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Year 6 pupils from Rushden Primary Academy stand beside the school's wreath at the Rushden War Memorial following the Schools' Remembrance Serviceplaceholder image

Rushden Primary Academy marks Remembrance Day

Schools made 212 SEND agency bookings during 2025placeholder image

Primary schools booked more than 1,000 days of external SEND support

North Northants Community First Responders' Restart a Heart Day l-r Stacey Price, Keli Watts and Sarah Isukabadla/NNCFRplaceholder image

First Responders mark Restart a Heart Day with lessons in life-saving skills

Samuel Jones won a gold medal for refrigeration and air conditioning skillsplaceholder image

Ad Feature Team UK wins gold medals at international skills competition

Our guide compares four of the best laptops for GCSE and A-level students, from budget-friendly Chromebooks and Windows laptops to premium Apple and ASUS models.placeholder image

Best laptops for school and university 2026

Steph McGovern has been championing vocational pathwaysplaceholder image

Ad Feature Young people would consider an apprenticeship over university

Peyton Almond on her way to an impressive win in the 1500m steeplechaseplaceholder image

Almond smashes PB in steeplechase as Harriers ace wins Mason Trophy gold

The Lodge Park Academy teamplaceholder image

“Lodge Park Academy is not defined by its past – it is now stronger than ever"

More than six in 10 admitted they’re “appalled” fast food giants are advertising around schoolsplaceholder image

Two thirds of parents think junk food advertising should be banned

Jules Howard - children's Author, Wildlife writer and Zoologist cuts the ribbon to open Naseby C of E's new 'Forest Themed Library'. placeholder image

Magical New Forest-Themed library opens at Naseby C of E Primary

Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh at the awards ceremony held in May 2026placeholder image

NSG students give more than 2,000 hours back to community

NSG Basketball Teamplaceholder image

Basketball England honours Northampton School for Girls with award

The clocks will spring forward an hour this week.placeholder image

Date and time clocks go forward this week

Ady Cicceri DWP Schools Adviser for Northamptonshireplaceholder image

DWP Schools Adviser Transforming Careers Education Across Northamptonshire

Lynda King (Rushden Academy), Chris Watts and Gemma Childs (OPFCC ASB Early Intervention Team).placeholder image

Commissioner’s youth team start intervention work in schools to crack down on an...

Corby families taking part in Street Tagplaceholder image

Corby schools get active as Street Tag Challenge continues

With half term fast approaching, schools and families across Corby are being encouraged to get involved in Street Tag, the free, family-friendly activity app that rewards everyday movement. The competition is heating up across the town, but there’s still time to join and start earning points.

Gill Wallace

The Play For All collection includes nine inclusive play towers, five sensory-focused items, and 35 additional components.placeholder image

Ad Feature Creative Play launches inclusive playground range

Street Tag is Coming to Corbyplaceholder image

Street Tag launches in Corby this January, inviting schools and families to get ...

Festive Live Lesson with farmer Daisy Fossett and Jennie Devine from NFU Education that pupils watched onlineplaceholder image

Thousands of pupils learn about farming’s crucial role at Christmas

The report paints a concerning picture of a nation at a crossroads.placeholder image

Ad Feature 24% of 10 year olds could be clinically obese by 2035, report warns

Street Tag is coming to Corbyplaceholder image

Calling all Corby primary and secondary schools - Street Tag is coming

A therapy session at Burlington Houseplaceholder image

The 'neurodiverse' school combining in-house therapy and life skills

Drivers are most likely to break the law at 8:27am and 7:15pm.placeholder image

Drivers are most likely to break the law at 8:27am and 7:15pm

The BRIT School has turned out a whole generation of big names in the creative and performing artsplaceholder image

Inside the UK school where former pupils have sold 280 million albums

Tech and science GCSES and children's access to extracurriculars are two of the things set to change placeholder image

5 big changes coming to what your child learns about at school

Pupils at Lumiar can spend time inside a school yurtplaceholder image

Inside a UK school where pupils 'lead the way' in the classroom

Northamptonshire had no shortage of high performing secondary schools in 2025placeholder image

Northamptonshire's 13 highest-achieving secondary schools of 2025

These local schools helped pupils do especially well in their GCSEs this year 📜

Amber Allott

Wolverley CE Secondary School keeps about 30 different species in its dedicated animal centreplaceholder image

