Council welcomes influx of 80,000 students to Manchester

Around 80,000 new and returning students are expected to arrive in Manchester over the next couple of weeks. In recent months detailed preparations have been...

Altrincham Grammar School wins funds to expand

Altrincham Grammar School is among sixteen selective schools that have been given permission to expand their places after committing to improving access for disadvantaged...

We are not giving blanket advice to schools on whether to reopen or not...

Manchester Council will not be giving blanket advice to schools to remain closed currently but will work with individual schools to make the right...

Greater Manchester targeted for new school places for disadvantaged and children with special needs

Manchester,Oldham,Bury,Salford,Tameside and Rochdale are among 55 areas that have been selected as the Government this morning pledged that Thousands of new school places will...

Libraries are closing all over the country-but not in Salford

More libraries, doubled opening hours, new state of the art IT equipment and extra services could all be on the books for library users...

Afzal Khan MP visits students at The Manchester College

Students from The Manchester College took part in a special workshop with Manchester Gorton MP Afzal Khan this week. The #StudentsStandTogether event, held at the College’s...

Poorer pupils most likely to be away from school at the end of 2020,...

Poorer pupils were most likely to be away from school at the end of 2020, experts analysing the learning loss caused by coronavirus have...

Bramhall High School forced to close after RAAC concrete found

A Stockport High School will be closed today after an inspection found RAAC concrete in parts of the building Bramhall High School, Stockport, will be...

ABM seeks next generation of engineers in Manchester

Manchester school children at The East Manchester Academy, Phillips High School and Mount St Joseph could be amongst the next generation of technical talent. This...

Children hardest hit by COVID-19 pandemic are regressing in basic skills and learning

Ofsted’s second report into the impact of the pandemic finds that children who were hardest hit by school closures and restrictions have regressed in...