Education

Pupils from Mapperley Primary School got their hands dirty last week to help plant the first trees of a new forest near Shipley Country Park.

A Derbyshire child with learning disabilities has been left with just five hours’ education a week due to severe delays at Derbyshire County Council.

Staff and pupils at a Langley Mill school have welcomed a funding boost after being given the go-ahead to increase the number of pupil places.

The cost of childcare in Derbyshire has been revealed for the first time by the Department for Education.

School catering staff who do not accept a reduced hours contract will have their employment terminated within four months, it has been revealed.

Find out how your local school fared in the provisional GCSE league tables as we reveal the best and the worst performers in Derbyshire.

Half of the world’s population loses around 30-50 millilitres of blood each month- menstruation is a natural human function, yet somehow it’s still perceived as shameful.

A number of schools in the Derbyshire have been forced to close following a major water leak in the area.

Derbyshire school dinner ladies are in tears and on the verge of having to turn to foodbanks for help, a union has claimed.

A team of builders’ merchants has delivered a new minibus to a Denby school after completing a fundraising rally to Monte Carlo last month.

Headteachers from Derbyshire joined hundreds of others from across the country during a recent protest rally at Westminster about school funding in England.

Plans to turn the former home of Derby College in Heanor into houses and apartments are being recommended for refusal for the second time this year.

Students who have undertaken resits in GCSE English and maths have been celebrating at Derby College.

Derbyshire teenagers are picking up their GCSE results this morning in the biggest shake-up of exams in England for a generation.

A Somercotes youngster who set out to break a cross-country cycling record for charity is relaxing this week after completing the feat on time.

The Conservative-run county council has agreed to write to Tories in central government to voice its concerns over the negative impact of a new school assessment method – which it says is “isolating pupils”.

The county council has revealed details of how it is spending more than £17 million on repairs and improvements to schools around Derbyshire for the next year.