THE waiting is over for students across East Sussex after this year’s GCSE results were announced.
With results received from 25 of 26 schools, provisional results show 57 per cent of students across the county received five or more A* to C grades including English and mathematics – slightly down on last year’s figure of 59%.
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ACHIEVING the best possible outcomes for children and young people is top of the agenda for East Sussex County Council’s new Director of Children’s Services.
A decade after his last stint at the authority working as Head of Safeguarding, Stuart Gallimore will return to the county at the end of April to lead the Children’s Services department. Continue reading
A PRIMARY school near Robertsbridge will close in August, East Sussex County Council’s Cabinet has decided.
In recent years pupil numbers at Mountfield and Whatlington Primary School have declined raising concerns about the long term sustainability of the school. Currently there are only three children on roll at the school. Concerns were also raised by the Diocese of Chichester, which holds the building and land in trust. Continue reading
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
