Education

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.

Schools minister Nick Gibb MP says students should be banned from having smartphones in the classroom.

Just before Christmas, key stage two results for 2018 were published, writes John Mann MP.

This year’s Safer Internet Day on February 5 will be celebrated across the globe. Fiona Evans looks at what it means for children and young people in the UK

Half-term is already on the horizon in Nottinghamshire but do you know when all the other school holidays for 2019 are?

A Worksop school has answered its most-asked question from parents by opening a nursery.

Several schools across Nottinghamshire are taking part in a new plan to help improve children's mental health.