GLOWING PRAISE FOR RUSHCLIFFE SCHOOL
Your school is exceptionally effective in educating its pupils – Rt Hon David Laws MP (Minister of State for Schools), In January 2013, Rushcliffe School received a letter from David Laws MP, Minister of State for Schools, congratulating the school for being “amongst the 100 top-performing schools” in England. This is no small feat when [...]
CASH BOOST SET FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS
Schools across Notts will benefit from a £44m facelift over the next 12 months as part of Nottinghamshire County Council’s 2013/14 capital programme. Councillors at the recent Policy Committee meeting agreed plans to spend £14m on building new classroom space at its schools next year to meet the demand for extra pupil places – £10m [...]
RUSHCLIFFE AND WEST BRIDGFORD SCHOOLS ISSUE STATEMENT
Recent announcements in the press by those seeking to open a ‘Free School’ in the West Bridgford area have sought to give the impression that parents living in West Bridgford will not be able to secure a place at their local secondary school by virtue of our oversubscription. We wish to correct this misrepresentation. Our [...]
FUN AND GAMES AT RADCLIFFE SCHOOL
On Thursday 18th October, year five and six students from South Nottinghamshire Academy’s feeder schools in Radcliffe-on-Trent and Cotgrave spent the afternoon participating in an inter-house special version of the ‘It’s a Knockout’ competition. The visit by Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School, Cotgrave Candleby Lane School and Cotgrave Church of England School is part of South Nottinghamshire [...]
FLOOD DAMAGE AT TOOTHILL IN BINGHAM
As a result of recent flooding to Toothill School in Bingham, around 20 classrooms were judged to be unusable with the maths department under 2ft to 3ft of standing water. After over 24 hours of torrential rain, flood water from the school fields swept through the classrooms leaving a trail of destruction. Head teacher, John [...]
NEW SCHOOL PLANNED FOR BRIDGFORD
Proposals to open two new secondary free schools in Notts in 2014, including one in West Bridgford, have been unveiled by Nottinghamshire-based education experts The Torch Academy Gateway Trust. The proposed new schools are intended to provide additional capacity and broaden parental choice in two areas where perceived demand for places currently outstrips supply. The [...]
REFURBISHMENT FOR LOCAL SCHOOL
Pupils at Jesse Gray Primary School in West Bridgford are enjoying the new school term and seeing the benefits of a £630,000 refurbishment. The school has increased in numbers in recent years and it needed additional facilities at the school to cater for the 60 extra pupils. Working in conjunction with Nottinghamshire County Council’s property [...]
CLIFTON SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION IS COMPLETE
The £3.2 million transformation of Nethergate School in Clifton has been completed. The refurbishment project was funded through the former government’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. The existing school accommodation has been completely remodelled and refurbished to provide a state-of-the-art school for up to 75 pupils with moderate learning difficulties (MLD). Access into [...]
CARRYING THE TORCH FOR SOUTH WOLDS
By Andrew George (head teacher) South Wolds’ first month as an Academy has given the school much to celebrate. We have been recognised by two national bodies as one of the top performing schools in the country. Firstly, the SSAT recognised us as one of the top 10% of non-selective schools in England, with 20% [...]
SPECIAL PROJECT FOR WHITEGATE SCHOOL
Pupils from Whitegate School in Clifton have been undertaking ‘The Great Project – Healthy Relationships’. The project is available to schools and is provided by the Nottinghamshire Domestic Violence Forum (NDVF). However, in many cases, external funding is required to provide the trained specialist teachers, the project books and other materials for all the pupils [...]