Education

Multi-million pound plans for an extension to New College Stamford have been approved.

A £60 million contract for works on three Peterborough schools will end up costing taxpayers nearly double that amount due to terms agreed by the city council.

A rise in funding for schools in Peterborough is ‘less than what was hoped for’, according to the city’s education chief.

A staggering 4000 visitors attended the Peterborough STEM Festival on Saturday where they were wowed by wave tanks, amazed by archaeology, stunned by science and excited by engineering.

Thousands of children were regularly missing from Peterborough’s schools during the first two terms last year, figures reveal.

A competition inviting young people to create art inspired by the ambition to make special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) everybody’s business has been launched.

Primary school pupils have received new trikes donated from KingsGate Community Church in Parnwell.

I really enjoy visiting schools in September and October. The atmosphere at the start of the academic year is always electric, filled with reunions after the long summer holidays, new starts and ambitions for the year ahead, writes Peterborough and Cambridgeshire service director for education Jonathan Lewis.

Hampton Vale Primary Academy, on Westlake Avenue, has just launched its brand new digital media suite, created by Peterborough based artists Street Arts Hire.

The free-to-enter Peterborough STEM Festival 2019 takes place tomorrow (Saturday) - and free tickets are still available.

One of Peterborough’s biggest school’s has been rated as ‘good’ in its latest Ofsted inspection.

Pupils can look forward to state of the art classrooms and facilities after work started on a new art, design and tech centre at their school.

Children’s author Dave Cousins brought his Crime Writing Tour to Leighton Primary School in Orton Malborne, Peterborough, last week.

A primary school in Peterborough will begin hosting a day nursery on its site from January.

Ofsted inspectors have said a Whittlesey primary school is taking the right steps to improve.

Students and staff at Queen Katharine Academy held a Roma exhibition to celebrate the Roma community.

Pupils were given help choosing their next steps at a careers day at a Peterborough school.

Former Thomas Deacon Academy student Glenn Adamson returned to his old school in Peterborough to deliver a masterclass to Y11 and Y13 performing arts students.

Pupils from across the city took part in science, technology, engineering and mathematics challenges, as part of Peterborough STEM Festival’s third annual Schools’ STEM Challenge Day.