Keir Starmer Questioned Over Frozen Funding for Urgently Needed Bath Special School Thursday, December 11, 2025 keirstarmer bath send specialeducation funding government council schools children delays Keir Starmer faced tough questions about the government’s frozen funding for a desperately needed special school in Bath. Bath MP Wera Hobhouse highlighted how families have been “left in the lurch” after … Read More
Two Bath Schools Honored as Best in Southwest in The Sunday Times Parent Power 2026 Friday, December 5, 2025 bath education schools southwest ralphallen kingedwards rankings academicexcellence independentschools comprehensiveschools Two schools in Bath have been officially recognized as the best in the Southwest in the latest national school rankings published by The Sunday Times Parent Power on Friday, December 5. Ralph Allen School earned the title of … Read More
Council Spending Soars to £10m on Home-to-School Transport, Sending Children as Far as North Oxfordshire Friday, December 5, 2025 education transport send bath oxfordshire schools council budget taxis inclusion Bath and North East Somerset Council faces a growing financial challenge, spending over £10 million annually on home-to-school transport for children, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). … Read More
Council Spending Over £10 Million on Home-to-School Transport Extending to North Oxfordshire Friday, December 5, 2025 send transport education council bath oxforshire disabilities budget taxis schools Bath and North East Somerset Council is allocating more than £10 million annually to home-to-school transport, often covering schools located as far as northern Oxfordshire to accommodate children with special educational … Read More
Safer, Car-Free School Route Opens in Growing Somerset Village Monday, December 1, 2025 strawberryline cheddar somerset cyclepath activetravel schools community infrastructure volunteers greenways Children and young people in the growing Somerset village of Cheddar can now benefit from a safer, car-free route to school thanks to the latest extension of the Strawberry Line multi-user path. Stretching from Yatton railway … Read More
Somerset Schools Rally Behind Children in Need with Colour, Coins, and Cha-Cha-Chas Saturday, November 22, 2025 somerset childreninneed schools fundraising pudsey community kindness charity dance youth Schools throughout Somerset united in a vibrant show of support for Children in Need, contributing to the nationwide £45 million fundraising effort. Pupils and staff embraced the spirit of the cause by wearing iconic Pudsey … Read More