Any parent, wherever or whoever they are, wants a good education for their children. In today’s global ‘knowledge economy’ it’s what’s between your ears that matters most. And if we get it wrong, there’s an ever-growing crowd of highly-skilled people from India, Brazil or China who will happily do a…
WESTON College has made it into the top five highest achieving colleges in the UK after being judged as outstanding by Ofsted inspectors. The college was awarded a grade one result in all four key areas of inspection and is the first further education college in the west of England…
Weston’s MP John Penrose has welcomed the Government’s promise of fairer school funding made in yesterday’s spng review, after many years campaigning for a better deal for Weston’s schools. George Osborne announced a fairer national funding formula for schools by 2015-16, to iron out huge historical differences in the amount…
Weston-super-Mare MP John Penrose is celebrating today following confirmation the government has allocated £14m to turn Wyvern School into an academy. The local MP was told the good news privately a few days ago and spoke to David Carter, Executive Principal of the Cabot Learning Federation (the charity that wants…