Education

Newcastle City Council set to cut free home to school transport for post-16 SEND pupils

Free home to school transport for post-16 pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Newcastle is set to be scrapped. Council bosses are...

Clean Air Schools programme sees fabulous progress at Bradford schools

The Bradford Clean Air Schools Programme (CASP) is a Bradford Council initiative funded by the Bradford Clean Air Zone (CAZ). Since its launch 48...

Bradford College selected as finalist in prestigious national education awards

Bradford College is a finalist in two categories of the highly sought-after Beacon Awards 2024/2025. Run by the Association of Colleges (AoC), the Beacon Awards celebrate...

Mayor’s £2.3m boost brings mentoring to all London boroughs’ Pupil Referral Units to help curb youth violence

The Mayor of London has announced that his Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) will invest £2.3m to expand the number of mentors helping children in...

New University of Huddersfield building officially open

The Daphne Steele Building, named after a trailblazing figure in UK healthcare, has been officially opened at the University of Huddersfield’s National Health Innovation...

£6.7m being spent on transporting children to and from school in Middlesbrough

A total of £6.7m is budgeted for transporting children in Middlesbrough to and from school This was confirmed by Ged Faint, Middlesbrough Council’s Integrated Transport...

Bradford students become ‘junior detectives’ in innovative anti-knife crime program

An innovative project that sees school students become 'junior detectives’ has been rolled out in Bradford after its success in Leeds earlier this year. The...

North East universities react to tuition fee rises

North East universities have welcomed an increase in tuition fees but they maintain more work needs to be done to support higher education. Newcastle, Sunderland,...

Underfunding is failing children with SEND and widening education gaps, new report reveals

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being failed by a lack of funding for schools, leading to a shortage of specialist...

Council and partners work to prevent young people using fireworks

Bradford Council's Youth Service is working with partner organisations to deter young people from anti-social behaviour in the run-up to Bonfire Night. Organisations including voluntary...

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