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…
Work to provide the permanent buildings required for expansion of Borden Grammar School, Sittingbourne, has begun. The school has already increased its intake for Year 7 admissions over the past two years from four forms to five (from 120 to 150 pupils) through the provision of two mobile classrooms. This follows a demand for places…
Kent County Council (KCC) is launching a public consultation today on its proposed new Home to School Transport Policy. KCC’s transport policies are currently expressed through a combination of formal statutory duties, Member decisions and parental guidance. The new policy will combine these into a cohesive transport policy, to ensure full transparency and provide 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…