The number of school places in the borough for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is set to increase with up to £1million in
Category: Education
Almost 100 children still have no secondary school place, Kingston council admits
Nearly 100 children in the Kingston borough still have no secondary school place for September, according to documents released at a council meeting last Thursday. Parents
Heritage Lottery Fund cash gives green light on allotment project
A grant of £69,700 has been awarded to a local project examining the history of allotments in Surbiton and Tolworth, The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF)
Kingston’s children’s services up for two local government awards
The provider of Kingston’s children’s services was shortlisted for two Local Government Chronicle (LGC) awards last week. Achieving for Children (AfC), a community interest company
Tolworth Girls’ School rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted
Tolworth Girls’ School and Sixth Form is “absolutely delighted” to have achieved ‘outstanding’ ratings in all areas of its latest Ofsted report. The non-selective academy
Avoid a fine on Eden Street – Kingston’s most extortionate road
A Freedom of Information Act request has revealed that Eden Street in Kingston Upon Thames is the third-most lucrative street in Britain, netting Kingston Council
Kingston students slam university’s £250k for new president
The new president – and former vice-chancellor – of Kingston University, Julius Weinberg, is to have his new position and £251,461 salary investigated by his
Kingston University students protest over maintenance grant cuts
KINGSTON university students have said that they may have to quit university after George Osborne announced in July 2015 that he is going to scrap the maintenance grants
Students vote in new members at Kingston University election
KINGSTON university students have elected new members to lead the Union of Kingston Students and represent the student’s views for 2016 and 2017. The winners of the
“People are afraid of what they don’t know”
From Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair interview to the House of Commons’ first-ever Transgender Equality report, 2015 was said to be “the year to be trans”. However,
