New figures show improvement in number of Bradford pupils at good schools

Bradford Council’s executive member for children’s services, Councillor Ralph Berry

6:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

Schools are continuing to become more successful since Bradford Council regained control of the Education Service with four out of five primary pupils going to schools rated good or better by Ofsted, it has been revealed.

German students visit district

4:18pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Students at Southfield Grange School are hosting a delegation of 25 visitors from Bradford’s twin town of Hamm in Germany who are coming to take part in disability sports events in the district.

Keighley pupils in pilgrimage to Lourdes

3:53pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Pupils from St Bedes, in Bradford, will have the chance to work alongside the leader of the Catholic Church in the UK.

Businesses urged to support school fair

4:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

Businesses are invited to support a school’s summer fair by renting a stall.

Camera car to catch bad parkers at Bradford schools

Humaira Shah, Namjote Dulay, Arashdeep Dhillon and Nadia Gustab with Council Warden Holly Davy

6:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

Bradford Council has unveiled its new weapon in the war against drivers who put children’s lives in jeopardy.

Kirklees walking to school is a fun event

3:00pm Saturday 18th May 2013

A pirate, a sea captain and the Pied Piper will be leading guided walks for children during Walk to School Week.

Pupils from Beckfoot School, Bingley, raise funds for Tibet adventure

The 14 pupils from Beckfoot School who will join the trip

6:00am Friday 17th May 2013

Enthusiastic students are working to raise £49,000 to fund an expedition to Tibet.

Riddlesden boy, 7, to sacrifice flowing locks for charity

Archie Clark, seven, with his mum Debra Clark

10:00am Friday 17th May 2013

A seven-year-old Riddlesden boy will sacrifice his flowing locks to help out a cancer support group and children who are going through cancer treatment.

Ilkley school expansion plan takes shape

Head teacher Andrew Soutar at the building site

11:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

Ashlands Primary School, in Ilkley, is having new classrooms built to accommodate more children.

Pupils bowled over by Kwik Cricket kit

Shipley MP Philip Davies

9:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

A school was hit for six when an MP visited to donate cricket goodies.

Bradford pupils' water show for EU delegates

School pupils perform Blue mirror at the mirror pool in Bradford’s city centre to delegates from an EU conference on flood resilience in cities

9:00am Tuesday 14th May 2013

About 70 youngsters at two Bradford primary schools have been entertaining European delegates with a breathtaking water spectacular at the city centre’s Mirror Pool.

One-year delay for Bradford schools’ rebuilds

8:17pm Monday 13th May 2013

Four crumbling schools in Bradford and one in Cleckheaton will be rebuilt, ministers have insisted – but the projects face a delay of up to one year.

Woodhouse Grove School students' enterprise tastes first success

10:00am Monday 13th May 2013

A team of Bradford whiz-kids who want to be the next generation of Britain’s bosses have been highly commended in a school business enterprise awards scheme.

Wyke children's slime experiment at BASF laboratory

5:41pm Sunday 12th May 2013

Children from a primary school in Wyke made their own slime when they visited a chemical plant in Bradford.

St Andrew's Primary pupils making good progress

St Andrew’s Primary School headteacher Salema Curtis joins some of the school’s ambassadors

5:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

St Andrew’s CE Primary School and Nursery is a good school in all areas, say Ofsted inspectors.

Revamp of Bradford University library wins accolade

JB Priestley Library

12:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

Bradford University has been awarded first prize at the Greenbuild Awards for the refurbishment of its JB Priestley Library.

Beanstalk helps confidence grow and improve literacy skills

Literacy charity Beanstalk’s patron the Duchess of Cornwall offers some reading help to a young pupil

8:57am Thursday 9th May 2013

Last year, one in six children left primary school in Bradford unable to read to the required standard.

University chiefs say fewer youngsters from Bradford are studying for degrees

education - graduates

4:00pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

Far fewer teenagers from Bradford study for a degree than from wealthier parts of West Yorkshire – a divide described as “unacceptable” by university chiefs.

Jean Watt is appointed as director of the International Food & Travel Studio

Jean Watt

9:00am Wednesday 8th May 2013

Students, staff and parents at Bradford’s first Studio School have welcomed a new director.

New figures reveal harsh winter closed schools for total of 528 days

Residents clearing snow in Lupton Street, Bradford

6:00am Tuesday 7th May 2013

The impact of this year’s bad weather on schools has been revealed with more than 500 teaching days lost in Bradford because of snow and broken boilers.

Famous former students tell of influence of College

Daryl Goodrich

9:00am Tuesday 7th May 2013

Three former students of Bradford College have been chosen by the Association of Colleges to be listed on the association’s prestigious 2013 Gold Awards Roll of Honour.

Tong School pupils in Rock Challenge success

11:00am Saturday 4th May 2013

Children at a Bradford school waved goodbye to the opposition as they stormed into the regional final of Rock Challenge, Youngsters at Tong High School beat competition from four Yorkshire schools with their performance War of the Waves.

Kildwick pupils use their loaves as baker visits

PLAYING: Kildwick Primary School pupils Ruby Williamson (left) and Millie Follows having fun with flour

9:00am Saturday 4th May 2013

Information was given out on a knead to know basis when Mike Armstrong – master baker at Sainsbury’s Keighley supermarket – visited Kildwick Church of England School!

Ashlands Primary School in Ilkley welcomes new head teacher

Pupils at Ashlands Primary School in Ilkley meet their new headteacher

4:00pm Saturday 4th May 2013

Children, staff and parents at Ashlands Primary School in Ilkley have welcomed a new head teacher to the school.

Parent hub at Windhill C of E Primary School is given a brush-up

Giving the hub a makeover

3:00pm Saturday 4th May 2013

Parents and pupils brushed up on their decorating skills to paint a parent hub at a school.

