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Plans are music to school's ears
2:32pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A SCHOOL is hoping to celebrate its 350th anniversary by opening a £1.4m music block.
Have your say »Children try their hand at circus skills
3:47pm Thursday 9th July 2009
SCHOOLCHILDREN have been trying their hand at circus skills, street dancing, African drumming and flamenco dancing.
Primary school head to retire after 29 years
2:55pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
A HEADTEACHER whose entire family has been involved in the Oxfordshire school he has led for the past 29 years is finally calling it a day.
Ofsted gives Eynsham school 'outstanding' status
5:09pm Friday 3rd July 2009
OUTSTANDING — that is the verdict on Bartholomew School in Eynsham from school inspectors Ofsted.
Papal blessing as headteacher joins Ofsted
5:07pm Friday 3rd July 2009
THE headteacher of one of Oxford’s Roman Catholic primary schools was presented with a papal blessing as he said farewell to staff, pupils and parents.
Burford school has recipe for success
3:25pm Thursday 2nd July 2009
A NEW cookbook featuring recipes written, chosen and cooked by schoolchildren has been launched.
Primary may shut in proposals for super school academy
6:00am Thursday 2nd July 2009
DISCUSSIONS have taken place to create Oxford’s first super-academy for four- to 18-year-olds, the Oxford Mail can reveal.
Nursery's nature lessons take off
3:04pm Wednesday 1st July 2009
DOZENS of butterflies were released at an Oxford nursery school in a colourful ceremony.
School axes six teaching assistants
4:51pm Friday 26th June 2009
HALF a dozen teaching assistants at a new Didcot primary school will be made redundant following a funding cut.
Headteacher to retire
4:49pm Friday 26th June 2009
BICESTER: A headteacher who has served her school for almost two decades is to retire in December.
Didcot primary opens new classrooms
3:14pm Friday 26th June 2009
THE sky is the limit at a Didcot primary school which has opened new classrooms, complete with a striking glass roof centrepiece.
Contest cash
3:19pm Wednesday 24th June 2009
Pupils will face a grilling as they bid for a landscape design award for their school.
Ofsted looks into Cherry Tree complaint
7:26pm Monday 22nd June 2009
Ofsted inspectors are investigating a nursery school and its staffing levels after receiving a complaint.
Pupils hail school's 60th anniversary
6:09pm Monday 22nd June 2009
IT was a trip down memory lane for former classmates celebrating New Marston Primary School’s diamond anniversary.
Parents want action to boost school results
8:17pm Wednesday 17th June 2009
PARENTS have called for more to be done to improve Oxfordshire schools after test results showed the county was now lagging behind elsewhere in the South East.
Pupils aim to step into record books
8:19pm Wednesday 17th June 2009
ALMOST 400 school children put on their walking shoes yesterday in an attempt to beat a record.
School has top shooters
5:12pm Sunday 17th May 2009
Cokethorpe School pupils have been crowned clay pigeon shooting champions in the British Schools’ National Champions at Churchill’s Shooting Ground, in Buckinghamshire.
Learning to protect the planet
1:25pm Wednesday 1st April 2009
TEENAGE environmentalists invited their schoolfriends and families to find out about ways to help save the planet at a special green fair.
The art of stories
1:14pm Wednesday 1st April 2009
Young writers were sitting comfortably when they took tips from a top children’s author on how to spin a yarn.
Seven county primary schools achieve top test marks
9:30am Wednesday 1st April 2009
SEVEN primary schools in Oxfordshire achieved top marks in English, maths and science in national tests for 11-year-olds.
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