Published on Friday 4 October 2024 at 11:40 am
Schools in Blackburn with Darwen have this week been learning some powerful lessons on effective ways to combat crime and feel safe.
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | knife crime | schools
Published on Thursday 20 June 2024 at 8:56 am
Clean Air Day is today – Thursday 20 June – and is the UK’s largest air pollution campaign.
Filed under: Abdul Razaq | air pollution | Clean Air Day 2024 | environment | mental health | physical health | public health | schools
Published on Wednesday 19 June 2024 at 2:59 pm
Pupils from 10 primary schools across Blackburn with Darwen have had experience in various police matters as part of a pilot launched by Lancashire Police with the help of the council.
Published on Friday 21 July 2023 at 4:47 pm
Work is to start next week (w/c Monday 24 July 2023) on a new car park at Blakewater Lodge, Whalley Range in Blackburn, designed to provide safer parking for those on the school-run, shoppers and visitors to the area.
Filed under: access | Blackburn | Blackburn Town Centre | Blakewater Lodge | business | car park | cars | child safety | construction | Councillor | Highways | Mahmood | parking | project | Roads | schools | St John CE Primary School | Swallow Drive
Published on Monday 20 June 2022 at 5:20 pm
Over 120 pupils took part in a unique opportunity to explore a ‘pilgrimage across four faiths’.
Filed under: faith | Faith groups | pilgrimage | Religious Education | schools | Schools and Education | Schools Working Together
Published on Thursday 16 June 2022 at 2:45 pm
Children from a Blackburn primary school have been presented with a Young Forestry Award and commemorative coins recognising their Jubilee tree planting efforts.
Filed under: climate change | environment | schools | tree planting
Published on Tuesday 28 September 2021 at 2:16 pm
Secondary schools across Blackburn with Darwen are preparing to assist the NHS to roll out Covid vaccines to 12 to 15 year olds.
Filed under: children | coronavirus | COVID-19 | schools | vaccination
Published on Thursday 2 September 2021 at 9:57 am
Applications for September 2022/23 school admissions in Blackburn with Darwen open today (Thursday, 2 September 2021).
Published on Friday 27 August 2021 at 12:12 pm
Public health experts are calling for families to work together with schools and colleges as thousands of children and young adults prepare to head back to the classroom.
Filed under: children | coronavirus | COVID-19 | schools | Schools and Education
Published on Friday 4 June 2021 at 3:17 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is strongly recommending a rapid Covid-19 test is taken by all secondary school-aged children – and those attending college – this weekend ahead of their return to education next week after half-term.
Filed under: covid | Dominic Harrison | schools | testing
Published on Friday 14 May 2021 at 3:11 pm
A letter is being sent to parents and carers of children who go to schools in Blackburn and Darwen advising them that the use of face coverings in these schools will be continuing.
Filed under: face coverings | Letter to parents | schools | variant
Published on Thursday 4 March 2021 at 9:17 am
As pupils across the country return to education on 8 March, Blackburn with Darwen schools, like many others, are taking extra steps to ensure the safety of their students and staff.
Filed under: coronavirus | coronavirus testing | covid | schools | Schools and Education
Published on Friday 15 January 2021 at 9:12 am
Local secondary school pupils are set to take part in an online ceremony to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Wednesday 27 January.
Filed under: Blackburn with Darwen Interfaith Forum | community | Holocaust Memorial Day | schools
Published on Monday 4 January 2021 at 12:31 pm
Councillor Julie Gunn, Executive Member for Children, Young People and Education and Dominic Harrison, Director of Public Health have made a joint statement.Filed under: coronavirus | Councillor | Dominic Harrison | educations | Julie Gunn | Public Heath | schools
Published on Tuesday 3 November 2020 at 12:50 pm
Schools throughout Blackburn with Darwen will be taking part in A Kindness Matters Super Learning Day to mark National Kindness Day on November 13.
Filed under: 30 Day Kindness Challenge | John Magee | Kindness Matters | live streaming | schools
Published on Friday 28 August 2020 at 2:40 pm
Students across Blackburn and Darwen are getting ready to return to school.
