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School plans spark playing field fears

School plans spark playing field fears

Friday, July 03, 2009

FAMILIES fear they will no longer have access to popular playing fields if the site is used for a multi-million pound academy school.

Residents were invited to a consultation meeting yesterday to find out more about proposals for the school, which is due to replace...

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'Exciting' era is on horizon for school

DEMOLITION PROPOSAL: Brownhills Maths and Computing College.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

MULTI-MILLION pound plans to transform a school into an academy have been backed by parents, teachers and residents. Proposals to demolish...

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Inclusion at centre of school schemes

VISION: A model of how the academy might look. Top, councillor John Burgess talks over the plans with Tracy Penrose. Pictures: Malcolm Hart

Friday, June 26, 2009

PLANS for a state-of-the-art academy and special school on the same site have been unveiled to the public. Parents, residents and staff were...

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Call for new school to keep old features

INVESTMENT PLANS: Thistley Hough High School in Penkhull.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

MULTI-MILLION pound plans to rebuild a secondary school could include preserving some of its prized art deco features which date back seven...

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Alternative academy offer still unpopular

Alternative academy offer still unpopular

Friday, June 12, 2009

PLANS to build an academy school on a controversial gasometer site are likely to be dropped in favour of a new location just a few hundred yards...

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Parents in battle to save special school

Marie Hennessey with daughter Kelly.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

THE parents of a severely autistic youngster are planning legal action to save her special school from closure. Marie Hennessey and Kevin Allman...

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Meredith calls for time to be the judge of his legacy

COLOURFUL CAREER: 1. Mr Meredith wanted to invest in hi-tech cameras which shout at people if they drop litter; 2. Ordering a review into the city council's car parking policy; 3. He wanted to promote Northwood Stadium as an Olympic Games training venue; 4. He faces the wrath of Middleport residents over housing clearance; 5. Tackling green issues; 6. Making a speech at the Britannia Stadium to celebrate Stoke City's Premier League promotion.

Friday, June 05, 2009

MARK Meredith says he has left behind a powerful legacy of social, political and economic improvements in Stoke-on-Trent, but it will take up to...

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Primary school is to close this summer

CLOSING DOWN: Church Lawton Primary School, Scholar Green.

Thursday, June 04, 2009

FAMILIES have just weeks to get their children into alternative schools after a council voted to close their village primary this summer. Campaig...

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Delay to publication of school cash plans

Delay to publication of school cash plans

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

DETAILED plans revealing how much money will be spent building each of the city's five new academy schools won't be published until the...

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Election 2009: Education will be key battle ground

PROTEST: Tamworth teachers take to the street to campaign against the Building Schools for the Future plans.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

ASK any parent voting in next month's elections what they would like Staffordshire County Council to prioritise, and education is likely to be on...

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