Category Schools

Food Vouchers return for Jubilee half term

27 May 2022 · by · in Children, Young People and Families Plan, families, health and wellbeing, Press releases, Public Health, Schools

 Somerset County Council is once again working with schools to provide food vouchers to families eligible for Free School Meals to combat holiday hunger over the Jubilee half-term next week. Somerset is using approximately £150,000 from the Government’s Household Support Fund to fund food vouchers for children eligible for Free School Meals over the Jubilee […]

Rise in number of Somerset students taking on Duke of Edinburgh Awards

18 May 2022 · by · in Duke of Edinburgh, education, Latest information, Press releases, Schools, SEND

More and more ambitious young people in Somerset are taking up the opportunity to improve their leadership and communication skills by pursuing a Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Award. Following two years of turbulence caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Somerset DofE team are delighted that a total of 2,649 students have started an award in […]

Duke of Edinburgh Award students plant trees for the Jubilee

4 April 2022 · by · in Duke of Edinburgh, education, Environment, Latest information, low carbon, Platinum Jubilee, Press releases, Schools

Six Somerset students working towards their Duke of Edinburgh Award planted some new trees as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The youngsters were fortunate enough to have a selected a glorious spring day for the occasion as they planted the new trees at the SSE Outdoors Centre in Kilve. The trees were planted […]

Building for the future with the Somerset Climate Emergency Community Fund

9 March 2022 · by · in climate change, Cllr David Hall, education, Environment, Latest information, low carbon, Press releases, Schools

Children in Stogumber have been learning about things we can do to combat the impacts of climate change in the village’s new outdoor nature shelter. The new outdoor learning space is one of 43 community projects that have been funded through Somerset County Council’s £1.5m Climate Emergency Community Fund to help make the county more […]

Easter activities return as Happy Healthy Holidays Somerset marks first anniversary

9 March 2022 · by · in Cllr Frances Nicholson, education, Families and Children, Latest information, Press releases, Schools

Thousands of children and young people eligible for free school meals in Somerset will be able to enjoy free fun activities during the upcoming Easter holidays. Over the past year the Government’s Holidays Activities and Food (HAF) programme has given young people aged 5-16 the chance to take part in inspirational physical activities, enjoy a […]

Somerset Youth Parliament Election Results are in!

8 March 2022 · by · in Cllr David Fothergill, Cllr Frances Nicholson, education, Families and Children, Latest information, Press releases, Schools

Three newly elected Members of Youth Parliament (MYPs) will now represent Somerset’s young people on a number of key issues including climate change, mental health, LGBTQ+, equality and safety. Joel Fowler, Jasmine Fowler and Roxanne Wylie will start their two-year terms of office in March 2022, with their campaigns running until 2024. MYP candidates attended […]

Record number of secondary school places allocated

1 March 2022 · by · in Clare Paul, education, Families and Children, Latest information, Press releases, Schools

Somerset County Council is proud to have another record-breaking year with over 98 per cent of Somerset young people waking up today (1 March) with an offer at one of their top three secondary school choices. Despite the largest number of secondary school applications ever received (4,866 compared to 4,654 in 2021), figures released today […]

Schools, early years, colleges and other Council services CLOSED tomorrow due to Red Weather Warning

17 February 2022 · by · in Latest information, Libraries, Press releases, roads, Schools, transport

STORM EUNICE UPDATE                          We will add information about major updates relating to Storm Eunice to this article. You can also check our social media (@SomersetCouncil) and http://www.somerset.gov.uk for latest updates. Saturday 19 February update 8.41am: So far across Somerset – 203 incidents yesterday that’s 189 trees/branches down – plus there were walls and fences down and […]

How your organisation could be supported to develop apprentices

11 February 2022 · by · in Councillor Mandy Chilcott, economic development, Latest information, Press releases, Recruitment, Schools

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week (February 7-13), Somerset County Council is reminding local businesses and organisations of the support on offer to help them recruit apprentices. As a large organisation within Somerset, the Council has the ability to support smaller organisations with apprenticeship qualification costs via an apprenticeship levy transfer. These transfers allow smaller organisations […]

New primary school marks a milestone

25 January 2022 · by · in Clare Paul, climate change, education, Latest information, low carbon, Press releases, Schools

A new £7.3 million primary free school planned for Taunton will be sponsored by The Castle Partnership Trust following Government approval, marking an important milestone in the school’s journey. The eventual 420-place primary, with early years provision, is set to become Somerset’s first net zero carbon school, and only the third ‘passivhaus’ school in the […]

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