A primary school headteacher in Tarporley has written an open letter blasting the SATS exam which left her pupils in tears.
And Kerry Forrester, who wrote to her MP Edward Timpson, called for SATS tests to be scrapped.
Family, friends, former and current staff at Malbank School in Nantwich joined together to celebrate the life and contribution of former headteacher Herbert Rowsell.
Herbert died late last year and his wife and children were invited to the memorial.
A Nantwich headteacher has praised the North West Air Ambulance after it attended an emergency earlier today.
The incident happened at Brine Leas School on Audlem Road where a pupil needed urgent treatment.
Hundreds of students at Malbank School in Nantwich were praised by staff today as they collected their GCSE exam results.
It follows two years of disruption due to the Covid pandemic and the return of results from externally assessed exams.
Students and staff at Malbank Sixth Form in Nantwich are celebrating today after collecting “fantastic” grades.
Headteacher John Harrison said they were proud of their A-level students after two years of “uncertainty and disruption” caused by the Covid pandemic.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Ten thousand pounds was taken from a South Cheshire school’s budget to pay staff it doesn’t employ and teachers’ pensions haven’t been paid because of failures in the council’s new finance system.
Headteacher Carl Leech told of the shambles and lack of support his school has faced since the Best4Business HR and finance IT system was introduced by Cheshire East Council.
It was a case of love at first sight for new Calveley Primary Academy headteacher Ray Rudd.
Ms Rudd has an impressive career in education, specialising in helping children with additional needs.
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.
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…]
Tributes have been paid to a former headteacher and key community leader in Wistaston who has died.
John Charles White, who was born in Suffolk in 1939, played a major role in many of Wistaston’s community events.
The norovirus winter sickness bug is sweeping through a Nantwich school, forcing it to close.
Brine Leas Academy headteacher David Cole made the rare decision to shut the school tomorrow (December 13) after consulting with health chiefs.
Alleged “threats” made against Brine Leas School in Nantwich are hoax, police have said.
Officers were called in after the “threats” were reported as being posted on social media sites including Instagram and Snapchat.
A Nantwich secondary headteacher has called on parents to sign a national petition to help schools like his secure better funding.
David Cole, head of Brine Leas Academy, says his school is one of the worst off in Cheshire East.
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