Blackburn with Darwen’s schools and settings have remained open throughout the pandemic for identified children and children of key workers.
Filed under: Councillor | education | Julie Gunn | reopening | schools
Published on Thursday 20 August 2020 at 9:11 am
Students will be receiving their GCSE results today across Blackburn with Darwen.
Individual schools and colleges have made their own arrangements on how the young people will receive their results following Covid safe guidelines.
Filed under: coronavirus | Councillor | education | GCSE | Julie Gunn | results | schools
Published on Wednesday 8 April 2020 at 10:52 am
Schools across Lancashire including Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool will continue to look after the children of key workers and pupils who are classed as vulnerable during the school Easter holiday.
Filed under: coronavirus | Councillor | Easter | education | LRF | Maureen Bateson | schools
Published on Friday 24 May 2019 at 9:42 am
A Blackburn schoolgirl has reached audiences across the world with her passionate speech ‘If I could change the world’.
Filed under: children | schools | Wensley Fold Primary Academy
Published on Tuesday 12 September 2017 at 11:49 am
NHS Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has launched a major drive aimed at protecting families against flu.
Filed under: CCG | Councillor | Dave Harling | Flu vaccination | Maureen Bateson | Mustafa Desai | NHS | schools
Published on Thursday 6 July 2017 at 11:53 am
Recipe 4 Health awards have been given out to restaurants, schools and takeaways helping people to make healthy choices.
Filed under: Councillor | Mustafa Desai | Recipe 4 Health | restaurants | schools | takeaways
Published on Friday 22 July 2016 at 2:08 pm
16 new graduate teachers have completed an innovative teacher training scheme.
The trainees are all now qualified teachers and will all start teaching jobs in September, as part of the School Direct programme, with 13 of the 16 graduates taking jobs in Blackburn with Darwen schools.
Filed under: Councillor | Dave Harling | School Direct | schools | teaching
Published on Thursday 4 June 2015 at 1:20 pm
Proposed changes to the discretionary elements of home to school transport in Blackburn with Darwen will be considered by the Council’s Executive Board next week.
Filed under: Councillor | Dave Harling | Home to School Transport | schools | Schools and Education
Published on Friday 13 February 2015 at 3:51 pm
A specialist centre to support students with Autism has been given the green light.
It will be based at the former Crosshill School site on Shadsworth Road in Blackburn and was given the go-ahead by Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Executive Board.
Filed under: Autism | Dave Harling | schools
Published on Thursday 15 January 2015 at 3:44 pm
The Sports Development February Multi Sports Camp is now open for bookings
Those taking part in February half term’s will enjoy Cricket, Women’s Football, Athletics, Netball and Rugby World Cup Events and we want your child to join us in celebrating with a special World Cup themed sports camp!
Filed under: half term | leisure | schools | Witton Park Arena
Published on Tuesday 13 January 2015 at 2:34 pm
A programme to transform education in the borough has boosted the local economy by millions.
Spend on local labour and local suppliers across the Building Schools for the Future programme totalled £52.8m.
Filed under: ACME | Balfour Beattie | BSF | Councillor | Dave Harling | ECI | education | Executive Member for Schools and Education | schools
Published on Friday 19 December 2014 at 12:28 pm
Belmont Primary School has marked the centenary of the First World War, recording a song which commemorates the Christmas Day truce of 1914.
Filed under: Belmont | Belmont Primary School | schools | Soundcloud | World War One Commemorations
Published on Thursday 25 September 2014 at 9:05 am
School admissions for September 2015 are now open – and Blackburn with Darwen Council is making it easier for parents with online forms.
Filed under: Councillor | Dave Harling | school admissions | schools | Schools and Education
Published on Friday 7 March 2014 at 4:47 pm
Blackburn Central High School has been shortlisted in the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Awards 2014.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Central High School | Councillor | Dave Harling | schools
Published on Wednesday 5 February 2014 at 5:18 pm
Pleckgate Maths and Computing College has been placed into special measures by Ofsted following a recent inspection.
Filed under: inspection | OFSTED | Pleckgate | schools | special measures
