Education and learning
We provide education and learning opportunities for young and old people alike. That could be in one of the 400 schools we’re responsible for or giving you ways to access learning and training later in life.
- Description
- Thousands of children from low-income families will be able to enjoy free activities and nutritious meals this Easter as part of Staffordshire's Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme.
- Date:
- 11 March 2024
- Description
- Nine out of 10 parents will learn today that they have been allocated their first choice secondary school in Staffordshire. Of the 8,482 offers made for a Staffordshire secondary school at age 11, 90.8% per cent were for a first choice school. National and regional average is around 83 per cent.
- Date:
- 01 March 2024
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- Work is progressing well on Stafford's newest £7.6 million primary and nursery school. Beaconfields Primary and Nursery School will be welcoming nursery and reception pupils from September 2024, with the capacity to increase numbers year on year.
- Date:
- 23 February 2024
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- More children in care will be able to stay in Staffordshire, if plans by the county council are given the go-ahead. A paper to the county council's cabinet outlines plans to open six in-house local authority run children's homes.
- Date:
- 14 February 2024
- Description
- Staffordshire is joining in this year's celebrations for National Apprenticeship Week, taking place from 5 to 11 February.
- Date:
- 02 February 2024
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- Staffordshire County Council has been allocated over £1.6 million in government funding to increase the quantity and quality of childcare before and after school across the whole county.
- Date:
- 31 January 2024
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- Staffordshire County Council is funding schools to step in at the first opportunity to help children with special educational needs progress at their local mainstream school.
- Date:
- 24 January 2024
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- Proposals to extend overnight residential accommodation for children with special education needs and disabilities have been approved by Staffordshire County Council.
- Date:
- 17 January 2024