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Head teacher praised for improvements at school

TEAM WORK: Assistant head teacher Dave Dwyer, business manager Helen Hatcher, MP David Heath and deputy head teacher Emma Wilkes join pupils from the school council at King Arthur's alongside their new minibus. Pictures by Laura Jones

Friday, March 12, 2010

A WINCANTON head teacher has been praised for improving standards at her school.

King Arthur's Community School was judged to be "satisfactory" in 2007 and achievement in science was highlighted as a weakness.

Three years later the school which caters for 585 11...

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Head teacher praised for improvements at school

TEAM WORK: Assistant head teacher Dave Dwyer, business manager Helen Hatcher, MP David Heath and deputy head teacher Emma Wilkes join pupils from the school council at King Arthur's alongside their new minibus. Pictures by Laura Jones

Friday, March 12, 2010

A WINCANTON head teacher has been praised for improving standards at her school. King Arthur's Community School was judged to be "satisfactory" in...

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Mums share views on children's centre

TOT TIME: Mums, childminders and members of Barnardo's South West and Sure Start Dorset view the latest plans for a new children's centre at Tinney's Lane. Picture by James Dadzitis

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

PLANS for a children's centre in Sherborne were welcomed by mums and carers when they were unveiled last week though concern was expressed about the...

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Amazing Grace was top of the lollipops

LAST WALK: Yeovil great-grandmother Grace Goldring with pupils from Westfield Infants School in Yeovil. Mrs Goldring hung up her lollipop on Friday after 10 years of helping pupils cross the road. Picture by Nigel Andrews

Saturday, February 20, 2010

A YEOVIL great-grandmother says she has no plans to give up work just yet despite retiring from a school crossing patrol last Friday. Grace Goldring,...

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Amazing Grace was top of the lollipops

LAST WALK: Yeovil great-grandmother Grace Goldring with pupils from Westfield Infants School in Yeovil. Mrs Goldring hung up her lollipop on Friday after 10 years of helping pupils cross the road. Picture by Nigel Andrews

Saturday, February 20, 2010

A YEOVIL great-grandmother says she has no plans to give up work just yet despite retiring from a school crossing patrol last Friday. Grace Goldring,...

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Parish ready to take on council over land

BATTLE BREWING: From left, Pimperne parish councillors Peter Slocombe, Tony Bartlett, Michael Oliver and John Tanner and resident David Toze at the playing field they want to register as a village green. Picture by James Dadzitis

Saturday, February 20, 2010

A COMMUNITY has been forced into a David and Goliath battle with Dorset County Council over land residents want to protect from development. Pimperne...

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After-school club is labelled 'inadequate'

Friday, February 19, 2010

SCATHING criticism of an after-school club near Dorchester has prompted a shake-up of its operation. In its first Ofsted inspection since opening at...

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Head's image fears for thriving school

Monday, February 15, 2010

THE head teacher of Ashlands School in Crewkerne has refuted the idea the school could be facing problems, despite a suggestion it could be hit by...

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Head's image fears for thriving school

OING WELL: Parents, pupils and teachers are happy with Ashlands School in Crewkerne in its current location says headteacher Carol Wills

Monday, February 15, 2010

THE head teacher of Ashlands School in Crewkerne has refuted the idea the school could be facing problems, despite a suggestion it could be hit by...

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Youngsters go to the polls to form Youth Parliament

POLITICS PARTY: Shaftesbury School were joined on polling day by chairman of governors Chris Brickell, fourth from left, Shaftesbury Town Councillor Jane Gould, Dorset County Councillor Andrew Cattaway, Shaftesbury pupil and youth election candidate Eadie McCarthy, headteacher David Booth and North Dorset District Councillor Mervyn Jeffery. Picture by Sara Broom

Thursday, February 11, 2010

PUPILS across Dorset went to the polls last week to vote for their new representatives in the Youth Parliament. Dorchester Middle School candidates...

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