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New Children's Centre opens in Wallington
7:00am Monday 26th July 2010
A new Sure Start Children’s Centre in Wallington has opened to provide support to young families.
Special guest welcomed at Lifelong Learning Awards
6:50am Sunday 25th July 2010
Hundreds of visitors packed into Wandsworth town hall to welcome former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith as the guest of honour at an awards night.
Council spent £4m on axed school scheme
7:20am Friday 23rd July 2010
More than £4m was ploughed into school improvement work before the Government cancelled the scheme, it has emerged.
Critics vocal about parking at north Kingston school site
10:05am Friday 23rd July 2010
Limited parking at the proposed secondary school on the North Kingston Centre site could lead to paid parking permits for nearby residents, council officers told a public meeting on Monday, July 19.
School out of special measures
7:20am Thursday 22nd July 2010
Robin Hood Junior School is out of special measures after a visit from education watchdog Ofsted.
New invention centre for kids to open
10:30am Thursday 22nd July 2010
Invention is the name of the game at an imagination centre at West Thornton School.
Schools executive Dave Hill has resigned
4:15pm Wednesday 21st July 2010
Croydon’s lead officer for children’s services is leaving the council to work in Essex.
Hersham teacher gets fundraising for Ugandan training centre
2:02pm Wednesday 21st July 2010
A teacher at Bell Farm Junior School in Hersham has set up a charity to raise money for a teacher training centre in a remote part of Uganda.
More resources for excluded pupils, says report
7:00am Wednesday 21st July 2010
Resources to cope with primary school pupils who are permanently excluded from school are stretched and facilities must be expanded, according to a council report.
CBeebies silliness comes to Kingston
4:58pm Wednesday 21st July 2010
Silliness came to Kingston this week, when a pair of “A-list children’s celebrities” dropped into town to give schoolchildren an end of term treat.
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