Inside one of Britain’s most unique schools - with its own meerkats

Lea Manor school in Luton will have uniforms donated by easyJet.placeholder image

easyJet is turning thousands of old crew outfits into school uniforms

Over half of teens say they read less for fun since starting secondary school, while a quarter only ever read because they have toplaceholder image

Exclusive Secondary pupils are reading less for fun - and 'need more support'

These schools all have admissions policies recorded as 'non-selective', but still boast excellent academic performancesplaceholder image

England's 13 top comprehensive state schools for 2025

The October half-term holiday begins soon, across most local authority areas in Englandplaceholder image

When half-term starts and ends - and other term dates you need to know

These schools were among the East Midlands' top performers in the 2024/25 exam seasonplaceholder image

The 29 top performing secondary schools across the East Midlands named

Both Northamptonshire councils are forecasting deficits this year due to large overspends in their high needs budgets.placeholder image

Schools funding deficits to reach £90m across Northants

Unlike Progress 8 scores, Attainment 8 scores are solely based on performanceplaceholder image

Why 2025's secondary school performance rankings have changed

These elite grammar schools all rank amongst England's best in 2025placeholder image

England's 21 top-performing secondary schools in 2025 GCSE season

Dr Andrew Campbell is set to retire from the Brooke Weston Trustplaceholder image

Brooke Weston Trust CEO Dr Andrew Campbell to retire

Carley Lambourne and Roseann Thompson from Katharine House Hospice fundraising team dressed in festive attire sharing a Santa Schools Fun information pack with Stacey and Stephanie from Bloxham Pre School.placeholder image

Schools warm up for festive fun run

These secondary schools are some of Northamptonshire's most competitiveplaceholder image

The 13 hardest secondary schools to get into across Northamptonshire

These East Midlands secondary schools boast extremely high performancesplaceholder image

The 22 most exceptional secondary schools across the East Midlands

The survey reveals that girls with two or more characteristics of inequality are significantly more likely to not be active every dayplaceholder image

Ad Feature Girls twice as likely not to take part in sport as boys, data shows

Date clocks go back in October - why clocks change on a weekend and if your clocks will update automatically.placeholder image

Date clocks go back in October - why clocks change on a weekend

“Real Talk: Giving Every Student a Voice on Mental Health and Wellbeing.”placeholder image

Real Talk Project brings mental health support to secondary schools

These photos show some of the ways in which school in the 60s and 70s was very different from todayplaceholder image

15 ways school today is very different to the 60s and 70s

The Education Committee recommends the Government sets a national standard for the support children with SEND can expect in schoolplaceholder image

What the Government needs to do to fix the SEND system - new report

Schools needed exceptional GCSE results to make the top of the Telegraph's latest league tableplaceholder image

The 15 best secondary schools in England, named by new Telegraph guide

You can usually apply for your child's primary school place online, but you may want to attend open days or consider local options firstplaceholder image

How to apply for your child's primary school place for next year

A team celebrating at the finish line of the 2025 Knight Frank Schools Triathlon.placeholder image

The UK’s largest children’s fundraising event is back for 2026

Jeans for Genes Week 2025 will take place from Monday 15 – Sunday 21 September 2025 placeholder image

Ad Feature Fundraising campaign ‘Jeans for Genes’ celebrates 30 years

Skinner's Hill, Rushden /Googleplaceholder image

Man chatting at bus stops sparks alert for Rushden schoolchildren

Much higher proportions of pupils met Government standards in some parts of the country than othersplaceholder image

The council areas where the most children met school skills targets

Northamptonshire family move 5,000 miles to Zimbabwe and say they now have a better standard of living.placeholder image

Watch: Northamptonshire family move 5,000 miles to Zimbabwe

You can apply for a secondary school place via your local council website, and often find out about open days tooplaceholder image

How to apply for your child's secondary school place or find open days

In one snap poll, most teachers felt the changes weren't addressing the mental health impact inspections could haveplaceholder image

Why teachers are concerned about the new Ofsted inspection changes

Ofsted will go ahead with plans to publish new school 'report cards' based on inspection outcomesplaceholder image

What Ofsted's new 'report cards' look like - and when you can see them

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