Parents push for extra class at primary school near homes

Outside Wolvercote Primary School, left to right, back: Payashi Garry holding Hannah Garry, Kerry Harries, Rosa Faulkner holding Otto Faulkner. Front: Joseph Garry, Isabelle Harries, Amaya Faulkner, Ixeya Faulkner and Alice Wilkinson. Picture: OX59199

1:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

PARENTS who missed out on primary school places want action taken long before a planned expansion.

Children will get to grips with fun at festival

Louis Goodall, 9, from Willow Croft Primary School – pictured front left with Oliver Bishop, from Gosford Hill School

5:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

PRIMARY school children across Oxfordshire are counting down to the launch of a new festival.

Record 2,400 pupils take part in art competition

Luigi Felici. Picture: OX59027 Antony Moore

2:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

CHICKEN drumsticks and hairy spiders were among the record number of entries submitted for this year’s Young Art Oxford (YAO) competition.

Author serves up a real-life thriller for pupils

Children’s author Chris Bradford. Picture: OX58958 Damian Halliwell

12:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

PUPILS at Larkmead School in Abingdon were given top tips on how to defend themselves from an underworld of crime and combat.

Education expert in bid to boost schools

John Howson

7:00am Monday 13th May 2013

AN EMINENT Oxford education expert says he wants to help improve exam results after being elected to Oxfordshire County Council.

Teenagers are an enterprising bunch

Isabel Yue

2:00pm Saturday 11th May 2013

A GROUP of teenage entrepreneurs have cooked up a winning formula after triumphing at a special awards ceremony, writes Matt Oliver.

Teachers hatch plot over new chicks

Rachel Downey and pupil Petros Papadopoulos handle the chicks

2:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

PUPILS at a Didcot primary school got the chance to pet some chicks after watching them hatch.

Chelsea Flower Show trip for youngsters

Kirtlington Primary School pupils, from left, Gemma Croker, eight, Joe Straker, nine, Izzy Potts, eight, and Gabriel Popham, nine

7:00am Friday 10th May 2013

THESE growing gardeners are blooming delighted after they were invited to show off their stuff at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.

Girls have teenage beauty market nailed

Girls have teenage beauty market nailed

1:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

THESE teenage entrepreneurs are hoping their budget blend of beauty products can catapult them to success.

Autism school to open on Oxford estate

9:30am Tuesday 7th May 2013

A SCHOOL for children with autism and learning disabilities will open next year on the former site of a special school in Oxford.

Music-mad teens are a hit with cult heroes Dreadzone

FANS: Adam Thack-Pugsley, Callum Walton and Alex Warner

9:30am Tuesday 7th May 2013

SCHOOL projects can instill a sense of “dread” in pupils’ minds.

Girls given insight into IT

1:00pm Saturday 4th May 2013

PUPILS at Oxfordshire’s only all girls state schools got a taste of a possible future career on International Girls in ICT Day.

Head backs her staff after Ofsted mauling

Year 6 School Council members, from left, Aiden Hay, 10, Ana Bogotyrow, 10, and Francisco Molina, 11, with headteacher Susie Bagnall

12:00pm Saturday 4th May 2013

A HEADTEACHER has defended her staff after her school was judged to require improvement by Ofsted.

Pupils try cooking at restaurant

Pupils try cooking at restaurant

7:00am Saturday 4th May 2013

FOUR pupils were taken to Florio Bar and Kitchen in Banbury Road, Oxford, on Tuesday to try their hand at cooking.

Abingdon students walk 63 miles in 24 hours

Some of the walkers and supporters

2:00pm Friday 3rd May 2013

ABINGDON School students recreated history this week.

Is education reform ‘political meddling’ or the best decision for children?

Dr Tim Hands

9:30am Friday 3rd May 2013

OXFORDSHIRE’S education boss has criticised the headmaster of a leading Oxford private school who accused ministers of meddling.

School centre aims to bring Latin to life

14-year-old Katie McMullin, Cheney’s head of history David Gimson and Dr Lorna Robinson from the Isis Project examine artefacts that will feature in the new centre

7:00am Thursday 2nd May 2013

A CHARITY dedicated to enriching young minds through Latin and the classics is to open a permanent home at an Oxford school.

Gove's warning to sponsors of failing academies

Mr Gove says hello to Lilian Scott, seven, at Kingfisher School, above. Picture: OX58898 Ed Nix. Left, contemplative mood at a John Mason class. Picture: OX58915 David Fleming

10:00am Wednesday 1st May 2013

EDUCATION secretary Michael Gove has pledged to remove sponsors of academies in Oxfordshire if they fail to turn them around.

Pupils vote Butterfly book flyaway winner in county awards

Back, Ben Bazeley, centre from left, Hannah Whittaker, Erica Smith and Hannah Calvert, front, Daniel Eeley and Jak Bower

7:00am Wednesday 1st May 2013

THE votes have been counted and the winners have been announced in this year’s Oxfordshire Book Awards.

Box Clever rehearse Rome and Juliet at Oxford High School

Box Clever rehearse Rome and Juliet at Oxford High School

7:00pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

STUDENTS indulged their dramatic side when a top production company rehearsed Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet at Oxford High School.

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