‘Wonderful’: Bolton nursery jumps from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ in just four months
A Bolton preschool has turned itself around in record time, jumping from an Ofsted rating of ‘Inadequate’ to ‘Good’ in just four months.
‘Break free and aim higher’: Manchester school for BME kids aims combat trend of ‘settling for mediocrity’
A group of Manchester teachers and professionals are raising money to launch a school for black minority ethnic and under-privileged children.
Tameside nursery’s play area branded ‘unsafe’ and kids’ wellbeing at ‘significant’ risk
A Tameside nursery’s outdoor play area is so dangerous that the welfare and safety of the tots is at ‘significant’ risk, according to Ofsted after an inspection last month.
Bolton primary school lauded for ‘robust’, ‘passionate’ and ‘successful’ improvements
A remarkable turnaround in the last two years has seen Bolton’s Castle Hill Primary School’s Ofsted report jump to an overall good rating from requiring improvement in all areas at the last inspection.
‘Peculiar’: Man Uni experts attack plans to scrap ICT GCSEs and A Levels in 2017
Scrapping ICT GCSE and A Levels for computer science because they are ‘in a similar space’ is like saying ‘stitching footballs and playing football are the same thing’, argues a developement informatics professor.
Paws off Parrs Wood! ‘Fear of government’ only reason top Manchester school faces reform, warn teachers union
Parents, teachers and unions are in despair as one of Manchester’s largest and most successful schools faces imminent academisation ‘out of fear’, claims the National Union of Teachers.
Manchester charity urges inspiring young adults to join fight for educational equality
A youth social action charity is looking for inspirational young adults to help transform the lives of children in Greater Manchester.
Manchester council took FOUR MONTHS to deal with mouse infestation and ‘fresh droppings’ in school kitchen
Council staff at a Manchester primary school failed to deal with a mouse infestation until after food hygiene inspectors said the kitchen ‘required major improvement’, an FOI has revealed.
Three-year-old threatened at gunpoint on way to school in ‘terrifying’ Sale robbery
A three-year-old child was threatened at gunpoint whilst walking to school, when a man robbed a mother in Sale on Friday morning.
‘No winners today’: Jealous husband jailed for strangling school teacher wife to death
A man who consistently gave a ‘pack of lies’ to everyone has been jailed after he murdered a woman and left her wrapped in a duvet for emergency services to collect.
‘Creating profound change’: Charity backed by Obama opens in Manchester schools
A presidentially-approved charity has officially launched in Greater Manchester, encouraging young people head back to school, to help tackle educational inequality.