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5:05pm Monday 15th March 2010
OXFORDSHIRE’S first academy has received a glowing report by Ofsted in its first inspection since opening in 2007.
5:04pm Monday 8th March 2010
A PRIMARY school put on notice to improve by Ofsted inspectors has branded the decision “totally inappropriate”.
7:57pm Thursday 4th March 2010
SIXTEEN families in Wolvercote, Oxford, have been told there is no room for their children at the local primary school.
5:23pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010
PARENTS are being consulted on plans to share a headteacher between two Abingdon primary schools.
1:42pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010
AN ABINGDON school has become the first in the county to receive an award for the innovative way it uses singing to help children learn.
5:46pm Monday 1st March 2010
THE proportion of children securing a place at their first-choice schools has fallen, new figures have revealed.
6:21pm Friday 26th February 2010
AN Oxford School which may be closed and reopened as an academy has retained its ‘satisfactory’ rating from Government inspectors Ofsted.
3:08pm Thursday 25th February 2010
SOME of the most vulnerable children in Oxfordshire are lagging behind their schoolmates.
5:14pm Wednesday 24th February 2010
A SCHOOL which teaches children with severe learning difficulties has been rated outstanding for a second time with an inspector describing it as ‘fantastic’.
6:16pm Friday 12th February 2010
PUPILS at Matthew Arnold School in Cumnor Hill are backing the prospect of a wind turbine being sited at their school.
3:31pm Thursday 4th February 2010
PUPILS at Larkmead School in Abingdon have been getting splattered during their production of musical gangster show Bugsy Malone this week.
6:57pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010
CHILDREN had a chance to take a look at some of the emergency supplies that will be sent out to victims of the Haiti earthquake.
3:32pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010
THE acting headteacher of Didcot Girls’ School believes his strict line on behaviour and uniform has improved pupils’ academic performance.
6:12pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010
THE headteacher of Fitzharrys School in Abingdon has praised the hard work of staff and pupils after achieving a satisfactory rating from Ofsted.
6:01pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010
OLYMPIC triple jumper Julian Golley visited Didcot Girls School today to tell them about his life in elite sport.
7:23pm Friday 29th January 2010
FOUR schoolboy musicians have set their sights on stardom after winning a prestigious contest.
6:24pm Friday 29th January 2010
HUNDREDS of small chairs made by Abingdon schoolchildren, their parents and teachers are going on display in a world-famous gallery.
6:23pm Friday 29th January 2010
SCORES of teenage entrepreneurs will test the market for their innovative products at a special trade fair in a shopping centre.
2:15pm Thursday 28th January 2010
PUPILS got the chance to perform alongside musicians from an elite orchestra.
3:31pm Thursday 26th November 2009
A SCHOOL where every pupil has to speak at least two languages has taken a step closer to becoming an academy — and admitting more local children.
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