid-19 case in one of its Year 13 students.
Brine Leas Sixth Form in Nantwich has closed today due to a positive case of COVID-19.
It’s believed one of the Year 12 or 13 students has tested positive.
A Nantwich school headteacher has demanded an apology from Network Rail for using an image of its pupils taken more than two years ago to highlight rail safety.
The image, which we have chosen not to publish but has been shared widely, shows two former Brine Leas pupils in school uniform posing on a section of rail tracks between Nantwich station and London Road level crossing.
Parents have scored a major victory in a battle to restore bus services for sixth form students in Audlem travelling to schools in Nantwich.
Our story earlier this week and parental pressure on Cheshire East Council has prompted swift action after we revealed up to 30 post-16 students were left stranded with no way to get to school.
Angry parents say sixth form students in Audlem have been left “stranded” and unable to get to school in Nantwich after public transport was pulled by Cheshire East Council.
It’s feared up to 30 students could be affected by Cheshire East’s decision not to provide school transport for Brine Leas year 12 and 13 students.
With school doors shut to many and classrooms out of reach, how are students coping with the masses of school content yet to be taught?
Here, Brine Leas student Zack Sharp offers an insight into the impact lockdown has had on pupils like him.
Generous Nantwich residents have donated a staggering 210 bags of food for the town’s Foodbank in just two hours.
Nantwich Food festival volunteers organised its third “drop and go” collection event at Brine Leas School earlier today (June 22).
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