Cheshire East Council has contacted thousands of families on national primary school offer day with almost all receiving their preferred school.
After receiving a total of 3,978 applications this year, 92.6% of Cheshire East residents were offered a place at their first preference primary school.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Councillors will be updated next week on progress on the new Basford East Primary School as plans have been submitted for the proposed new build.
The school, which will be built on land off David Whitby Way, will cater for children from the 815 new homes being built in the area.
Residents at a care village in Nantwich have teamed up with primary school pupils for a special reading project.
Youngsters have been visiting Richmond Villages Nantwich as part of the ‘Reading for the Planet’ initiative.
Hundreds of pupils across Nantwich and Crewe discovered new career possibilities during a Year 6 experience day at Reaseheath College and University Centre.
The end of term event at the Nantwich institution introduced primary pupils to a range of exciting and high-value jobs available in industries they may not typically hear about.
A primary school in Wistaston went into “lockdown” amid fears of a gunshot being fired nearby, it has emerged.
Pupils at Wistaston Church Lane School were barricaded into a classroom with blinds closed, lights off and doors locked during the incident.
Work on a new primary school in Nantwich is to get underway with an opening date set for September 2026.
Construction work will start on Monday (June 2nd) on Kingsbourne Academy primary school, a new, 210-pupil school on the Kingsley Fields housing development.
Pupils at a tiny village primary will be representing Crewe and Nantwich at regional athletics finals later this month.
The youngsters from Bridgemere CE Primary will be competing at the Small Schools Regional Indoor Athletics Final in Ellesmere Port on Monday March 17.
Up to 93% of Cheshire East parents have received their first preference primary school for September 2024, the authority said.
The figures were revealed after parents and carers received their choices on national primary school offer day (April 16).
A primary school in Nantwich celebrated its 21st birthday with a special party attended by Crewe and Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan.
Pear Tree Primary School in Stapeley first opened its doors in September 2003.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A new primary school scheduled to open in Shavington in two years will be delayed by 12 months because a developer has gone into administration.
The 210-place primary school earmarked for Basford East was due to open in September 2025.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East’s plans to delay building a new Nantwich school for a year because of spiralling costs could actually end up costing the council more, councillors said.
Planning permission was granted in June for the new 210-pupil Kingsbourne Academy on the Kingsley Fields development.
An elderly care home resident in South Cheshire has learned to read again – with help from a big-hearted primary school pupil!
Violet, 79, was determined to show age is no barrier to achieve her dream of learning to read again.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans for a new primary school on the Kingsbourne development in Nantwich have been recommended for approval.
The one-form entry school, which will accommodate 210 pupils, will be sited on vacant land off Richard Gibson Road.
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