June 2007

Herefordshire Council is offering support and advice to parents and children who are considering which high school they wish to apply to next term.

After more than fifty years of serving children and families in the South Wye area of Hereford, Hunderton Junior School is to be demolished on Monday, 2nd July.

Herefordshire school children are getting behind plans to cut down transport to and from school by helping their schools create travel plans.

The council has finalised its outdoor education programme for the summer holidays and is taking bookings for canoeing, kayaking and mountain biking courses.

Seven Herefordshire schools have been given the prestigious Artsmark award at a West Midlands ceremony organised by the Arts Council in Telford.

Ledbury Primary School is one of only 14 schools nationwide to scoop a prestigious Go4It award which recognises the school’s successful values education ethos. 

An online calculator that will enable Herefordshire citizens to work out their carbon footprint using recognised government data and calculations was unveiled on Wednesday 20th June by Herefordshire Council.

Herefordshire Council is looking for extraordinary people from across the county who may be interested in adopting a child and is inviting them to attend an information evening next week.

Herefordshire Council is the driving force behind a new public services website launched this week.

Herefordshire Council is has scooped a prestigious grant from the Food Standards Agency (FSA). 

Herefordshire Council provides a good community learning service, where learners gain in confidence and are able to apply their learning to their working and personal lives.

Herefordshire Council is helping researchers and family historians look after the some of the county’s privately owned treasures by providing free conservation clinics at the Record Office in Harold Street Hereford.

Children and their families at St Mary’s CE Primary School in Fownhope will be joining forces to raise money for books in a huge sponsored reading day next month.

Children in Herefordshire are enjoying healthier lifestyles and learning environments thanks to the success of the National Healthy Schools Programme.

In one of the most important consultation programmes ever embarked upon in Herefordshire, local people are to be asked their views on radical proposals to improve public services, provide better value for money for taxpayers and safeguard services in Herefordshire for people in Herefordshire.

Children at Leominster Infants School are celebrating their latest Ofsted inspection report which graded the school as ‘good’ and paid tribute to the school’s approach to outdoor education.

The council is backing a nationwide campaign by the country’s worst funded authorities to change the way the school funding system works.

Herefordshire Council is to consult on changes in the way it charges for a range of services to adults needing non-residential social care.

Work has started on the next phase of Aylestone Park, which will provide a new recreation facility for families across the county.

Ross-on-Wye childminder, Denise Stevens has been judged to be outstanding in both care and education by the government’s regulatory body, Ofsted

Lea Church of England Primary School has cut the amount of rubbish it produces in half thanks to a successful initiative by the school’s Eco Committee.

More than 80 projects have been developed across Herefordshire for young people thanks to funding from the Youth Opportunities and Capital Fund.

Ashperton Primary School’s new head teacher is building on the school’s strong, creative ethos and introducing rigorous systems to assess and track pupil progress.