Schools and learning

• Extra buses help students travel to school safely

  3 September 2020

  3 minute read

  STUDENTS returning to school in Leicester and Leicestershire can benefit from extra bus services to help them get to school safely.

• Advice and guidance for families as schools begin to reopen

  26 August 2020

  2 minute read

  AS schools across Leicester begin to reopen for all pupils this autumn, families are being reminded that they can access new online information and support. 

• Campaign helps children to travel safely for return to school

  25 August 2020

  3 minute read

  TRAVEL safety measures are being put in place and information made available to help children and families returning to schools across Leicester from this week.

• Advice and information on returning to school

  13 August 2020

  2 minute read

  PARENTS with questions about sending their children back to school can visit the city council’s website for advice and information.

• 52 schools earn recognition for environmental work

  12 August 2020

  3 minute read

  MORE than 50 schools in Leicester have been praised for their work on environmental projects.

• Access courses for adults offer fast track to university study

  22 July 2020

  1 minute read

  APPLICATIONS are now open for Leicester Adult Education College’s popular Access to Higher Education courses.

• £8.1 million scheme will create hundreds of extra SEND school places

  9 July 2020

  3 minute read

  MORE than £8.1 million is to be invested in a programme of creating new school places and provisions for children with additional educational needs.

• Council continues to invest in city’s secondary schools

  2 July 2020

  2 minute read

  MORE than £20m of investment will ensure that eight of Leicester’s most popular secondary schools can continue to meet demand for pupil places over the next eight years.

• Council helps ensure those on free school meals don’t miss out

  24 April 2020

  3 minute read

  CHILDREN in Leicester who would normally be entitled to a free school lunch are still being offered a free meal every day – even though most of them are currently not at school.

• Council thanks schools for staying open over Easter

  15 April 2020

  2 minute read

  TEACHERS and school staff across the city have been helping children still at school to enjoy Easter with some fun activities.

• New £4.6m plan for more specialist pupil places to meet future demand

  20 March 2020

  2 minute read

  PLANS have been announced to invest over £4.6million to expand to create more specialist places at a Leicester school.

• More children in city get their first choice of secondary school

  2 March 2020

  2 minute read

  THOUSANDS of children across the city will be offered places at secondary schools today (Monday 2 March) – with a substantial increase in those being offered their first choice.