Education

A Castleford school has become the first in the country to be given an ‘outstanding’ under Ofsted’s new assessment framework.

Pneumonia is one of the most deadly diseases around and claims the life of a child every 39 seconds across the world, health experts have warned.

Parents and residents are being warned about blocking pavements and parking illegally around schools after one motorist was given a ticket.

​A Wakefield short break and respite service has been hailed as ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Wakefield Council is working with young people across the district to highlight the impact of bullying and how it can be tackled.

A new youth club where kids will be encouraged to put their phones away is to set to start in the new year.

Nearly £1m worth of cash has been signed off to fix a primary school's leaky roof, which has been blamed for disrupting children's education.

Wakefield teachers are to take part in a new safeguarding seminar to help them tackle the growing number of young people taking and sharing sexualised images of themselves.

Teachers at schools across Wakefield have taken thousands of hours of sick leave.

Sixth formers will be asked to help fund a new £500,000 car park at their own college, it’s been revealed.

Wakefield's children's services is making "steady progress", 15 months after it was placed in special measures, Ofsted's latest report on the department has said.

The number of complaints to Wakefield's children's services has declined over the last six months as the department has improved, councillors have been told.

The latest exclusion figures for schools in Wakefield have been branded "worrying" by one former head teacher.

A primary school has been forced to close on five occasions since 2016 because of a leaky roof that's been left unfixed for almost a decade.

Newlands Primary School in Normanton has reason to celebrate after being rated as 'Good' in its latest Ofsted inspection.