More than a third of 16-year-olds in Nottinghamshire failed to pass their English and maths GCSEs this year, according to the Department for Education (DfE).
Public health groups have expressed alarm after new figures show that more than one in five children finishing primary school in Nottinghamshire are obese.
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds in Nottinghamshire are falling behind their classmates, according to teacher assessments of their first years at school.
Children at Treetops nursery in Worksop, part of Busy Bees, were keen to show their devoted grandparents just how much they meant to them as they celebrated National Grandparents Day.
Parents, staff and pupils at an Edwinstowe primary school are celebrating an inspection result – which the headteacher has dedicated “to the community”.
Worksop College is set to host a fundraising golf day to support its investment in a new indoor golf practice and teaching facility for use during the winter months, evenings and bad weather.
Nottinghamshire students collecting their A-level results today are being reminded of the range of options available to them as they prepare for their next step.
Nottinghamshire County Council has said 93.3 per cent of parents and carers secured a place at their first choice primary school for their children in September 2018, up 1 per cent on the 2017 intake.
The partnership providing post-16 education in Retford is to relocate its A-level teaching in order to make space for more technical courses and possibly even higher degrees.
Fire and rescue staff have started growing vegetables at their headquarters after teaming up with a social enterprise for people with learning disabilities.
![Embargoed to 2330 Wednesday July 04 File photo dated 15/07/14 of a child being weighed on scales. Children whose mums stay healthy while they grow up are "substantially" less likely to be obese, research suggests.](https://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_auto,f_auto,ar_3:2,q_auto:low,c_fill/if_h_lte_200,c_mfit,h_201/https://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/webimage/1.9394109.1539613384!/image/image.jpg "Embargoed to 2330 Wednesday July 04 File photo dated 15/07/14 of a child being weighed on scales. Children whose mums stay healthy while they grow up are "substantially" less likely to be obese, research suggests.")
