Education

THE SCHOOL year might be over, but a charity is inviting youngsters to show off their ethical credentials to earn a Green Flag certification.  British-owned organic childrenswear brand Frugi is...

PLANS are in place to open a new primary school in Shinfield this September, when 29 new pupils will walk through its doors for the first time.  Last week, Wokingham...

“I think the school staff always assumed that it would be built, there’s always been talk of it. Even John Redwood came to visit not long ago, and the staff...

SECONDARY schools across the borough are benefitting from a new partnership from a local pharmaceutical company. Boehringer Ingelheim has teamed up with STEM Learning, the UK's largest provider of education...

The University of Reading has postponed its summer graduation ceremonies until July next year.  The prestigious events, which take place on the University of Reading’s London Road campus, were originally...

THE GOVERNMENT needs to do more to reassure parents that schools will be safe to return to in September.  Earlier today, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said that restrictions on group...

“The children of Emmbrook Junior School have made these sunflowers — we are thinking of you.”

“James Furlong was an exceptional teacher and colleague, and cherished by the Holt School community."

At 10am, school co-headteachers Katie Pearce and Anne Kennedy led a two-minute silence watched by hundreds of pupils. Afterwards they read a tribute to Mr Furlong.

Wokingham Borough Council have asked for anyone joining to mark the minute’s silence in their homes.