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Hertfordshire school allocations going ahead, but appeals could ‘be delayed’

Sunday, March 29, 2020 Deborah Price

School allocations will be going ahead in Hertfordshire. Picture: Pexels

Education bosses in Hertfordshire are expected to allocate primary school places for next year as planned, councillors have heard.

Gallery Stevenage parents go back to school as pupils embrace first week of home learning

Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Jacob Savill

Mum Toni has got her kids dancing as part of PE class. Picture: Toni Hanslow

Parents and carers in Stevenage have been sharing their home-school snaps this week, as children across the country learn their times tables from kitchen tables.

Author and illustrator inspires Stevenage pupils to draw upside down!

Monday, March 23, 2020 Louise McEvoy

Award-winning author and illustrator James Mayhew with the Hertfordshire Year of Culture 2020 mascot. Picture: Courtesy of Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School

Pupils inspired by an award-winning author and illustrator embraced the Hertfordshire Year of Culture 2020 themes of ‘try something new’ and ‘skills development’ by drawing...upside down!

Libraries across Herts close for next few days to assess impact of coronavirus pandemic

Saturday, March 21, 2020 Matt Adams

Libraries across Herts have temporarily closed to enable a proper assessment of the best strategy during the coronavirus crisis.

Hertfordshire County Council responds to announcement of school closures

Thursday, March 19, 2020 Matt Powell

Councillor Terry Douris gave a statement on the closure of schools. Picture: DANNY LOO

Hertfordshire County Council is working on plans to offer “some learning opportunities” to pupils once schools close on Friday due to coronavirus concerns.

Updated Schools in the UK to be closed from Friday ‘until further notice’

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Jacob Savill

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced all schools in England will close from Friday in the House of Commons. Picture: PA

All schools in the UK will be closed from Friday, the government has announced.

Stevenage academy closed for three year groups amid staff absence

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Georgia Barrow

Thomas Alleyne School. Picture: Harry Hubbard

A Stevenage academy has partially closed following the government’s advice to avoid mass gatherings and work from home where possible.

Updated Letchworth school ‘very sorry’ that Italy ski trip was cut short amid coronavirus lockdown

Tuesday, March 17, 2020 Jacob Savill

Fearnhill has apologised to pupils after they were forced to return early from Northern Italy last week. Picture: Google Street View

Fearnhill School in Letchworth is ‘very sorry’ that pupils had to return from their long-awaited ski trip to Northern Italy after only 48 hours.

Letchworth school set the bar after victory in North Herts gymnastics event – for the fifth time in seven years

Sunday, March 15, 2020 Jacob Savill

Lordship Farm's talented gymnastic stars Riley, Daniel, Florrie, Amber, Luyanda and Maisie. Picture: Richard Woodham

A Letchworth school has been crowned winners of a North Hertfordshire gymnastics competition for the fifth time in seven years.

Hitchin school pupils show off entrepreneurial spirit with £1 challenge

Sunday, March 15, 2020 Jacob Thorburn

Pupils from the Priory School, Hitchin raised £1,700 for Letchworth charities. Picture: Supplied

Pupils from a school in Hitchin have raised more than £1,500 for two Letchworth-based charities by using their entreprenuerial spirit.

Special school in Stevenage closed for deep clean due to coronavirus

Saturday, March 14, 2020 Georgia Barrow

Greenside School in Stevenage will be close on Monday as a result of the spread of coronavirus. Picture: Submitted

A special school in Stevenage will be temporarily closed as a result of the coronavirus.

Pirton primary school receives donation for World Book Day

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Jacob Thorburn

CALA Homes donated �100 in book vouchers to Pirton School for World Book Day. Picture: Tim George

A primary school in Pirton received £100 in book vouchers to help them celebrate World Book Day last week.

Letchworth school celebrates creative arts with visit from Sir Oliver Heald MP

Monday, March 9, 2020 Jacob Savill

Pupils at Pixmore Junior School welcomed Sir Oliver Heald on Friday. Picture: Pixmore Junior School

A Letchworth school welcomed Sir Oliver Heald MP last week to celebrate the success of its creative curriculum.

County council agrees to expansion of SEND schools in Herts

Monday, March 9, 2020 Deborah Price

Greenside Community Special School, Stevenage and Lakeside Community School, Welwyn Garden City will benefit from new places in September. Picture: DANNY LOO

A £2.6 million plan to increase the number of places at SEND schools in our area for the next academic year has been agreed upon by Hertfordshire County Council.

MP Bim Afolami invites constituency’s pupils to Parliament for debate tournament

Saturday, March 7, 2020 Jacob Thorburn

Bim Afolami MP hosted the 2020 Youth Parliament Debate Tournament last week. Picture: Office of Bim Afolami MP

Hitchin and Harpenden MP Bim Afolami welcomed schools from across the constituency last week for a debating tournament aimed at young people.

All smiles as kids go crazy for World Book Day

Thursday, March 5, 2020 Jacob Thorburn

Children across Stevenage and North Herts have dressed to impress this morning to mark World Book Day 2020.

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Stevenage resident with no income left outraged after being told to pay full parking permit charge

11:02 Jacob Savill

Rebecca Sheridan has been told she must pay the full cost of her parking permit in the St George's Way multi-storey. Picture: Google

A theatre worker from Stevenage has been told she must pay the full cost of her residential car parking permit, despite having no income during the coronavirus lockdown.