Schools

Lancashire schools with new Ofsted ratings in November

16 schools from across Lancs who received new Ofsted reports in Nov

Chorley St Michael's High School year eight pupils, Matthew Leigh, Katy Clarke, Scott Kerr and Heather Green, with some of the goods collected by the school to be distributed to the needy this Christmas.

13 festive pictures of Chorley at Christmas through the years

Children from Ribbleton St Joseph's Primary School in their 2008 Nativity production

34 heart-warming retro pictures of Christmas Nativity plays in the 00s

England soccer skipper Bryan Robson scored a big hit with his fans when he made an appearance in Preston to open his own shop - Birthdays - in St George's Shopping Centre.

21 fantastic retro pics of St George's Shopping Centre

A poll of 2,000 parents with children aged between 10 and 20 found 85 per cent worry they will give their offspring bad financial advice

Parents worry they will give their kids bad financial advice

Marathon darters have set their sights on a new target... to help a hospital's newborn babies. Pub regulars at the New Fleece Inn, Meadow Street, Preston, are holding a 12-hour dart session. They hope to score one million and one and chalk up more than £700 for Sharoe Green Hospital maternity unit

51 awesome images to take you back to 1983, from schools to Fishergate

Skerton St Lukes CE 2024

37 treasured photos of this year's adorable school starters

31 incredible photo memories of Preston life in 2000

The Loyne Specialist School, Lancaster, is partially closed today due to ‘excessive staff absence’.

Excessive staff absence partially closes specialist school

Lancashire is home to plenty of high-performing secondary schools

The 19 top-rated state secondary schools in Lancashire

Damian Haigh is the headteacher of the University of Liverpool Mathematics School

Meet the headteacher behind the North West's top sixth form

How Applebee Wood Community Specialist School in Lostock Hall could look

Images released showing how new Lostock Hall school could look

Schools across Lancashire have been forced to close due to adverse weather conditions including snow and ice.

These are the 8 schools closed across Lancashire due to snow and ice

Algebra, geometry and statistics will all make an appearance in GCSE-level maths

What this year's GCSE maths pupils will learn before their final exam

Delegates at the 'What About The Boys' conference in Blackpool with minister Alex Davies-Jones

'Event pledges support for young men facing challenges in Blackpool

Our Lady & St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School is celebrating the results of its latest Ofsted report.

Primary school is "immensely proud" as latest Ofsted marks improvement
A primary school in South Ribble has said it is “immensely proud” following the results of its latest Ofsted inspection.
Aimee Seddon

Your child's school may close if it becomes too dangerous to travel there

Official temperature and snow day rules for schools in UK cold snap

Sheffield has woken up to snow this morning.

Watch: Snow coats roads and parks across UK as travel is disrupted

This is not the first time National Education Union members have gone of strike in recent years

Everything you need to know about upcoming sixth form college strikes

26 absorbing old pictures of Preston in 1968 and 1969

The Blackburn and Darwen areas are home to plenty of great schools

Blackburn's 15 leading state primary schools

The glass portico of the Public Hall can be seen down the street to the left, while on the right are the Electricity Showrooms at 40 & 41 Lune St. In the far distance is the Corporation Arms

30 historic retro pictures of Preston in 1930

65 spectacular pictures of Preston as it was back in 1962

The Lower Clough Business Centre, where Grow School is based

'Unique' Lancashire school gets first Ofsted rating a year after opening

31 precious pics of school starters across Preston, South Ribble, Fylde & Wyre

31 precious pics of primary school starters from in & around Preston

Young people could miss the chance for invaluable hands-on learning if phones are completely banned from schools

'Banning phones in schools might do kids more harm than good' Amber Allott

These schools are the Preston area's best of the best

Preston's 10 highest-performing state secondary schools
These schools are the Preston area's best of the best 🏆
Amber Allott

46 astonishing vintage pictures which take you right back to 1953

There have been concerns that private schools raising fees in response will edge out many families

Explainer Why private schools will be taking on the Government in legal battle

26 treasured historical archive pictures reminding us of 1965

Resits take place much like standard GCSE exams

Everything you need to know about GCSE resits

These parts of England are trying to get new academies built

The parts of England getting brand new academies

Broadwood Drive (Credit: Tiger Sales & Lettings)

Bargain home in 3rd best city for schools and house prices up for sale

The North West is home to plentiful high-performing private schools

The North West's 16 highest-performing private schools for A Levels

All the Lancashire schools andnurseries with Ofsted reports in October

22 Lancashire schools/nurseries who received new Ofsted reports in Oct

Lancashire 's RE curriculum is being reviewed

Rethink of how religion is taught in Lancashire's schools under way

All the schools and nurseries across Preston, Chorley & South Ribble Ofsted with Ofsted reports in October

Preston, Chorley&SouthRibble schools/nurseries with Oct Ofsted reports

Schools were using their budgets for everything from food to toothbrushes for their students

Two thirds of poorest schools buying hungry kids food out of pocket

The area where the extension would be built

High school launches extension plan - here's why

The Phipps Family: Tara, Poppy, Paul and Jack.

Watch: Dad fined for term-time trip with autistic son and his daughter

Local councils, schools, and community groups are increasingly investing in repairs

Ad Feature UK playgrounds in crisis

Here's what has been announced for education in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget

Budget day: What has been announced for schools and education?

Child plays with building blocks.

Watch: Measures for families announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget

A private schooling expert says that happier children learn better

Private school approach may be the cure for absence woes - expert

Tallan Gill outside Kirkham Grammar School with two of its pupils.

Kirkham Grammar School's new headteacher reflects on his first term

Zinedine Meah (centre) is one of the students who has been awarded an assisted place at Bradford Grammar School

Mystery benefactor bankrolls student's places at elite private school

Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to give a speech at the Treasury in July 2024 (Photo: Jonathan Brady - Pool/Getty Images)

What to expect from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Autumn Budget

Current SEN spending is putting councils in a tricky position, the report says

Special education system 'failing' - could next week’s Budget fix it?

Salwick (Credit: Armitstead Barnett)

Two for one! Massive country home with gym, office & annexe for sale

Campbell Street (Credit: Express Estate Agency)

Fixer-upper of the week: bargain 2-bed city suburb home on the market

Police cordon off Ainsdale Beach as WW2 device blown up

Dramatic moment unexploded WW2 bomb is blown up on cordoned-off beach

Nearly one in five school children are persistently missing school, the latest figures show

The worst offending regions in new school absence data

21 extraordinary photos of our city's streets in the 1950s and 1960s

The city of Preston in Lancashire, circa 1940. The Harp Inn on Church Street is visible just to right of centre

21 eclectic retro photos of life in our city some going back 100 years

Ruth Lue-Quee, education consultant from Staffordshire, who says period poverty is more widespread than people think

Secondary school teachers call for better and earlier period education