Downs Junior School News Today

A popular school in the city has lost its outstanding rating in its first Ofsted inspection in 12 years.

The city’s only public air raid shelter is opening this weekend as part of the Fringe.

An underground air raid shelter museum now has a new accessible entrance.

Two infant schools and a junior school look likely to have their admission numbers cut from September 2024 after a public consultation.

SCHOOLS in Brighton and Hove have made changes to their school day and to uniform as the city braces itself for temperatures as high as 35C this week

A scheme aimed at encouraging more children to walk and cycle to and from school is supported by eight of ten people, a council has said.

Dudeney Lodge OPPOSITION is growing to plans to instal 5G masts on the roof of one of the most prominent buildings in Brighton. The proposals include putting 12 antennas and four transmission dishes on the roof of Dudeney Lodge, in Upper Hollingdean Road, with six equipment cabinets on the ground. Details have been submitted to Brighton and Hove City council by mobile phone infrastructure firm Cornerstone on behalf of Telefonica UK, also known as O2, and its network-sharing partner Vodafo...

BOLLARDS are now in place at a junction as part of “semi-permanent” measures to make a road safer near a school. The junction between Somerhill Road and Lansdowne Road in Hove has been closed to motor vehicles as part of the School Streets scheme, ahead of pupils’ return to the classroom on Monday. The trial closure, which has been brought in through an experimental traffic regulation order, means only cyclists and pedestrians can enter Somerhill Road from its southern end. Motor ...

MEASURES to shut two junctions have come into force today, with bollards expected to be installed by the time pupils return to school.

Brighton and Hove City Council is reintroducing the School Streets scheme later this month. The council is bringing in trial closures in roads outside three schools in the city - Downs Junior School, Brunswick Primary School and St Luke’s Primary School- from February 22. In addition to the closures during school drop-off and pick up times, between 8am and 10am and 2pm and 4pm, two roads will be closed at one end at all times, with access for cyclists and pedestrians only. The junctions...