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
Odd Socks and Big Smiles Kick Off Anti-Bullying Week at Radstock School Saturday, November 22, 2025 antibullying oddsocks inclusion respect empathy schools campaign pshe diversity awareness At St Mary’s Church of England Primary School and Nursery in Writhlington, Radstock, students stepped out in style—and difference—by wearing mismatched socks to launch Anti-Bullying Week on Monday, November 10. This … Read More
‘No Capacity’ for New Special Needs Units in Somerset Schools Near M5 Corridor Tuesday, November 18, 2025 somerset send education schools m5 specialneeds capacity council housing strategy Mainstream secondary schools along Somerset’s M5 corridor face significant challenges in expanding special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provisions, with local education officers acknowledging a lack of physical … Read More