Education

Heckmondwike Grammar School’s charity of the year for 2017/18 was Candlelighters.

The mucky fat sandwiches went down a treat!

Four intrepid athletes from St Peter’s JI and EY School in Birstall recently completed the Tough Mudder event at Belvoir Castle to raise money for the British Lung Foundation.

An innovative walk-to-school project has celebrated a milestone with buns and banners outside Mirfield Library.

An informal get together, open to all past pupils who attended the Princess Royal Girls C.S School in Batley, will take place this Saturday (2 June) from 2pm. The gathering will be held at the Bath Hotel in Dewsbury.

Children from Eversleigh Day Nursery in Earlsheaton recently paid a visit to the My Time hobby group.

students from Kirklees College have been nationally recognised for their academic success and contribution to the college and community.

Two students at Upper Batley High School have won a competition that ran throughout the Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield areas by a company called Veritas Education.

Mencap in Kirklees visited Year 5 at Overthorpe CofE Academy last week.

Batley Town Hall was alive with the launch of the BBEST Community Hub.

Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin has paid a special visit to a day nursery.

The Dentaid mobile dental unit visited Westborough High School to treat 111 children.

A local independent school has achieved a good Ofsted rating in less than a year of being open.

Upper Batley High School got to celebrate World Book Day after it had to be cancelled due to the bad weather.

Students from Years 7 and 8 at Thornhill Community Academy spent a day off from their normal lessons while turning one of their classrooms into a news studio.

Children at Eversleigh Day Nursery in Earlsheaton were all fired up during a visit by a local fire service crew.

Batley Girls’ High School pupils are set to perform this year’s school show – J.M. Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan’.

The Little Acorns Nursery in Mirfield recently invited the local fire crews to talk to the children.