Category Archives: Education and learning

Following a visit by Her Majesty’s Inspector in March 2013 Riverside Junior School has been judged as making good progress in teaching, learning, leadership and management, which were identified by Ofsted in January 2012 as areas for improvement. HMI Marguerite Murphy spent two days in school and concluded that the school has responded well to… read more … about Good progress made by Riverside Junior School>>

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Calderdale’s children deserve the best education possible. That’s the message from a group of Councillors who have been examining the Council’s role in making schools as effective as possible. The Councillors will report their conclusions to Calderdale Council’s Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Panel on Wednesday 6 March. They are clear that the ambition for… read more … about Aiming Higher>>

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Calderdale Council is encouraging youngsters to get writing, as it introduces a new, local competition in support of the BBC 500 Words campaign. BBC Radio 2 has launched the national competition to encourage young people aged 13 and under to write a fictional story of no more than 500 words, for the chance to win… read more … about Calderdale youngsters get creative for writing competition>>

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