Richard Sheriff, CEO of the Red Kite Learning Trust, said primary schools in particular have seen far more pupils attending in person than was the case in the first lockdown last year.
Education
Teachers call for tighter key worker rules as schools under pressure
A schools leader in Harrogate has called for greater clarity on lockdown rules and guidance on who qualifies as a key worker as demand for classroom places remains high. Richard Sheriff, CEO of the Red Kite Learning Trust (RKLT), said primary schools in particular...
Teachers need vaccine says Harrogate union rep
A local teacher and union representative has called for teachers to be vaccinated alongside frontline workers.
‘We won’t abandon children’ on exams, says Harrogate headteacher
Harrogate Grammar School head Neil Renton spoke to the Stray Ferret about a range of issues. including how pupils have adapted to home learning, the morale of their teachers, and what school for children of key workers in lockdown three looks like.
Library books still available during lockdown
Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough libraries will continue to provide books through the select and collect service. The home library service will also operate and computers can be booked for essential use.
Scheme to donate laptops to Harrogate pupils
The Supplies for Key Workers in and around Harrogate Facebook group is partnering with Phase 4 Computers to supply computers to pupils that need them for study during the lockdown.
St Aidan’s ‘absolutely delighted’ at pitch approval
Councillors gave St Aidan’s the green light to build a floodlit artificial sports pitch yesterday after a show of people power in support of the school. But some are still worried about the impact on house prices.
St Aidan’s floodlit pitch plans approved
Councillors on Harrogate Borough Council’s planning committee voted by a near unanimous decision this afternoon (nine in favour with one abstention) to defer to the chief planner for approval once new reports on drainage and light pollution are drawn up.
Surge of public support for St Aidan’s floodlit pitch plans
Almost 100 people in a week have voiced their support to the council regarding St Aidan’s secondary school’s plans to build a floodlit artificial sports pitch.
St Aidan’s floodlit pitch plans set for refusal
The 2,000-pupil secondary school says the pitch is ‘urgently required’ but nearby residents believe the 15-metre high floodlights would cause light pollution to their homes and the nearby Stray.
300 more Harrogate children receiving free school meals since pandemic
Harrogate District Food Bank project manager Lucy Stewart says parents who work in Harrogate’s hospitality sector have been hit hard by covid restrictions.
Union says New Year plans for Harrogate district schools ‘inoperable’
Sharon Calvert, who represents the Harrogate association of the NASUWT teachers’ union, says local schools do not have the staffing capacity to carry out testing in a safe and effective manner. Ministers hope the plans will keep children in schools.
Vandals target Bilton primary school
A classroom window was smashed and the roof of a wooden pavilion damaged in the latest bout of anti-social behaviour affecting Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School.
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Rare cabmen’s shelter returns to Ripon
A rare Listed Building that is one of Ripon’s heritage attractions dating back to the Edwardian era, is back in place after a £22,000 renovation