ONE of the country’s leading social workers dropped in at an event in East Sussex to celebrate the role played by the profession.
Isabelle Trowler, the Government’s chief social worker for England for children and families, spoke at an event organised by East Sussex County Council to mark World Social Work Day.
EDUCATION chiefs are consulting on plans to change some of the rules on free school transport.
East Sussex County Council is proposing removing the link between school catchment areas and eligibility for free home to school travel from September 2015. Continue reading
A NEW children’s home which cares for some of society’s most vulnerable young people has been officially opened.
The East Sussex County Council-run Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home, in Hailsham, was built with £8 million of Department for Education funding and welcomed its first residents in the summer. Continue reading
GROUND has been broken on a project to provide Etchingham with a new primary school and community facility.
The replacement school will be funded by East Sussex County Council and is part of a wider development which will include community facilities to replace the village hall, and new homes. Continue reading
