News · 8 December 2022
Earlier this year Liverpool recruited its first race equality officer for education. In this blog, Paul Olubayo explains more about his role and what it will bring to our city… My role at the council is a new and unique one for the city. As Race Equalities Officer within the education department, I will be
News · 10 November 2022
NEXT week, Liverpool City Council’s cabinet is set to discuss the next steps for revised plans to increase school places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. Earlier this year, an informal consultation was held into a set of proposals to move and expand special schools in order to increase the number of places
News · 5 October 2022
ALMOST 600 children and young people in Liverpool are being supported to #GetConnected thanks to a partnership with Liverpool City Council and London Grid for Learning. The council has partnered with LGfL since 2016 to provide broadband to 73 of the city’s schools and now the council has received 590 brand new Chromebooks from LGfL
Education · 30 September 2022
The World Gymnastics Championships Liverpool 2022, which takes place from 29 October - 6 November, has developed an online education resource pack.
News · 25 August 2022
PROVISIONAL data today shows that Liverpool’s GCSE results have improved. Liverpool’s grades reflect the national trend with students sitting the first public examinations since 2019. The proportion of students achieving Grades 4+ (C-A* in the previous grading system) in English and maths combined has increased from 2019 from 57.4 per cent to 63.9 per cent.
News · 18 August 2022
STUDENTS across Liverpool have today received the first A-Level results assessed through public examination since 2019. Grades received by the city’s young people have improved on 2019’s figures. Data was not collected in 2021 and 2021 when grades were teacher-assessed. Grades A*-C across the city are up 10.4 per cent from 2019 to 76.8 per
Education · 28 June 2022
Liverpool’s biggest event for parents, carers and professionals who work with children with special needs and/or disabilities returns next week. Delayed for two years due to the pandemic, Local Offer LIVE is back at St George’s Hall in July after its highly successful launch in 2019. The event brings together providers, organisations and professionals who
Education · 24 June 2022
Schools across Liverpool are invited to apply for public health funding to support the mental health and wellbeing of their students. The pandemic impacted us all, and especially our children and young people – so to help understand how they’ve been affected, Liverpool City Council, in collaboration with local health and education partners, and the
News · 16 June 2022
HEADTEACHERS check your inboxes – your school’s invitation to the annual schools’ Chess Tournament has landed! The event, organised by Chess in Schools Merseyside, is back at St George’s Hall, thanks to support from Liverpool City Council and The Angus Lawson Memorial Trust, on Tuesday 5 July. Schools, both primary and secondary, from all across
News · 15 June 2022
LIVERPOOL City Council last night scooped a top award for one of its post-pandemic pledges. The council’s #GetConnected project, which offers 4G connections to eligible families, was voted “Best Digital Inclusion Initiative” at the annual Socitm Presidents Awards. This award is given for a digital inclusion programme which has had the most positive outcomes within
News · 15 June 2022
Liverpool City Council has joined forces with Keep Britain Tidy as part of a unique education and enforcement programme to tackle litter in the city.
Community Safety · 6 June 2022
Across Liverpool accidents are a leading cause of serious injury and death for children and young people, which is particularly distressing, when many accidents are preventable. Child Safety Week is an annual national campaign delivered by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) which will act as a catalyst for ‘safety conversations’ and to encourage activities
News · 1 June 2022
CHILDREN in care have shown who “stands by them” as part of a special art competition – and will now have their artworks recreated by a professional artist. The Stand By Me art competition, organised by Liverpool City Council’s Fostering Service, ran throughout Foster Care Fortnight, 9-22 May and now elements of all the entries
Education · 13 May 2022
A Liverpool charity has spent the last year on a mission to stop clothes and textiles from being wasted – with the help of local youngsters.
Education · 12 May 2022
A consultation is under way on proposals to address a shortage of special educational needs (SEND) places in Liverpool.
News · 28 April 2022
STUDENTS from a Liverpool school are today supporting the launch of a new international coding platform. As part of International Girls in ICT Day pupils at the Academy of St Francis of Assisi will be linking up virtually with girls in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya who have been learning digital skills whilst in
News · 5 April 2022
Liverpool City Council is to invest three-quarters of a million pounds in improving its schools and teachers. The ground-breaking initiative is the first of its kind across the country, and will provide a three-year investment programme in the city’s schools. The new partnership, between Liverpool City Council and education charity Ambition Institute, will see 400
News · 1 April 2022
LIVERPOOL City Council is launching a new campaign that will celebrate the children and young people across the city who are making a difference in their communities. #LiveLifeLoveLiverpool will shine a light on the incredible work that young people have committed to in their own time and will also mark their achievements outside of the
Education · 16 March 2022
Families in Liverpool have a month left if they want to #GetConnected in this school year.
News · 8 March 2022
PUPILS at a Liverpool school have marked International Women’s Day by launching the city’s first podcast run by girls. Childwall Valley Primary School pupils are part of a project driven by international technology initiative iamtheCODE which will see the youngsters learning how to plan content, record and edit podcasts. The first episode, which is now
