A local councillor has scored victory for local parents by securing thirty additional places at local primary schools. Many local parents were left dismayed after their children failed to secure places at Dore Primary or Totley Primary despite living in the catchment area. However, Colin Ross, local councillor for Dore & Totley, worked with local [...]
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£6.5m extra for Sheffield children
Sheffield’s Lib Dem Councillors have welcomed the final allocation for Sheffield schools through the Coalition Government’s ‘pupil premium’. The additional investment for schools with disadvantaged children is now worth £6.5m this academic year for Sheffield’s schools, £1 million higher than originally estimated. The pupil premium is targeted at investing money in helping disadvantaged children. Headteachers [...]
Lib Dems top of the class on education
Today figures have revealed significant improvements in local pupils GCSE grades under the previous Liberal Democrat Administration on Sheffield City Council. When the Lib Dems took control of Sheffield City Council in 2008, local schools sat at the bottom of national league tables, lagging behind the national average. However, new policies have seen record year-on-year [...]
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Local Elections 2012
