Education

Pupils working on the land

Developer helps green-fingered pupils with school's community garden

Buryfields Infant School in Odiham near Hook

School puts a unique spin on Christmas fundraising with online silent auction

Headteachers across Hampshire don’t support metal detectors in schools to find pupils carrying knives

Hampshire headteachers do not support metal detectors in schools

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Councillor Steve Forster, Cabinet Member for Education (centre) with Hampshire County Council's SEN Teaching and Learning Advisors (left to right) Dean Prodomo, Marie Mullins, Diana Lowth, and Lisa Bitri.

Extra £1m to support children with special education needs in Hampshire

Basingstoke college commended for mental health support and careers advice

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Costello students set sail around the Isle of Wight

Students learn sailing skills on trip around the Isle of Wight

Art teacher heading to Italy to compete in ice hockey world masters

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Martin and Rosie Wybrow

Basingstoke dad receives daughter's exam results in post 14 years after being sent

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Robert Hambling at Awbridge Primary School

Evacuee visits primary school to share what it was like as a child in World War 2

Matteo and Aoife with Mayor David Leeks

Two Basingstoke young people win competition to raise awareness of hate crime

Academy players and patrons at the new cricket nets at Brighton Hill School in Basingstoke

Basingstoke school gets new cricket nets as part of Hampshire Cricket initiative

Former teacher who formed 'inappropriate' friendship with student avoids ban

Former teacher who formed 'inappropriate' friendship with student avoids ban

The students and the panel

Basingstoke Borough Council hosts event for local children

Lucy Cooley with Book Nook mentors at Hook Infant School

Pupils celebrate opening of outdoor book nook after raising thousands

Bumblebee Class at Chalk Ridge Primary School

Huge smiles as pupils start school across Basingstoke

Starfish Class at Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery

Smiles all round as reception pupils start school in Basingstoke

Sparrows Class at Preston Candover CE Primary School

Smiling faces as reception classes start school across Basingstoke

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Parin Vaghani from Basingstoke

Six-year-old boy from Basingstoke wins International Maths Olympiad

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Vishruth Sai Keshettivar

Basingstoke boy, 9, completes ‘Mini PhD’ in world-leading training programme

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The national wraparound childcare programme is part of the childcare reforms announced at the 2023 Spring Budget.

Major childcare funding announced to help more parents stay in work

CEO Cheryl Edwards and Head of Inclusion College Marie Greenhalgh with the Gold Status Award

Charity recognised for mental health provision and wellbeing support

Dove House Academy has merged with the Solent Academies Trust

School for children with learning difficulties merges with academy trust

Little Lambs Preschool, based in Winklebury Centre, received the rating after being inspected on Thursday, September 14

Preschool where children receive a 'warm welcome' celebrates 'good' Ofsted

Action For Children said one of the main causes of school absences is anxiety.

Children refusing to go to school a 'great concern' as absences skyrocket

RAAC has been found in St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Basingstoke

Sections of primary school closed after dangerous concrete found

Maria Miller, MP talks to gas apprentices about green energy

New centre boosts green energy skills training in Basingstoke

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Michael Nicholson whose two children aged six and 10, are students at Hatch Warren Junior School and Infant School on Gershwin Road, has called for safety measures to be put in place outside the school

'A child will be killed': Basingstoke dad calls for safety measure outside school

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The digital exam plans come after Rishi Sunak proposed replacing A-Levels and T-Levels with a single qualification.

English pupils could sit digital GCSE exams from 2026 under new proposals

Keith Vallis is a school crossing patrol officer in Overton

Parents fear proposed cuts to school crossing patrols could result in accident

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From the TeenTech Festival held in Basingstoke

TeenTech Hampshire Festival celebrates 10th anniversary in Basingstoke

Bright Horizons Basingstoke Copper Beeches Day Nursery and Preschool

Nursery rated 'inadequate' after concerns around child safety and staff training

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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Safeguarding Children Partnerships launches annual safeguarding week

County council supports first Hampshire and Isle of Wight Safeguarding Children Week

Headteacher of 'inadequate' Basingstoke secondary school is 'proud' of improvements

Headteacher of 'inadequate' secondary school is 'proud' of improvements

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Maria Miller at St John's CofE Primary School in Basingstoke

MP calls for schools to be supported to provide more wrap-around care

Queen Mary’s College in Basingstoke has announced the launch of its new green initiative by launching a digital prospectus

Basingstoke college goes digital with new prospectus to help the environment

The magic course will be on offer to students from September 2024

UK university is offering a degree in magic from next year (how to apply)

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a new qualification.

Rishi Sunak to replace A-levels and T-levels with new qualification

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Students enjoying the new facility

Independent school celebrates £2.5m investment and new sixth form centre

Eve Shaughnessy and Michelle Miller had their say on mobile phones being banned in classrooms

Basingstoke residents react to crackdown on mobile phones in schools

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Author Lucy Cooley with The Girl in the Red Skirt

Teacher publishes book inspired by her niece to help children

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EBP South have announced it's event dates for 2024

Events to get students inspired for their future careers coming to Basingstoke

Coppice Spring Academy and, inset, Andrew Hatherley and some of the internal improvements

Secondary school remains 'inadequate' despite improvements seen by Ofsted

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Team Nightingale at the Singapore finals.

Odiham team finish third in world finals of contest to design miniature F1 cars

Hundreds of surveys have been carried out in schools across England to determine the extent of the problems caused by the building material

New list of schools affected by RAAC crumbling concrete released

Basingstoke nursery compromising children's health and wellbeing served legal notice

Basingstoke nursery compromising children's health and wellbeing served legal notice

Artist's impression of how the Hounsome Fields Primary School will look

New eco-friendly school for over 400 pupils given the green light

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Pupils in classroom

Basingstoke schools set for catchment area shake up ahead of new primary opening

The winners with their pictures.

School's competition promoted inclusion and neurodiversity

Ofsted release statement to all schools affected by Raac crisis as some schools forced to shut

Ofsted message to schools affected by crumbling Raac concrete

Sherfield School in Hook.

Private school sold sparking concerns and questions from parents

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Anthony Bravo and a photo of the college

Basingstoke principal warns of 'risk' to students over government education plans

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