education
TODAY is ‘National School Place Offer Day’ – when students across the HFM area discover which secondary school they’ve been allocated. It’s the first year in which Leicestershire has offered parents up to five preferences – with the County Council revealing 98.31% of youngsters secured one of these, while 90.96% got their first choice secondary school. […]
The first children who’ll be taught at a new school in Market Harborough have been to visit the site. There’ll be 17 youngsters in the foundation class when Wellington Place Primary School opens on the Airfield Farm estate at the end of next month. It’s the town’s first new school in over 20 years and […]
Staff and pupils at a Harborough school are celebrating being in the top 1% in the country for achievement in reading, writing and mathematics. St Andrew’s CE Primary School in North Kilworth learned of its success following the most recent Key Stage 2 SATS results. Speaking on the achievement, Head of School, Claire Rodi, said, […]
Market Harborough’s newest school, which is due to open this August, has announced the appointment of its very first head teacher. Cressida Knox will lead Wellington Place Primary – initially to a reception year of up to thirty children. Cressida told HFM says she’s relishing the challenge… She added that all the building work at […]
The dangers of second-hand smoke will be highlighted to children across our area as part of a new school project. It’s after pupils at Farndon Fields Primary School {pictured top} were involved in Leicestershire County Council research carried out at 26 of its primary and secondary schools. The countywide ‘Health Related Behaviour Survey’ revealed that […]
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