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Herts parents fined £145,360 as tougher school absence rules hit term-time holidays

Herts parents fined £145,360 as tougher school absence rules hit term-time holidays

Herts parents fined £145,360 as tougher school absence rules hit term-time holidays

Following a change in national guidelines, schools are required to consider an £80 fine if a child misses 10 or more half-day sessions in a year.


Herts County Council in the clear after police investigate allegation of maladministration

Herts County Council in the clear after police investigate allegation of maladministration

Herts County Council in the clear after police investigate allegation of maladministration

Probe focused on the way the authority dealt with requests for assessments for education health and care plans after a parent complained.


£400 compensation bill for council after delay in girl’s EHCP

£400 compensation bill for council after delay in girl’s EHCP

£400 compensation bill for council after delay in girl’s EHCP

An education health and care plan outlines a child’s special educational needs, the support they should be offered and the school they should attend.


Greater Anglia backs confidence-building project for refugees

Greater Anglia backs confidence-building project for refugees

Greater Anglia backs confidence-building project for refugees

The asylum seekers travelled on the West Anglia line from London to Cambridge for a sightseeing jaunt to the university city.


Minister for school standards visits pioneering Stortford primary school

Minister for school standards visits pioneering Stortford primary school

Minister for school standards visits pioneering Stortford primary school

Manor Fields is leading the way with the new Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant apprenticeship.


Poetry and passion as primary school pupils tackle global goals

Poetry and passion as primary school pupils tackle global goals

Poetry and passion as primary school pupils tackle global goals

The mayor of Bishop’s Stortford and performance poet Tomfoolery congratulated students at the Windhill21 Global Goals Speech Evening.


Gracie turns ‘dark moments growing up’ into acclaimed survival guide for autistic teen girls

Gracie turns ‘dark moments growing up’ into acclaimed survival guide for autistic teen girls

Gracie turns ‘dark moments growing up’ into acclaimed survival guide for autistic teen girls

Drama graduate and former Henham and Newport pupil Gracie Barlow’s book The Autistic Teen Girl’s School Survival Guide began as A-level project.


Airport college inspires plans for health and science academy backed by PAH

Airport college inspires plans for health and science academy backed by PAH

Airport college inspires plans for health and science academy backed by PAH

Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust boss Thom Lafferty visited the campus to learn more about how it trains teenagers for aviation industry jobs.


School ponders options for site of closed swimming pool in Sawbridgeworth

School ponders options for site of closed swimming pool in Sawbridgeworth

School ponders options for site of closed swimming pool in Sawbridgeworth

Statement from Leventhorpe and East Herts Council says pool will not reopen for community use and surveys are being held to assess options.


Almost a fifth of Herts & Essex High School students get top grades in all their A-levels

Almost a fifth of Herts & Essex High School students get top grades in all their A-levels

Almost a fifth of Herts & Essex High School students get top grades in all their A-levels

Alongside the 54 who got at least 3 As, almost half (49%) of the school’s 295-strong Year 13 cohort had at least one A.


‘Outstanding’ performances at Bishop’s Stortford High amid grade boundary changes

‘Outstanding’ performances at Bishop’s Stortford High amid grade boundary changes

‘Outstanding’ performances at Bishop’s Stortford High amid grade boundary changes

Four students have gained places at Oxford or Cambridge University with two more off to study medicine.


Birchwood A-levels: Every leaver expected to move on to their chosen pathway

Birchwood A-levels: Every leaver expected to move on to their chosen pathway

Birchwood A-levels: Every leaver expected to move on to their chosen pathway

Retiring head Dr Chris Ingate said record number of students were moving to their first-choice universities, apprenticeships or employment.


Hockerill students prove to be IB world-beaters again

Hockerill students prove to be IB world-beaters again

Hockerill students prove to be IB world-beaters again

16% of the 118 Year 13 students achieved 40 points or more out of the perfect 45 – equivalent to an A-level score of four A*s and one A.


Heads of St Mary’s Catholic School ‘family’ pay tribute to A-level cohort

Heads of St Mary’s Catholic School ‘family’ pay tribute to A-level cohort

Heads of St Mary’s Catholic School ‘family’ pay tribute to A-level cohort

Nathan Ilsley got a clean sweep of four A*s and is off to Cambridge to study engineering while Emily Evers is bound for biology at Oxford.


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