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Controversial school catchment proposal to be scrapped
6:20am Thursday 11th March 2010
A controversial proposal that would have seen local council estates excluded from the catchment area for a new West Norwood school has been scrapped.
Free parking agreed for Claygate school pick-up times
6:30am Wednesday 10th March 2010
Surrey County Council has agreed to provide free short-stay car parking spaces for parents using a Claygate school.
Teen gets police warning after student's hair set on fire
6:50am Tuesday 9th March 2010
A 16-year-old boy has been given a warning by police, after a student at Esher College was set alight during a “prank”.
Top chef coming to Kingston schools
6:10am Tuesday 9th March 2010
Award winning chef Tom Aikens will visit two Kingston schools to encourage students to prepare simple and nutritious meals.
Church and Kingston Council to bid for new school
6:20am Monday 8th March 2010
The Church of England (CofE) and Kingston Council are emerging as the main contenders to run the new north Kingston secondary school, after parents who waged a decade-long campaign appeared to rule themselves out.
Author launches young writers' competition at Wimbledon school
10:36am Monday 8th March 2010
Kids were urged to let their imaginations run wild during a visit from one of their favourite writers.
ACS Cobham forms artistic links with China
6:00am Monday 8th March 2010
Students at ACS Cobham International School have taken part this term in an art project that connects them with their peers in China.
Shrewsbury Lodge School designs kitchen garden
6:00am Monday 8th March 2010
Pupils at Shrewsbury Lodge School in Milbourne Lane, Esher, spent their half term designing a kitchen garden for the school.
Parkside School welcomes author for book week
5:50am Saturday 6th March 2010
Children’s author Alexander Gordon-Smith visited Parkside School in Stoke D’Abernon to celebrate World Book Week with the school.
Parents 'unlawfully' fined over smoking pupils
6:30am Friday 5th March 2010
Elliot School has been imposing unlawful £50 fines on parents whose children were caught smoking in the playground.
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