Kent County Council’s MADE IN KENT campaign has been honoured at a national awards ceremony in recognition of the way it promotes apprenticeships. The local authority was named regional winner for the south in the ‘Promoting Apprenticeships campaign of the Year’ category in the FE (Further Education) Week & AELP (Association of Employment and Learning…
Secondary Schools Offer Alert: Please note that letters regarding school offers have been sent but due to the adverse weather conditions may experience delay in delivery through Royal Mail. Emails are being sent out today, Thursday 1st March, throughout the day. If you require more information about offers, and the appeal process, please go to…
Pupils and staff at Wouldham All Saints Church of England Primary School are celebrating the opening of their brand new buildings following a move to a new site. The 152-year-old school has moved from its former site in School Lane, Wouldham, roughly 0.65 miles away to its new, bigger home on Worrall Drive, off Hall…
Kent County Council and Kent Police’s School Attendance Officers have resumed their joint anti-truancy operation, which had not been carried out in Kent for nearly 10 years. The operation of regular truancy sweeps started again this month with the first day of the operation stopping 16 school-aged children in the Folkestone area during the school…
Kent Adult Education (KAE) has been nominated for a prestigious national award in recognition of the fantastic opportunities it offers thousands of adults across the county. The organisation is up against seven others in the ‘Adult and Community Learning Provider of the Year’ category in the TES (formally Times Educational Supplement) FE (Further Education) Awards…
Children at a Maidstone nursery have devoted 1,000 hours to improving the environment and making the world around them a better place. Youngsters at Smarties Nursery transformed plastic bottles into plant holders, created an upcycled home for a toy owl and enjoyed stories as part of a challenge designed to make them more aware of…
A seven-year-old girl who longed to give presents to children who ‘won’t be with their mummies and daddies’ this Christmas has collected almost 800 gifts – with a little help from some special people. Lilly Osborne, who lives near Borough Green, came up with the heart-warming idea after enduring a tough Christmas herself last year.…
A young man who was offered an apprenticeship at Kent County Council is set to complete it early and has been given a festive reward in recognition of his efforts. Louis Broad was 18 when he started his apprenticeship in the council’s Business Management and Client Relationships team. He works as a business support assistant,…
Kent County Council is asking people to share their views on plans for a new secondary school in Thanet. The plans for a Free School on the site of the former Royal School for the Deaf in Margate are at a very early stage but the council is keen to get the views of parish…
Pupils, staff and special guests marked the official opening of Hextable Primary School’s newly extended school with singing and celebratory cake. The village school has been expanded from a two-form entry school to a three-form one in response to a need for more primary places in the Swanley and Hextable area. The site used to…
Kent Children’s University (KCU) is one of only 10 organisations in the UK to be recognised by a charity for its positive work on World Kindness Day on Monday, November 13. The KCU scheme, which encourages children and their families to learn in fun ways outside normal school hours, received one of 10 ‘be kind’…
Kent County Council is calling on employers to help young people into work by giving them interview experience or offering them an apprenticeship – or both. The council’s Made in Kent apprentice programme launched its 1,000 Interviews project at Oakwood House in Maidstone on Tuesday (November 7) with the aim of giving 1,000 young people…