Education

West Sussex County Council has called for more people to have their say on its draft School Effectiveness Strategy for 2018-2022.

People are invited to a County Local Committee meeting on Tuesday, where an update on Woodland Meed’s college is expected.

West Sussex County Council is asking people for their views on its draft School Effectiveness Strategy for 2018-2022.

The Middy was delighted to go on a tour around Woodlands Meed, a special school which we are lucky to have right on our doorstep.

An Ofsted inspector has hinted that Blackthorns Community Primary Academy is on the road to being rated ‘outstanding’.

Headteachers have been propping up their budgets using money intended to help disadvantaged children, a survey has revealed.

Wivelsfield Primary School pupils are pictured giving their thumbs up on My Red Thumb Day – a national campaign to stop people using their mobile phone whilst driving.

Lindfield Primary Academy welcomed award-winning author of the Beetle Boy trilogy M.G. Leonard, as part of its National Book Week celebrations.

The headteacher and governors of Woodlands Meed in Burgess Hill have met with West Sussex County Council to start work on a feasibility study.

Blackthorns Community Primary Academy in Lindfield has been recognised as one of the best performing primary schools in the country.

The number of home schooled pupils in West Sussex has risen sharply.

A West Sussex headteacher has resigned, citing the "impossibly stressful" pressures of the job coupled with a lack of funding.

Two years of hard work have paid off for Plumpton College, which has been rated ‘good’ by Ofsted.