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A slice of Paradise will be forever lost for swimming champion Hayley Turner when Ely’s central pool closes this weekend. Hayley’s excited about the opening of The Hive – but the Paradise Pools hold special memories for the Little Downham record-breaker. Nicknamed “Turbo Turner” for her super speeds, at the tender age of nine, Hayley …
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Hundreds of students had their eyes opened to a variety of careers during a special event at Ely College today. The college hosted its annual careers event, bringing together year five students from six different primary schools and year eight secondary students. Littleport Community Primary School, Millfield School, Downham Feoffees Primary Academy, the Lantern Community …
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Two Ely schools are celebrating after getting a prestigious “good” rating by OfSTED inspectors. Ely St Mary’s C of E Junior School and The Lantern Community Primary School have both been rated as “good” in all areas following recent inspections by OfSTED (the Office for Standards in Education). OfSTED praised St Mary’s headteacher Rebecca Ireland-Curtis, saying …
School funding will remain at the top of Lucy Frazer’s agenda, the MP promises Spotted in Ely, announcing “an additional £3.1 million” for South East Cambridgeshire’s schools. This week Ms Frazer said that once the government’s new National Funding Formula was fully implemented, primary and secondary schools across her constituency would get a funding boost …
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Cash strapped schools across East Cambridgeshire face a funding crisis, with all of the district’s colleges set to have their budgets slashed and teaching staff reduced in the next four years, unions warn. Figures released today predict that in real terms 88 per cent of schools throughout England face crippling budget cuts by 2020, with …
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Parents and teachers alike have voiced their anger and concern about cuts to school budgets during a picnic at an Ely primary school this afternoon. The Lantern Community Primary School was among numerous schools and colleges nationwide to host “Fair Funding Picnics” today, organised by the National Union of Teachers (NUT), the country’s biggest teaching …
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Little Downham’s primary school has been put under special measures, following a damning Ofsted inspection. In a report published yesterday, Downham Feoffees Primary School was found to be “inadequate” in all areas. “In accordance with section 44(1) of the Education Act 2005, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector is of the opinion that this school requires special …
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East Cambridgeshire’s schools, already some of the poorest funded in the country, will lose teachers and suffer a funding crisis unless they receive a major cash boost, the country’s biggest teachers’ unions warn. Cambridgeshire’s schools already receive £600 less per pupil than the English average, with £4200 a year being spent per pupil – some …
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