In one of their toughest assignments in recent times, a team from Kent County Council has been tasked with choosing the winners of the authority’s Platinum Jubilee cake competition. On Friday (1 July), Chair, Mrs Lesley Game alongside Deputy Lieutenant of Kent, Rosemary Dymond DL, Leader, Roger Gough, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, Shellina…
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…
Children across the county are being invited to take part in The Kent Big Writing Challenge, with a prize-giving ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral in August. The theme of the challenge, which is being organised and promoted by KCC’s Reconnect programme in conjunction with the KM Charity Team, is “local heroes”. The competition is open to…
Pupils who sat the Kent Test last month will find out their results today. Families who registered online will be sent an email from Kent County Council after 4pm today (Thursday, October 21) with their child’s assessment outcome. Due to the volume of emails sent out, some providers may delay the delivery of the emails…
Clubs, community groups, schools, and early years settings are being invited to apply for funding to provide extra activities that will help children and young people reconnect to their pre-pandemic lives. The funding is being made available through the Kent County Council-led Reconnect: Kent Children and Young People programme and can be used for activities,…
A consultation launching today is seeking residents’ views on proposals for additional provision for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in Thanet and a change of use of the Garlinge Children’s Centre building. Kent County Council is proposing providing a 16-place Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as…
Shellina Prendergast, KCC’s Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, said: “I would like to extend a warm welcome back to school to all pupils, teachers and staff across Kent. I hope you all had a relaxing, enjoyable, and healthy summer break and are returning to the classroom refreshed and looking forward to the new school…
A new campaign has been launched to remind drivers of their responsibilities to drive safely near School Crossing Patrols. Social media posts use the faces and stories of real patrollers whose job it is to ensure the safety of children and their parents and guardians as they get to and from school. Kent County…
Children and young people in Kent will be given free bus travel and offered discounted leisure centre passes as businesses, organisations and members of the community unite with Kent County Council to launch a programme of fun activities and learning opportunities for the school summer holidays. The summer activities are part of Reconnect: Kent Children…
Parents and carers are being encouraged to let Kent County Council help them ‘share the fare’ by halving the costs of getting to school by bus. KCC provides the Kent Travel Saver scheme on a discretionary basis, with a £10 million subsidy for families to help reduce the costs of travel for students. For the…
Parents and carers who would like their children to be considered for a grammar school place in Kent from September 2022 have just under two weeks to register them for the Kent Test. Registration needs to be completed by midnight on 1 July and, to be eligible, children must be resident in the UK and…
As schools prepare to reopen to all pupils following the latest COVID-19 lockdown, thousands of children have found out which secondary school they’ve been offered a place at for September. More than 95% of pupils will receive an offer from one of their preferred schools this National Secondary Offer Day. The number of schools families…