New college ‘could poach from schools’

7:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

CONCERNS a new college in Didcot could poach children from other schools and leave them short of funds have been raised by an education expert.

Pupils have the write stuff to wow audience

Flora Murray, 13, and John Foster, 14,

5:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

YOUNGSTERS explored their artistic sides with the help of East Oxford’s Pegasus Theatre.

School exchanges ideas with European teachers

The teachers at The Blake School with the Union Flag

4:10pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

TEACHERS from Belgium, Finland and Turkey visited The Blake Primary School in Witney as part of a European project to share skills and help pupils learn about other cultures.

Go-ahead for 3,800 Didcot school places

9:30am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A FRAMEWORK for new school places for Didcot’s growing population was rubber-stamped yesterday.

Pupils taught to stay safe crossing the road

Ella Hardy and her firefighter father Jon check if it's safe to cross

8:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Schoolchildren have been asked to look out for each other when crossing roads by firefighters.

Growing Didcot will need 4,000 more school places

10:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

SCHOOL places for an extra 4,000 children will need to be found in Didcot, Oxfordshire County Council has estimated.

Decision due on Bampton nursery

11:10am Monday 20th May 2013

 A decision is due today on whether Bampton Primary School will be permitted to open a foundation stage unit for three-year-olds.

Parents push for extra class at primary school near homes

Outside Wolvercote Primary School, left to right, back: Payashi Garry holding Hannah Garry, Kerry Harries, Rosa Faulkner holding Otto Faulkner. Front: Joseph Garry, Isabelle Harries, Amaya Faulkner, Ixeya Faulkner and Alice Wilkinson. Picture: OX59199

1:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

PARENTS who missed out on primary school places want action taken long before a planned expansion.

Children will get to grips with fun at festival

Louis Goodall, 9, from Willow Croft Primary School – pictured front left with Oliver Bishop, from Gosford Hill School

5:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

PRIMARY school children across Oxfordshire are counting down to the launch of a new festival.

Record 2,400 pupils take part in art competition

Luigi Felici. Picture: OX59027 Antony Moore

2:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

CHICKEN drumsticks and hairy spiders were among the record number of entries submitted for this year’s Young Art Oxford (YAO) competition.

Author serves up a real-life thriller for pupils

Children’s author Chris Bradford. Picture: OX58958 Damian Halliwell

12:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

PUPILS at Larkmead School in Abingdon were given top tips on how to defend themselves from an underworld of crime and combat.

Education expert in bid to boost schools

John Howson

7:00am Monday 13th May 2013

AN EMINENT Oxford education expert says he wants to help improve exam results after being elected to Oxfordshire County Council.

Teenagers are an enterprising bunch

Isabel Yue

2:00pm Saturday 11th May 2013

A GROUP of teenage entrepreneurs have cooked up a winning formula after triumphing at a special awards ceremony, writes Matt Oliver.

Teachers hatch plot over new chicks

Rachel Downey and pupil Petros Papadopoulos handle the chicks

2:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

PUPILS at a Didcot primary school got the chance to pet some chicks after watching them hatch.

Chelsea Flower Show trip for youngsters

Kirtlington Primary School pupils, from left, Gemma Croker, eight, Joe Straker, nine, Izzy Potts, eight, and Gabriel Popham, nine

7:00am Friday 10th May 2013

THESE growing gardeners are blooming delighted after they were invited to show off their stuff at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.

Girls have teenage beauty market nailed

Girls have teenage beauty market nailed

1:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

THESE teenage entrepreneurs are hoping their budget blend of beauty products can catapult them to success.

Autism school to open on Oxford estate

9:30am Tuesday 7th May 2013

A SCHOOL for children with autism and learning disabilities will open next year on the former site of a special school in Oxford.

Music-mad teens are a hit with cult heroes Dreadzone

FANS: Adam Thack-Pugsley, Callum Walton and Alex Warner

9:30am Tuesday 7th May 2013

SCHOOL projects can instill a sense of “dread” in pupils’ minds.

Girls given insight into IT

1:00pm Saturday 4th May 2013

PUPILS at Oxfordshire’s only all girls state schools got a taste of a possible future career on International Girls in ICT Day.

Head backs her staff after Ofsted mauling

Year 6 School Council members, from left, Aiden Hay, 10, Ana Bogotyrow, 10, and Francisco Molina, 11, with headteacher Susie Bagnall

12:00pm Saturday 4th May 2013

A HEADTEACHER has defended her staff after her school was judged to require improvement by Ofsted.

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