education

Grant to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people

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Schools across Liverpool are invited to apply for public health funding to support the mental health and wellbeing of their students. The pandemic impacted us all, and especially our children and young people – so to help understand how they’ve been affected, Liverpool City Council, in collaboration with local health and education partners, and the … Read more

New app offers advice on what parents can do to help their baby develop

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A brand new app has launched, giving tips and advice to parents about how to make the most of their child’s early years.   Developed by Liverpool City Council’s Public Health team, 24 Magic Months offers support with the first two years of a child’s life – a crucial time for growing, learning and development. … Read more

Longest serving Headteacher retires after 37 years

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The longest serving Headteacher on Merseyside is to retire – after educating two generations of children! Dennis Hardiman, MBE, has been Headteacher of St. Sebastian’s Catholic Primary School in Fairfield since 1983. And for the last 14 years he’s also been Headteacher of St. Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School in Stoneycroft. Although both schools serve deprived … Read more

#DEARLiverpool, get reading – and that includes the grown-ups!

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Drop everything and read

Can you spare ten minutes and just £1 next Thursday, 5 March, to raise funds to get kids reading in Liverpool? Organised by national charity Read for Good and the Liverpool Learning Partnership, Drop Everything and Read Liverpool – #DEARLiverpool – is part of the two-week Liverpool schools Readathon, 2-13 March, but everyone can take part – including … Read more

Why I jumped at the opportunity to create Liverpool’s Education Attendance Campaign

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Jennifer Bruce — video journalist, Liverpool City Council Not sending your child to school every day? Unfortunately, you’re not the only one. And it all adds up. Massively. Every year in Liverpool, more than 500,000 school days are lost to absenteeism, and almost half of those are unauthorised. Quantitatively this means we’re below the national average for school … Read more

Christmas Shopping in Term Time

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Schools

Last year 500,000 school days were lost to absence in Liverpool.

With Christmas on the way we wanted to know what you thought of parents taking their children out of school to go Christmas shopping – this is what you had to say…

Open Days with our Adult Learning Service

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We’re ready to start a new term, shaping the future of the city’s adult learners.For courses starting from Monday 16th September, come to one of our enrolment open days or evenings: Tuesday 10th September: Park Road Adult Learning Centre, 10am-8pm Wednesday 11th September: Calderstones Adult Learning Centre, 6pm-8pm Thursday 12th September: Newsham Adult Learning Centre, 10am-8pm Friday 13th … Read more

Celebrating success with Liverpool’s Adult Learning Service

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Meet Liverpool’s latest batch of job-ready, skilled-up adults.
They have all been on a journey of self-discovery with Liverpool City Council’s Employment and Skills team.

They’ve stayed the course and are now ready for the next steps in their journeys following a special graduation ceremony.

Florence Melly Community Primary School is top of the class

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Teachers, pupils and parents at a Walton school are celebrating this week after being rated top of the class by Ofsted. Florence Melly Community Primary School, on Bushey Road, has been rated “outstanding” in overall effectiveness in its new Ofsted report. The school was previously rated as “requires improvement” in 2018 and it has now … Read more

Charlotte hits all the right notes

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Charlotte Meredith

AN Anfield teenager is celebrating after being awarded a full scholarship to attend one of the UK’s top music schools. Charlotte Meredith, 18, who attends North Liverpool Academy, will have her tuition fees paid for her full course when she starts her three-year music performance degree at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in September. Although already … Read more