HeadStart Kent, a programme that has enhanced the mental health and well-being of young people in the county since 2016, has been awarded extra funding to continue its vital work for an additional year. This week The National Lottery Community Fund, which has funded six HeadStart programmes in England since 2016, including the one led…
Draw Your Own Solution, a campaign to help young people in Kent aged 10-16 become more aware of what resilience is, and how to increase their levels of resilience, to bounce back from any back-to-school challenges, launches this week (Monday, August 24). This second phase of the National Lottery Funded campaign is part of Kent…
Pupils across Kent will receive the results of their GCSE qualifications today. In a joint statement, Kent County Council’s Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, Richard Long, and Corporate Director for Children, Young People and Education, Matt Dunkley, said: “On behalf of everyone at Kent County Council we would like to congratulate all the young…
Richard Long, Kent County Council’s Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, said: “Colleagues and I are very aware of serious concerns in Kent, and indeed throughout the country, about the A level and other post-16 qualifications results students received yesterday. Discussions with schools and initial feedback from head teachers suggest there are many groups of…
Pupils across Kent received the results of their post-16 qualifications today. In a joint statement, Kent County Council’s Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, Richard Long, and Corporate Director for Children, Young People and Education, Matt Dunkley, said: “On behalf of everyone at Kent County Council we would like to say a massive ‘congratulations’ to…
A new special free school being planned for Kent is scheduled to open its doors to its first pupils in September 2022. The secondary school, which will provide 120 places for young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties, including Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and social communication difficulties, will be built on the…
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Kent County Council is delighted to have secured additional funding to support Kent schools, which are being invited to apply for a share of more than half a million pounds. The additional funding is to help them improve the educational outcomes of all children and young people in the county but particularly those from disadvantaged…
More than 97% of children in Kent will find out today that they have been offered a place at one of the primary schools their family named on their application form. A total of 17,855 pupils applied for a primary school place in Kent for September 2020 (17,411 from Kent and 444 out of county…
More than 94% of pupils will receive an offer from one of their four preferred schools this National Secondary Offer Day despite the number of families applying for places increasing by almost 1,000 in the last two years to the largest cohort ever. A total of 21,670 parents/carers applied for a place for their child…
This Children’s Mental Health Week, young people in Kent are being invited to visit a new website designed to help keep them emotionally healthy – and there is a separate site aimed at helping parents support their children’s mental health too. MoodSpark (www.moodspark.org.uk) has been developed for young people in Kent, with young people in…
Kent County Council is reminding drivers about their responsibilities to stop for school crossing patrols. School crossing patrols have a legal right to stop traffic for anyone who needs help crossing the road. Elena Lewis, 57, has been a school crossing patroller for the past 14 years working at both Wrotham Road school and Mayfield…