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Crewkerne Town Council was delighted to recognise a man who led a scout group for 40 years and a woman who volunteered and helped several good…

CREWKERNE and Ilminster schools are in the final phase of £8.6 million of major building and improvement works, finishing in time for the new…

A SCHOOL in Crewkerne has officially reopened this term as a primary academy with the help of author Paul Strickland.

ALMOST 100 new houses could be built on the edge of Crewkerne if plans are approved.

A FAMILY in Somerset have launched a legal challenge against the approval of the schools restructure in Ilminster and Crewkerne. Somerset County Council (SCC) announced their decision to change the three-tier education system of first, middle and upper schools, to a two-tier model of primary and secondary schools on March 17. Under the new plans, Wadham School will become a secondary school; Maiden Beech, Ashlands, St Bartholomew’s, Merriott and Haselbury Plucknett will become primary s...

PROPOSALS to restructure the schools system in Ilminster and Crewkerne have been approved. Today (March 17), Somerset County Councils Cabinet approved the plans to change the three-tier school system to a two-tier system. Under the new plans, Wadham School will become a secondary school; Maiden Beech, Ashlands, St Bartholomew’s, Merriott and Haselbury Plucknett will become primary schools; Swanmead and Greenfylde will amalgamate and become a primary school and Misterton school is set to...

A CONSULTATION on plans to transform the education system in Ilminster and Crewkerne ends next week. And so this week is the last chance for the public to have their say on the proposals, which will see a new structure of primary schools and secondary schools, instead of first schools, middle schools and upper schools. But parents and headteachers are not happy about the plans – saying they will have a “detrimental impact” on all the schools in the system. The current plans were d...