Education

Students and staff from North Notts College have been celebrating their partnership with Thoresby Estate at the launch of their project to restore the Estate’s five acre Victorian walled garden.

A Worksop primary school has been given a prestigious award which recognises its support and development of staff members.

Teenagers have put together a self care package which aims to immediately relax stressed students and advice on where to get professional help.

I am delighted that so many Nottinghamshire parents will be sending their child to the school that they selected as their first choice this year, writes Coun Phillip Owen.

Schools will soon get advice on how to crack down on parents who park dangerously outside their gates.

A much-loved headteacher - who has never had a day off work sick - is set to retire after a career spanning nearly four decades.

The safety of children outside schools is paramount and that’s why I’m delighted that the council has, in principal, decided to purchase a third camera enforcement car to patrol outside schools, writes Coun Philip Owen, chairman of the children and young people’s committee at Nottinghamshire County Council.

Housebuilder David Wilson Homes has been helping Prospect Hill Junior School in Worksop learn about the importance of protecting wildlife in their local area.

Serlby Park Academy in Harworth has planted 233 trees thanks to a national tree planting project.

New research has shown that music lessons are being removed from the curriculum in state schools across England.

The Department for Education has been urged to add the Highway Code to the post-16 curriculum, to improve knowledge among new drivers and reduce road casualty rates.

Promoting travel and tourism was the inspiration behind a Top Gear-style challenge at Ranby House near Worksop.

Education leaders have clashed over the scrapping of a scheme in Nottinghamshire which provided subsidised childcare for the families of children with disabilities.