How city students are catering for the future

10:12am Tuesday 25th November 2008

ABOUT two million people are expected to be out of work by Christmas, as the credit crunch turns into a crisis.

Youngsters tune into ways to end bullying

9:16am Tuesday 18th November 2008

HANNAH Cridford took up her post as Worcestershire’s antibullying co-ordinator earlier this year. It was the first time such a role had been created in the county, and was in response to national efforts to tackle bullying.

Our colleges compare favourably with the very best in the world

9:06am Tuesday 11th November 2008

THIS week marks the first ever national Colleges Week aimed at celebrating the role colleges play in unlocking talent in communities and transforming the lives of learners.

Remember when girls used to scrub clothes by candlelight here?

9:52am Tuesday 4th November 2008

IF so, the pupils of Stanley Road Primary School want like to hear from you as they search for information about their new art room’s former life as a laundry

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We’re now in charge of our own destiny and it's feeling good

9:24am Tuesday 28th October 2008

SET in the picturesque Herefordshire countryside, Mordiford, with its ancient bridge and historic buildings, might seem an unlikely place to lead a revolution.

At school today, we did English, science, maths – and skincare

9:16am Tuesday 21st October 2008

FOR most teenage girls, looks are incredibly important.

How do you work out which school is right for your child?

9:06am Tuesday 14th October 2008

CHOOSING a secondary school for your child is one of the biggest and most important decisions you will ever have to make in their lives.

We’ll play lost anthem at our girls’ centenary

9:07am Tuesday 7th October 2008

IN 1971 a unique anthem was commissioned and composed especially for Worcester Girls’ Grammar School. It was sung by pupils each year at their valedictory service. But when the school closed in 1984, the piece of music was lost, and only some years later was part of the manuscript recovered – minus a page and a half.

Getting an education grant helped me turn my idea into business

9:32am Tuesday 30th September 2008

COMING to the end of a university course can be daunting – especially if you don’t have a job lined up to go to.

We're excited about our schools working more closely together

8:33am Tuesday 23rd September 2008

ON the surface, King’s School, Worcester, and Bishop Perowne CE College might seem worlds apart.

Our £6.3m revamp will help us to offer the best

9:41am Tuesday 16th September 2008

THE multi-million pound extension and development of the historic city centre site, which includes work in the former Alice Ottley buildings of the school, is just the latest phase in the exciting RGSAO revolution.

‘If a teacher is sick, I sometimes have to get in my car and just go’

9:24am Tuesday 9th September 2008

AS more and more teachers struggle to find permanent employment, increasing numbers are turning to supply work.

Jetting off to children who are not so lucky

9:29am Tuesday 2nd September 2008

DESPITE the continuous headlines that we see about failing schools, Britain’s youngsters get one of the best educations in the world.

Learning facts of life with a modern slant

8:39am Tuesday 22nd July 2008

WHAT kind of parent is Homer Simpson? Or Peggy Mitchell? In fact, what makes a good parent? Pupils at Elgar Technology College were able to come up with a raft of answers, all of which were sensible, when these questions were posed during a personal, health and social education (PHSE) lesson.

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We got the jobs that 110 teachers wanted

8:50am Tuesday 15th July 2008

EARLIER this year, an expert on teacher recruitment and retention predicted that “finding a job this year is going to be a challenge for everyone”.

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Summer camps: a parent’s guide

8:40am Tuesday 8th July 2008

School’s almost over, but don’t despair there are organisations full of ideas to keep your youngsters amused all summer long

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I had to learn to read to help my daughter with her homework

8:49am Tuesday 1st July 2008

WHEN Rissvoy Scarrott gave birth to her daughter she knew at some point the time would come when she would be asked to help her with her homework.

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The pupils who can spell 'poo at the zoo' before they're taught their abc

8:29am Tuesday 24th June 2008

‘‘IMAYD sum jinjurbred biscits with migh mum”. No I haven’t suddenly lost the ability to spell, and this is not text talk. If you’re a parent of a four or five-year-old, this may look familiar to you. Because this is phonics, one of the most widely debated methods of teaching young children to read and write.

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These happy hens help pupils learn - but are school pets a bad idea?

8:05am Tuesday 17th June 2008

Clucky and Angel happily graze at a Worcester primary school as the children collect their eggs, check their food and water and clean out the pen.

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Two into one will go, say leaders of latest countyschoolmerger

9:16am Tuesday 10th June 2008

WHEN the proposal to merge Northwick Manor infant and junior school was first mentioned last year, a flurry of panic engulfed many parents. Would such a large school be able to offer their children the same standard of education they were getting in the separate schools?

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