Education

Chris Hoyle, with his son Oscar and wife Danielle Hoyle. Pic credit: Chris Hoyle

Father pleads to council for help as he can’t send son to school down the road

In the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, two Yorkshire universities have emerged as frontrunners in the UK, out of more than 1,400 institutions for 2024, showcasing their steadfast commitment to environmental and social responsibility.

Every Yorkshire university ranked in the QS World University Rankings

Signed Arctic Monkeys memorabilia is being auctioned to raise money for Meersbrook Bank Primary School in Sheffield

Arctic Monkeys helping to drum up support for Yorkshire school's new playground

A person walks through snow above the Hole of Horcum at the North York Moors National Park, as scattered weather warnings for snow and ice are in place across the UK as temperatures plunged below freezing overnight. The Met Office has issued yellow warnings through Saturday morning for the northern coast and southwest of Scotland, as well as southwest and the eastern coast of England.Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Heavy snow affects schools across region with delayed starts and closures

Conservative Howdenshire ward's Coun Victoria Aitken speaking at East Riding of Yorkshire Council's full council

Disabled children have to go home to use the toilet due to school works backlog

Ripon Grammar School

The Sunday Times Parent Power 2024: Hull comprehensive named best in the country

Bewerley Park grounds

Outdoor education centres saved 'from the jaws of death' with £4m investment

An aerial photo of Scarborough College.

Eight Yorkshire schools named among UK's best for cricket by The Cricketer

An artist's impression of the National Health Innovation Campus. Credit: University of Huddersfield. Available for use across all LDRS partners

University of Huddersfield moves forwards with new building on £250m campus

Bewerley Park near Nidderdale.

Outdoor education centres in North Yorkshire set for £2.4m overhaul

Portakabin at Crossflatts Primary School in Bradford

Two schools could have temporary portakabins for two years due to RAAC discovery

Pantosaurus during one of his visits.

Hundreds of school children Talk PANTS with the NSPCC

Mollie Wadsworth, 17, passed her test after spending seven weeks of her summer holidays learning how to fly a plane

Yorkshire teenager earns private pilot licence before passing her driving test

School education

Wakefield schools will lose out on £2.5m of funding due to funding errors

Bungalow, Beeston St Francis of Assisi School

Rundown caretaker's bungalow at Yorkshire school to be sold off by council

Bishop Burton College is working hard to further strengthen its careers provision by working with an Enterprise Advisor

Ad Feature Bishop Burton College: Strengthening partnerships between industry and education

Yasmin Reevell graduating from York College.

Manchester attack survivor helps NHS by creating makeup that looks like injuries

Eskdale School in Whitby

Calls for schools merger to be postponed due to 'no clear plans for pupils’

Minskip farm shop

Owners of farm Shop resubmit plans to build a children’s nursery on the farm

Part of the dig for Knaresborough Museum Association's forthcoming Community Archaeology Festival. (Picture contributed)

Knaresborough event to unveil incredibly rare find of 4,000 year old hand axe

Jonathan Adamson

Yorkshire teacher banned after he was convicted of child sex offences
A Yorkshire teacher who sexually assaulted a teenage girl has been banned from the profession.

It's not yet clear how long St Thomas a Becket Catholic Secondary School will be closed for most pupils.

West Yorkshire school closes after discovery of 'crumbly concrete'

A fundraising pot for free school meals will be set up by the council

Yorkshire council sets up £100,000 fundraising pot to pay for free school meals

Students cheering at the independent school. (Pic credit: Queen Margaret's School for Girls)

Queen Margaret’s School for Girls: Yorkshire independent school wins award

George Fleming, six, with a chicken at Copley Primary School.

Halifax village primary school's new outdoor classroom and chickens

Celebrations at Park Lane Community Primary School, Halifax, after Outstanding Ofsted report. Headteacher Gugsy Ahmed with Staff and students.

Outstanding Ofsted for 'exceptional' Halifax school

Fountains Earth Lofthouse CE Primary School, in Lofthouse, North Yorkshire, looks set to join a raft of other rural primaries which have closed their doors in recent years.

Rural school with no pupils to close as council boss says parents "bullied" away

Scarcroft Primary School

School still hasn't replaced board of governers after they all resigned

Clarence Park in Wakefield, which is connected to the adjoining Thornes Park.

Children ‘too terrified’ to go into public parks due to anti-social behaviour

Looking for a school for your child? Discover a world of opportunities in a friendly and supportive environment. Picture – supplied.