Bradford Grammar School pupils mark Japanese celebration

3:00pm Saturday 4th May 2013

A school’s Japanese club tried oriental goodies and activities to mark a traditional children’s celebration.

Catholic Diocese blocks expansion of St Anthony’s Primary School, Shipley

Vanda Greenwood at the school gate of St Anthony’s RC Primary on High Busy Lane, Shipley

6:00am Thursday 2nd May 2013

Bradford Council, school governors and staff were left “disappointed” that the local Catholic Diocese has blocked the expansion of a Shipley primary school.

Green charity set to help Bradford children to get growing

Jennifer Scott from Bradford Community Environment Project

11:00am Thursday 2nd May 2013

A Bradford-based environment group has started a tasty project aimed at encouraging more of the district’s schools to grow their produce.

New head teacher for Ilkley primary school

New head teacher for Ilkley primary school

5:40am Thursday 2nd May 2013

Children, staff and parents at Ashlands Primary School in Ilkley have welcomed a new head teacher to the school.

Hospice accolade for Oakworth School, Keighley, fundraising runners

Oakbank School staff and students are joined by fellow Manorlands award winners following the Big 10K race

9:20am Wednesday 1st May 2013

A Keighley school that helped raise more than £1,300 when 70 of its pupils took part in a charity event has received an award for its efforts.

£1.8m Thornton Primary School extension creates space for extra 90 pupils

9:00am Tuesday 30th April 2013

A Bradford primary school will be extended to hold an extra 90 pupils in a £1.8 million project.

Abba to the aid of Rawdon exam students

Teacher Rick Rogers

9:00am Tuesday 30th April 2013

As many a teenager will testify, historical facts and figures can be notoriously difficult to recall.

Canterbury pupils launch new book appeal

11:00am Monday 29th April 2013

An expanding school is going book-mad – and is hoping to get kind-hearted members of the public to help stock its new-build library.

Poplars Farm Primary School celebrate Ofsted success

PROUD: Head Christine Moran and deputy head Joe Ellis celebrate with pupils at Poplar Farm Primary School

7:00am Monday 29th April 2013

A Bradford primary school has held a fun day to celebrate its Ofsted report.

Author Steve Smallman brings stories to life at Oakworth Primary School

Author Steve Smallman brings stories to life at Oakworth Primary School

9:00am Monday 29th April 2013

A real-life ‘wolf’ gave an added thrill to author Steve Smallman’s stories when he visited Oakworth Primary School, in Keighley.

South Craven School student set for charity parachute jump

Rachel (left) and Rebecca

7:00am Sunday 28th April 2013

A pair of South Craven School students are bracing themselves to carry out a fundraising parachute jump this summer.

Girl, 4, left in class at Hollingwood Primary in Great Horton on her own – twice

Yvi Mae Cooney, four, was left in a makeshift isolation area and forgotten about

6:00am Saturday 27th April 2013

A school is investigating a complaint that a four-year-old girl was forgotten and left unsupervised in her classroom, not once but twice.

You must improve, inspectors tell Oakbank school

5:50pm Saturday 27th April 2013

A team of inspectors has delivered a “requires improvement” verdict on Oakbank School in Keighley.

Bradford Grammar School student in national spelling contest final

Maryam Nisa

3:00pm Saturday 27th April 2013

Pupils will be wishing good luck, or viel glück in German, to a fellow student heading to Cambridge to compete in a national German spelling competition.

Rewards for behaviour at Parkside School, Cullingworth

9:00am Saturday 27th April 2013

Teachers at Parkside School, Cullingworth, are sprinkling stars around the school.

Shortfall fears over free nursery places in Bradford

St Edmund’s Nursery School and Children’s Centre, in Girlington, is one provider of care for children from birth to five, but Bradford Council is facing a shortfall of 2,500 free places

6:00am Friday 26th April 2013

A national Government programme to give free education to more two-year-olds could lead to a shortfall of more than 2,500 spaces at nurseries and childminders across Bradford, it has emerged.

Bradford Moor head teacher welcomes new board plan

11:00am Friday 26th April 2013

The head teacher of a failing school has welcomed the replacement of its governing body with a new board in a bid to drive up standards.

University of Bradford appoints new Vice-Chancellor

Professor Brian Cantor

10:00am Friday 26th April 2013

The University of Bradford has appointed a new vice- chancellor.

Council sacks all of failing school's governors

Parents protesting outside Bradford Moor Primary School in February about standards at the school

6:00am Thursday 25th April 2013

Steps are being made to remove the entire governing body at a failing Bradford school following a damning report by the education watchdog.

University students have Positive impact on campaign

Jane Vincent (centre) with the six University School of Management students

7:00am Thursday 25th April 2013

Six Bradford University students have joined forces to make this year’s Positive Bradford campaign the best yet.

Students at Bradford College back Make Food Fair campaign

Bradford College Students' Union president Piers Telemacque

9:00am Wednesday 24th April 2013

Bradford Fairtrade Zone members have a band of mini marchers who will be appearing around the district in the next two weeks to gather support for the ‘Make Food Fair’ petition.

Bradford and Keighley pupils plan concert in Keighley

12:00pm Wednesday 24th April 2013

Talented young singers from across Bradford and Keighley are joining together in a gala concert at Holy Family Catholic School, Keighley tomorrow evening.

Bradford students ready to build on success at £50m college

From left, student Jessica Hart, Jason Pink (site manager), and Tracy Jennings from Bradford College

6:00am Tuesday 23rd April 2013

Students at Bradford College are lending a hand to builders constructing its new £50 million premises by taking on jobs on site as part of their studies.

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