Education
Ashfield celebrates 40 years
Published 4 September 2008
A WORKINGTON school is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
School’s deputy head retires
Published 31 July 2008
KESWICK School teacher Sue Sharp has retired after 37 years at the school.
Pupils’ language of learning
Published 31 July 2008
MARYPORT’S Ewanrigg Junior School pupils have a new way of learning thanks to a £350 language unit donated by the school association.
Children surprised as school arranges prom
Published 24 July 2008
EWANRIGG Junior School in Maryport held its first prom for pupils going on to senior school.
Teachers retire at town schools
Published 24 July 2008
THREE Workington teachers have said goodbye to the classroom at the end of the school term.
One in three still wait for their marks as exam chaos goes on
Published 24 July 2008
CUMBRIA’S 11-year-olds appear to have performed well in national tests – despite the chaos surrounding the marking of this year’s Sats.
A double farewell to school’s top teachers
Published 17 July 2008
A WORKINGTON headteacher and her deputy are leaving their school.
Headteacher retires after 18 years
Published 17 July 2008
A COCKERMOUTH headteacher is retiring after 18 years at Fairfield Infant School.
School goes to blazers
Published 17 July 2008
A WORKINGTON school has launched its new £35 school uniform to make pupils look smarter.
Carlisle United school’s awards for soccer skills and fund raising
Published 17 July 2008
PUPILS at a Workington school were presented with awards on Tuesday after they raised £1,892.
Awards recognition for engineering students
Published 17 July 2008
TWO of West Cumbria’s top engineering students have been recognised at an awards ceremony at Lakes College recently.
The last night of the prom
Published 12 July 2008
YEAR 11 pupils from Maryport’s Netherhall School celebrated the end of their GCSE exams at a prom in the Washington Central Hotel, in Workington.
Eco centre is an example to other schools
Published 11 July 2008
HUNDREDS of people turned out at Cockermouth School on Wednesday for the opening of the town’s pioneering Eco Centre, the first of its kind in the country.
Fun fair marks nursery’s 45 years
Published 10 July 2008
PAST pupils now nearing their 50s were among dozens of people who turned up at the Mary Platt Pre-School’s fun fair in Cockermouth.
Art attack!
Published 10 July 2008
AN ART exhibition is being held next week to promote the work of two Workington schools.
New policing professor
Published 10 July 2008
THE UNIVERSITY of Cumbria has appointed a professor to the newly created institute of policing and criminal justice.
New children’s centres are a step closer to opening
Published 10 July 2008
TWO children’s centres are preparing to open their doors to families in Aspatria and Silloth.
Pupils’ ghost into second
Published 10 July 2008
PUPILS at Harrington’s Beckstone Primary School have designs on success.
