• Will Truro Welcome the Region’s First “Free School”?

  By irgmcdonald

  I think we should return to grammar schools. The problem with our schools at the moment is those who...

            

   

  By chris_wasey at 14:25 on 11/02/11

  

  St Michael's in Truro is being considered as the location for the county's first "free school".  What do you think?   First in the Westcountry With a student body of just 24, St Michaels Catholic Secondary hopes to take advantage of the coalition's new initiative, which would see them extend their distance from the control of local authorities. According to the Cornish Guardian, the school hopes to use the additional...

• Woman from Truro to be Jailed Over Child’s Truancy

  By joelg1974

  I think that pretty much all parents know the rules about this and no way did this woman only just...

            

   

  By chris_wasey at 11:33 on 08/12/10

  

  Between January and July 2010, a student at Richard Lander school, Truro missed 170 days out of 204.  Now, council education officials are taking a final punitive step, sending the child's mother to jail – making her the first parent from Cornwall to be imprisoned over non-attendance.    Jail time Having denied the charge of failing to ensure her child regularly attended school, the woman has been sentenced...

• What are the Best Schools in Truro? Is it about GCSE results or holistic education?

  By flowerypowery

  no mention of Penair on here. My experiences were... it was very good at the academic stuff. Leant...

            

   

  By chris_wasey at 14:46 on 25/08/10

  

  In a world where education is all about league tables, exam results and retention levels, we're actually quite lucky in Truro.  On the whole, our schools are very good, some among the best in the county.  We reported last month on how Cornish children are performing under the national average, but with the recent A-Level and GCSE results we have a lot to celebrate.  Truro College was ranked 12th in the country for...

• Record A-Level results deserve our commendation, not clichéd scorn

  By tidgeypud

  EMA is means tested, it is for htose students from low income families, without it some students...

            

   

  By chris_wasey at 11:41 on 20/08/10

  

  Truro College, Cornwall College, Truro High School, Truro School, Falmouth School and Helston Community College; yesterday, at more than a dozen further education institutions across Cornwall thousands of young people underwent one of the most frightening experiences of their life.  For most, today will consist of hangover recovery and vacating butterflies, but like every other year, they must endure a niggling undercurrent of...

• Only Seven Cornish Schools Have Applied for Academy Status. Are we Surprised?

  By causus_belli

  I've heard a lot of talk of academies, but never knew what they were until now. Why should we trust...

            

   

  By chris_wasey at 16:52 on 08/08/10

  

  According to the Western Morning News, just seven 'outstanding schools' in Devon and Cornwall have answered Michael Gove's call to be awarded academy status.  There is no word as of yet which Truro schools are included in that small number, but that matter aside, am I the only one not at all surprised? A Labour initiative which has been adopted by the new Conservative-Liberal government, the academy scheme allows schools to...

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