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University stripped of recognition on course

A masters degree course at the University of Wolverhampton has been stripped of its official recognition due to “serious concerns” about its leadership, it emerged today.

Writer vows to get children reading

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Acclaimed children’s author Allan Ahlberg paid a visit to his Black Country home town to open a conference aimed at getting more youngsters reading.

Special status brings cash boost

A school in the Black Country which caters for children with learning difficulties will receive a £300,000 cash boost after it gained recognition for the way pupils communicate.

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Pupils rewarded for healthy living

Schoolchildren from across Staffordshire gathered to receive national awards in recognition of their efforts to live healthy lives.

School joy as revamp is complete

Celebrations have been under way this week as a newly revamped Stafford school held its official reopening ceremony.

League table woe for city university

Wolverhampton is lingering near to the bottom in a league ranking the country’s best universities.

‘Failing’ schools face ultimatum

Scores of West Midland schools were given an ultimatum today to improve their GCSE results or face being closed and turned into academies.

Failing schools face closure

Nearly one in five secondary schools in England are to be given a warning to improve exam results or face closure.

Pupils fined in litter crackdown

Nearly 80 children at schools in a Black Country borough have been handed £75 fines for dropping litter in a series of sting operations since September last year, the Express & Star can reveal.

Struggling school chalks up success

A Black Country primary school is starting to turn the corner following a recent visit by Government inspectors which highlighted a number of concerns.

£28m bid to raise school standards

Schools Minister Jim Knight today promised the Black Country’s children new opportunities to break free from the area’s cycle of industrial decline.

High demand for private schools

Demand for private schools is at a five-year high, despite the credit crunch and successive above-inflation fee increases.

Schools affected by teacher strike

Schools affected by the teachers’ strike on Thursday, April 24 in the Black Country and Staffordshire

Teachers’ strike to close schools

Scores of schools around the Black Country and Staffordshire are set to close on Thursday when teachers stage their first national strike in 21 years.

Prizes to send school meals packing

Pupils in Staffordshire could be given rewards for eating school meals in an attempt to cut the numbers bringing in packed lunches.

Early start for £160m school rebuild

A massive £160 million building project for schools in the Wyre Forest district could be started three years earlier than scheduled.

School offers cash for exam results

Cash handouts of up to £180 are being offered to the best performing pupils at a Black Country secondary school to encourage them to do well in their GCSE exams.

Protest as superschool at risk

Scores of angry parents are expected at an emergency public meeting called after it emerged that plans to transform a Black County secondary school into a ‘‘superschool’’ could be scrapped.

One in five missed school place

One in five children in the West Midlands failed to get a place at their preferred secondary school this year, official figures today reveal.

Table success for city school

Moreton School in Wolverhampton has been ranked as one of the most improved in the country in today’s Key Stage Three league tables.

Six pupils in race for every place

Up to six pupils are chasing each place at an Oldbury primary school which has been revealed as one of the most over subscribed in the country.

Super-college merger move

Dramatic new proposals could see three Staffordshire colleges merge to create one super-college.

Glowing report for impressive school

Government inspectors have given a Staffordshire school the thumbs up in their latest inspection. Great Wyrley Performing Arts High School recently hosted Ofsted inspectors who said the school had an “impressive” performance.

Jobless staff could cost council £500k

More than 20 teachers could be left jobless after the closure of a doomed Black Country school – costing tax-payers almost £500,000 in redundancy payments.

Schools plan ‘is huge challenge’

Wolverhampton has a “big job” on its hands in raising standards in education, the boss of a multi-billion pound programme admitted today.

Pledge on schools shake-up

Parents, teachers and children in Dudley have been promised a “fair, frank and vigorous” consultation into £200 million plans for a shake-up of secondary schools in the borough.

Caves – it’s a mystery for Toyah

There isn’t much that shocks singer and presenter Toyah Willcox.

School tees off with £6k award

Budding young golfers at an West Midland school are now able to tee off on their very own golf course. Children at Cooper and Jordan Primary in Aldridge have created their own nine hole course after being awarded £6,000 from the lottery.

£8.5m plan for learning village

A new “learning village” costing £8.5 million is planned for pupils with special needs in Dudley which the council say will be the first of its kind in the borough.

Community unites for school

Schoolchildren who feared their Christmas fair would have to be cancelled after arsonists torched all of the prizes and bric-a-brac are smiling again after the community united to donate replacements.