Ad Feature Bradford Grammar Open Events announced – meet pupils, parents & staff

Pupils in a classroom. (Pic credit: Anthony Devlin / Getty Images)

Yorkshire teacher banned for making 'sexually provocative' comments to pupils

Skelton Newby Hall Church of England School

Rural primary school closures in Yorkshire 'only likely to get worse'
The succession of rural primary school closures across England’s largest county are “only likely to get worse” with a looming oversupply of places, despite attempts to prevent an increasing number of schools going into the red, a meeting has heard.

Calderdale College students and staff with new ground and air source heat pumps. Picture by Chris Hellawell

Ad Feature Improving 'Green Skills' in the north

Mark Langford groomed and sexually assaulted one of his pupils

Teacher abused student then wrote letter telling her what to say if questioned

Isabella Drake, 22, is in her third year of her business management and marketing degree at Leeds University.

Yorkshire student unveils her top tips for saving money

Dozens of school children faced an 'insane' journey after the train cancellations

Schoolchildren stranded due to train cancellation on 'insane' 11-hour journey

Pupils in a classroom. (Pic credit: Anthony Devlin / Getty Images)

Parents in Yorkshire advised to apply for their child’s secondary school place

Ralls was jailed at Bradford Crown Court

Former child protection officer at York school jailed over sex offences

Save the date: Wetherby school’s open evening. Submitted picture.

Ad Feature Save the date: Wetherby school’s open evening

ADOBE STOCK
Female Student Raising Hand To Ask Question In Classroom

More than £66m worth of repairs identified across crumbling schools in Leeds

Civic Hall in Leeds.

Council told to pay parent £6,000 after girl out of school in Leeds

Ready to welcome new students – and there’s never been a better time to choose Pudsey Grammar Sixth Form

Ad Feature Save the date: Pudsey Grammar Sixth Form Open Evening announced

Professor Andrew Wilson with 'BD25'. KM Images Ltd

How a robot dog could explore abandoned old mill buildings in Bradford

Western Primary School in Harrogate

Yorkshire headteacher says proposed crossing could risk children’s safety

Harrogate Ladies' College wants its pupils to be happy and well-adjusted. Submitted picture

Ad Feature Why pupils’ wellbeing is key to academic success – Harrogate school

University of York. (Pic credit: James Hardisty)

Good University Guide 2024: Where Yorkshire universities ranked

The original University of York campus was built on the Heslington Hall estate in the 1960s

Sunday Times Good University Guide: York shortlisted for University of the Year

Douglas Speight

Yorkshire headteacher is banned after pleading guilty to child sex offences

Adam Jones has been banned from the teaching profession

Yorkshire teacher caught with indecent images banned from profession

Students in Yorkshire get less funding than those in London, a new report has revealed

Pupils in Yorkshire gets hundreds less in funding than London, report reveals

Ruth Savage with the 16 pupils who rescued her after she broke her leg in Laos

Yorkshire school worker thanks hero pupils who carried her down a mountain

Remedial work being carried out at a school which has been affected with sub standard Raac. Photo by Jacob King / PA Wire

The five Yorkshire schools which are affected by the RAAC concrete crisis

The Labour Party in York has been accused of watering down its free school meals pledge (Credit: Getty Images)

Labour accused of ‘watering down’ free school meal pledge in York

New T Level courses in Agriculture, Land Management and Production, plus animal and equine care. Picture supplied.

Ad Feature Trailblazing T Level courses in agriculture and land management

Children arrive at Crossflatts primary in Bradford which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac). Picture date: Monday September 4, 2023. PA Photo. Money to repair school buildings at risk of collapse will come from the Department for Education's (DfE) existing capital budget, it is understood. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt promised on Sunday to "spend what it takes" to make classrooms safe, but Treasury sources later said there were no plans for additional funding. Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Parents of children attending school affected by concrete problems speak out

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, appearing on the Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips show on Sky News. Issue date: Sunday September 3, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips on Sky News/PA Wire

Return to remote learning as schools close buildings over safety fears?

ADOBE STOCK
Female Student Raising Hand To Ask Question In Classroom

These Yorkshire schools will full or partially close due to concrete issues

Eldwick Primary School

Inspections find problem concrete at two Bradford schools

The flats were a short walk from the University of Huddersfield. An artist's impression of the new University of Huddersfield health campus to be built next to the ring road. (Image: AHR Architects Ltd)

Students to find new accommodation after flats used to house asylum seekers

Protesters hung banners outside North Huddersfield Trust School

Sacked PE teacher defended during protests was 'unlawfully victimised'