Education News - The Blackpool Gazette

School system unfair to households in areas with fewer options - study

The secondary school choice system is unfair to households in areas where they are given fewer options, a study suggests.

Education

Talent show at Great Eccleston Copp CE Primary School marks Blackpool Grand's big anniversary

Youngsters at Great Eccleston Copp CE Primary School know how to celebrate.

Education

Pupils from Corpus Christi Catholic High School in Preston are benefiting form careers advice from local industry

Lancashire businesses asked to give up an hour to help put pupils on the right career path

A campaign has been launched to try it get business leaders more involved in careers education.

Business

Collegiate RUFC. Pictured from left; C. Blackburn, M. Benson, S. Eaves, D. Riley, P. Newton, C. Bancroft, A. Escott, S. Hipgrove and P. Bond.

Collegiate High School: Looking back at Blackpool school life in the 80s

To those of a certain age, what is now Blackpool Aspire Academy will always be referred to as Collegiate High School.

Retro

This is why Chester Zoo is giving away thousands of FREE tickets to school children

Wildlife experts at Chester Zoo have released 42,000 free tickets for school groups.

Education

Students in the north west can claim a refund on their TV licence when they come home for the summer holidays.

Students coming home to Lancashire for summer warned not to miss out on refund

Students returning home to the north west for the summer holidays have been urged to get their money's worth from their TV licence.

Lifestyle

Sir Bill Beaumont with pupils at the playground opening

Sir Bill opens Thornton school’s winning playground conversion

A Fylde coast school is celebrating a winning conversion of its play area – thanks to a super fund-raising effort.

People

L-R: Dr Alex Belton (Head of Mathematics and Statistics at Lancaster University), Professor Sharon Huttly (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education at Lancaster University), Nick Burnham (Principal of Cardinal Newman College), Katie OReilly (Vice-Principal at Cardinal Newman College), Vicky Bryant (Vice Principal of Cardinal Newman College)

World class maths school set to launch in Preston after link up between Lancaster University and Cardinal Newman College

A new world-class maths school is set to open in Preston next year.

Education

The Beano is searching for Britain's funniest class.

A Bispham Primary has been shortlisted the Beano's "Britain's Funniest Class" competition - here are the Top 10

A Bispham primary has been shortlisted for the "Britain's Funniest Class" award alongside 9 other schools from around the UK.

Education

These dance pupils from Millfield won a Lancashire dance competition and are now in the national finals

Dazzling dance success for Thornton's Millfield High School

Pupils at a high school in Thornton have won a county-wide dance competition to book a place in the national finals.

Education

Lancashire County Council are looking for ex-Armed Forces school mentors - could this be you?

Ex-servicemen and women are wanted for a school mentoring programme with Lancashire County Council

Education

The Marsh Road school has been heaped with praise for being extremely welcoming, and inspectors found that pupils behaviour was consistently good.

It's all good from Ofsted for Thornton's Royles Brook school

A Thornton primary school has maintained its ‘good’ school status following a routine inspection by Ofsted.

Education

Farriery is just one of the many courses on offer at Myerscough College

How the former Lancashire Agricultural College has changed beyond all recognition

Time changes everything.... as the saying goes, and it is certainly true of Myerscough College.

Retro

Services provided by Lancashire County Council and local NHS organisations will come under the spotlight

Is Lancashire ready for special needs re-inspection?

Councillors have said they want reassurance that Lancashire is ready for a re-inspection of services for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Health

Senior teachers looking around the Armfield Academy when the keys were handed over by contractors last year

Blackpool school says it will end academic year 'earlier than we would have liked' for this reason

The academic year at a Blackpool school will "finish slightly earlier than we would have liked", its headteacher told parents.

Education

Th bword "sorry" was left scrawled in this sand after vandals wrecked a reception play area at Garstang Community Primary School

Vandals wreck school’s play area and then write "sorry" in the sand

Vandals trashed a Garstang school’s play area and then scrawled “sorry” in the sand.

Education

Professor Graham Baldwin has been announced as the new VC at UCLan from September 2019

New UCLan boss is a familiar face as former deputy is named new VC of the Preston university

A former UCLan boss is returning this old workplace to take over the top post.

Health

Special needs plans for Lancashire children cannot be sped up

There is little scope to speed up the process for assessing the support needed by children with special educational needs and disabilities, a committee of councillors has been told.

Education

1st Bispham Scout Troop were presented with the President's Flag by assistant district commissioner for the Blackpool Scout Section, Stewart Swan.

1st Bispham youngsters fly the flat for Scouting

They’re flying the flag for Scouting!

Education

Judges at The Schools' Film and Photography Festival (SFPF) at the Hotel and Apartments Social Club on Coronation Street, Blackpool.

Local youngsters celebrate at The Schools’ Film and Photography Festival

The talents of local youngsters were celebrated at an inaugural awards ceremony.

Education