Education

Parents fighting to keep their children’s primary school out of the hands of an academy chain are hailing a major victory, after the proposed takeover by a sixth form provider collapsed.

A Wakefield-based academy trust has been praised by inspectors following an evaluation by education watchdog, Ofsted.

McFly star and The Voice Kids judge Danny Jones has joined forces with Public Health England, Sport England and Disney UK to encourage children to get active this summer and take part in 10 Minute Shake Up games.

A play produced by sixth form pupils will be shown to students across Yorkshire in an effort to reduce knife crime.

A primary school previously rated as good has been told it requires improvement after Ofsted’s first visit since it converted into an academy.

An old school building at Hemsworth Academy will be partially demolished and replaced with a new three-storey block.

An Ossett primary school is closed to all pupils today after a utility failure.

As the end of term approaches, our children’s days are packed with sports days, activity weeks and drama productions, WRITES MARY CREAGH.

A Government agency has spent nearly £200,000 on contracting a company to offer financial expertise around the winding up of a collapsed academy chain.

Jobs may be lost and very young children could be left with nowhere to start their education if the government fails to guarantee cash for council-run nurseries.

Cathedral Academy has been crowned the Secondary School of the Year in the Times Educational Supplement (TES)School Awards 2019.

Councillors and education professionals have welcomed a study's findings on pupil exclusions, amid spiralling numbers of children being turfed out of school.

The number of agency workers being used to help prop up Wakefield Council's children's services has declined significantly in recent months.

The top universities in the UK have been named in the new QS World University Rankings 2020.

Progress in Wakefield’s inadequate children’s services is too slow and chances are still being missed to protect vulnerable children, Ofsted said.