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A SCHOOL has announced that it will be closed today for some pupils due to staff shortages.

A SCHOOL has announced that it will be closed today for some pupils due to staff shortages.

HEADTEACHERS have spoken out on the problems recruiting for cleaners and kitchen staff, citing Brexit and the impact of the pandemic as key factors.

A SCHOOL placed in special measures two years ago received glowing praise about its determination to improve. Ofsteds monitoring inspection of Seven Fields Primary School hailed the staff and leadership teams efforts to bounce back from a bad rating. This follows a similarly-positive check-up inspectors carried out in January 2020 after the education body deemed the Penhill facility Inadequate in May 2019. The latest report highlighted improvements to the curriculum which allowed pupils...

The Swan School in Oxford unveiled Laura Megaw, who was previously an assistant headteacher in Rome. She joins the Marston school, which became the first completely new secondary in the city for more than 50 years when it opened in 2019. Ms Megaw was previously assistant headteacher at St George’s British International School in Rome and has also held leadership posts at schools in London. She said: “I am excited to have the opportunity to really shape and grow a sixth form culture ...

A NEW primary school has announced its founding headteacher ahead of opening in September. Claire Doland, who is currently interim headteacher at St Mary’s CE Infant School in Witney, will take over at Windrush CE Primary School, in the west of the town. Mrs Doland, 50, was previously deputy headteacher at The Blake CE Primary School in Cogges. The school, under construction at the new Windrush Place estate, will be the first new primary in Witney since 2003. Mrs Doland spoke exclus...

A NEW primary school has announced its founding headteacher ahead of opening in September. Claire Doland, who is currently interim headteacher at St Mary’s CE Infant School in Witney, will take over at Windrush CE Primary School, in the west of the town. Mrs Doland, 50, was previously deputy headteacher at The Blake CE Primary School in Cogges. The new school, currently under construction at the new Windrush Place estate, will be the first new primary in Witney since 2003. When full...