School pupils across the county are being encouraged to take part in a wide range of ecology and environment lessons thanks to an imaginative project in Canterbury. Students at Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar have been working on producing an activity programme which utilises an area of woods and grassland within its school grounds. With a…
Families in Kent with children who receive benefit-related free school meals will once again be provided with food vouchers by Kent County Council to help them over the Christmas break. Those children will also be able to access four days of free activities for school-age children via the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme. A…
Kent families with children who receive free school meals will once again be provided with food vouchers by Kent County Council to help them, not only over the forthcoming half-term break but over Christmas, the Spring half-term and next Easter. This October half-term, one £10 food voucher, which can be used in supermarkets and some…
A countywide competition in which children were invited to write about their chosen heroes has culminated in a glittering awards ceremony. The Kent Big Writing Challenge was organised and promoted by KCC’s Reconnect programme in conjunction with the KM Charity Team. Award-winning children’s author Nick Butterworth, the man behind the Percy the Park Keeper books,…
Students across Kent will receive the results of their post-16 qualifications, including A-levels and the new T-levels, today. Schools and colleges will have let pupils know how to collect their results. In most instances pupils will be able to go to their school or college and collect their results in person and get advice and…
KCC has welcomed the Department for Education’s new pledges to provide the right support to children and young people in the right place and at the right time so they can achieve their potential. The Opportunity for All White Paper promises a range of support for the education system post covid, building on existing best practice…