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Following the Secretary of State’s announcement on academies David Hodge, Leader of Surrey County Council and Leader of the Conservative Group at the Local Government Association, said: “We’re very pleased the Secretary of State has listened to feedback from councils on the Government’s proposals and I look forward to continuing the work we have started with her … Continue reading
Surrey County Council’s Cabinet has signed off plans to build an additional 690 places at primary schools in Reigate and Shepperton and a secondary school in Woking. Watch Linda Kemeny, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Schools, Skills and Educational Achievement, talking about the expansions. For more information on the planned expansion at Reigate Parish … Continue reading
More than four in five Surrey reception class applicants have been offered their first preference school as demand for places reaches a new high. Figures from Surrey County Council on primary school ‘national offer day’ show that 82.4% of Surrey pupils were offered the school they put first on their list – down slightly on … Continue reading
Surrey County Council’s early learning experts have produced a series of free online guides to help parents get their children off to a great start. The resources are packed with tips, advice and suggested activities for children aged from birth to five and span six key areas of early learning – talking, reading, writing, counting … Continue reading
Plans to expand a Guildford secondary school to create an extra 100 places have been signed off. Guildford County School will take pupils in six forms of entry from September next year under plans approved by Surrey County Council’s Cabinet. The extra places are needed to meet rising demand for secondary school places in Guildford … Continue reading
Plans to create an extra 360 primary school places in Ewell have been signed off. Surrey County Council’s Cabinet approved plans to make Danetree Junior an all-through primary school catering for pupils aged four to 11, with an attached nursery. The expansion is part of a wider reorganisation of primary schools in Ewell aimed at … Continue reading
Surrey has offered 85% of pupils their first preference secondary school after processing a record number of applications. On secondary school ‘national offer day’, the proportion of Surrey applicants given one of their top three preferred schools rose to 95%. Figures from Surrey County Council also show that the number of secondary school applications topped … Continue reading
Plans to create 330 extra primary school places at two Surrey primary schools have been approved. Surrey County Council’s Cabinet gave the go-ahead for expansions at Sythwood Primary School in Woking and Cleves Junior School in Weybridge. At Sythwood, a new teaching block and other facilities will allow the school to provide an extra 210 … Continue reading
Linda Kemeny highlighted rising demand for school places in Surrey when she met Nicky Morgan, the Secretary of State for Education, at the Howard of Effingham School. Mrs Kemeny, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Schools, Skills and Educational Achievement, was joined by Mrs Morgan and Sir Paul Beresford, MP for Mole Valley, for a … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has received a record number of applications for school places this year. More than 13,800 applications for primary school places in September were submitted by the January 15 closing date – 215 more than a year ago.* The increase adds up to enough pupils to fill a new one-form entry primary school. … Continue reading
Plans to create 450 extra places at two Surrey secondary schools have moved a step closer. The proposals are the latest in a series of school expansions designed to meet demand from Surrey’s rising population. They include plans to create extra places at St Peter’s Catholic School in Guildford and The Priory Church of England … Continue reading
Five out of six pupils at Surrey primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths this year, according to an official breakdown of results in national tests for 11-year-olds. Figures released by the Department for Education show that 83 per cent of pupils reached ‘level four’ – the required standard for their … Continue reading
As speculation grows that Chancellor George Osborne is poised to announce a school funding shake-up, Surrey County Council is pressing for a fairer deal for schools within 10 miles of London borough boundaries. Surrey schools close to London are being penalised to the tune of millions of pounds in funding compared to schools in the … Continue reading
Surrey schools close to London are being penalised to the tune of millions of pounds in funding compared to schools in the capital – even though they may be less than a mile apart and face the same challenges. These schools are often just streets apart and serve virtually identical communities but London boroughs bordering … Continue reading
Surrey County Council is among the top-performing authorities at GCSE, according to an official breakdown of exams taken in 2015. Figures released by the Department for Education show that almost two-thirds of pupils passed five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and maths, making Surrey 16th out of 150 education authorities in England. … Continue reading
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