Education

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GCHQ's annual Christmas card invites you to crack geography puzzles

Scarlet, Jade Botterill, Evie and Andrea.

Towngate pupil wins MP Jade Botterill’s Christmas card design competition

Alwyn Peel.

Tributes paid to headmaster who had ‘time for every single pupil’

Margaret Isherwood, Wakefield Council's cabinet member for children and young people.

New children’s care homes will address ‘massive challenges’, meeting told

Yorkshire's top-performing secondary schools have been named by new GCSE figures

Yorkshire's 19 top state secondary schools named by new data

Perrie, 9, a student at Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate, has won Simon Lightwood MP's third annual Christmas card competition, winning tickets to Wakefield Theatre Royal’s Christmas pantomime, Cinderella.

Perrie, 9, wins tickets to Theatre Royal panto with Christmas card design

Here's how secondary schools in Wakefield performed for Attainment 8 according to latest league tables

How secondary schools in Wakefield performed for Attainment 8

Wakefield College unveils new hospital simulation ward

Young people attended a networking event at Production Park in November where they learned about the live events industry from over 50 leading organisations. Picture: Culture Manual Ltd

Production Park hosts dozens of industry experts in event for young people

Maisie delivering at Cockburn School

Leeds-based dental practice empowers Yorkshire schools with oral health educatio...

Secondary schools in Wakefield had mixed fortunes in league tables published by the Department for Education.

Best and worst performing secondary schools across Wakefield

These schools were among the country's highest performers in the most recent school year

England's top 20 state secondary schools for 2024 named in new data

Holy Trinity CE Primary School in Ossett received a "good" rating in all five key judgement areas in its recent Ofsted inspection.

Local primary school "delighted" following Ofsted inspection

Pupils from Wakefield Girls' High School competed in the national competition which saw hundreds of schools across the country compete to win top prize.

Local pupils win top prize in prestigious National Schools Quiz

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Wakefield has been awarded the silver Artsmark award, accredited by Arts Council England, for embedding arts, culture and creativity across its curriculum.

Wakefield school receives recognition from Arts Council England with award

These apps can help prepare pupils ahead of the summer exam season

7 of Apple's top-rated free education apps for GCSEs and A Levels
These apps can help get your teen through their GCSEs and beyond 📱
Amber Allott

Outstanding in all areas

Carleton Park School is Outstanding

Cameron Holt is campaigning for statutory financial education in schools

"Finding My Future": Outwood Students Lead the Way

Rhys

The King's School student accepted into Opera North

Alfie Parratt (right) with tutor Chris Leaf at the Young Builder of the Year awards ceremony at the House of Commons. Alfie was commended for the exceptional progress he has made throughout his studies despite struggling with dyslexia from an early age and was one of ten finalists.

Local construction student commended in prestigious House of Commons ceremony

Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate received 'outstanding' in all five areas in its latest Ofsted inspection, which took place on October 1 and 2.

Ofsted: local primary school receives 'outstanding' in all areas

Algebra, geometry and statistics will all make an appearance in GCSE-level maths

What this year's GCSE maths pupils will learn before their final exam

Better says some primary schools are reducing the number of mandatory lessons they give

Parents say swimming 'third most important school subject'

Yorkshire is home to some of the country's finest private schools

Yorkshire's top 10 private schools, and how much they cost

Caroline Hamilton, Managing Director, and Tony Staneff, Founder, collecting 'Company of the Year' award at this year's Bett Awards

Yorkshire-based company unveils transformative GCSE Maths reforms in response to...

Your child's school may close if it becomes too dangerous to travel there

Official temperature and snow day rules for schools in UK cold snap

Halfpenny Lane pupils mid Business Builder pitch.

Halfpenny Lane School pupils impress in Prince of Wales Hospice Fundraising Chal...
Earlier this week, six Year 5 pupils from Halfpenny Lane School demonstrated their entrepreneurial skills by participating in the Build a Business Challenge, an initiative to fundraise for the Prince of Wales Hospice.
Samantha Bridge

Here are all the schools that are closed today due to the cold weather.

The Wakefield, Pontefract and Castleford schools that are closed due to the snow

This is not the first time National Education Union members have gone of strike in recent years

Everything you need to know about upcoming sixth form college strikes

Ben Mallinson is the principal of the Ruth Gorse Academy, in Leeds

Meet the headteacher behind one of Yorkshire's top secondary schools

School Starters 2024

School starters 2024: Adorable school starter photos from across Wakefield

Emma Steel is the head of Every Cherry, which creates and publishes more accessible books

Meet the woman behind ground-breaking new books for children with SEND

Thousands of UK university graduates are purportedly owed refunds on their student loan repayments

Student Loans Company overpaid by £184m - how to check your refund

Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate pupils with Principal Matthew Vickers

Local primary school maintains ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating

Silcoates School in Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, has unveiled a moving Remembrance art installation,

Silcoates School honours the Fallen with poppy art installation

Some of Wakefield College University Centre's graduates celebrating on Wednesday, November 6. Picture: Duncan Lomax

Prestigious ceremony held for Wakefield College University Centre graduates

Young people could miss the chance for invaluable hands-on learning if phones are completely banned from schools

'Banning phones in schools might do kids more harm than good' Amber Allott

There have been concerns that private schools raising fees in response will edge out many families

Explainer Why private schools will be taking on the Government in legal battle

Resits take place much like standard GCSE exams

Everything you need to know about GCSE resits

These parts of England are trying to get new academies built

The parts of England getting brand new academies

The education secretary has announced the first university tuition fee rise in eight years

Explainer Everything you need to know about the university tuition fee increase

Schools were using their budgets for everything from food to toothbrushes for their students

Two thirds of poorest schools buying hungry kids food out of pocket

West Yorkshire has plenty of excellent secondary schools

West Yorkshire's 24 best-performing state secondary schools

A 2018 Parliamentary investigation found that nearly half of UK children felt concerned about telling real news from fake

How to teach your kids to spot fake news

Here's what has been announced for education in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget

Budget day: What has been announced for schools and education?

A private schooling expert says that happier children learn better

Private school approach may be the cure for absence woes - expert

The new multi-use games area (MUGA) looks set to be built in the grounds of Kettlethorpe High School.

Kettlethorpe High School to get new floodlit sports pitch

Zinedine Meah (centre) is one of the students who has been awarded an assisted place at Bradford Grammar School

Mystery benefactor bankrolls student's places at elite private school

Tutor Chris Leaf, award finalist Alfie and Inclusion Practitioner Phil Evans.

Construction student named as finalist in Young Builder of the Year Awards

Halfpenny Lane School has been embracing Black History Month, encouraging pupils to explore the lives and legacies of significant figuressuch as Rosa Parks, Maya Angelou, and Simone Biles.

Halfpenny Lane Primary School celebrates Black History Month

Current SEN spending is putting councils in a tricky position, the report says

Special education system 'failing' - could next week’s Budget fix it?

EE Home Presents: The Circus faces up to half term chaos

Nearly one in five school children are persistently missing school, the latest figures show

The worst offending regions in new school absence data

Adorable school photos from 2009.

22 photos of Wakefield's school starters - this time from 2009

Cutting the ribbon to formally open “The Whispering Woodland” library at Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy is local businessman John Stringer, second from left, and carpenter and parent Joe Wilkinson. Looking on is chair of governors Kathryn Bratt, left, headteacher Ben Greene and pupils.

Community helps build 'amazing' school library