'Free school lunches cost us dear'
HEADTEACHERS in Oxford have claimed a free lunches policy has caused them huge issues as the first year of the policy draws to a close.
HEADTEACHERS in Oxford have claimed a free lunches policy has caused them huge issues as the first year of the policy draws to a close.
Being struck on the head by a football, knocked down by a falling bookcase, overworked and exposed to asbestos are among the hazards school staff in Oxfordshire have claimed compensation for The Oxford Mail has obtained a list of compensation claims from Oxfordshire County Council under the Freedom of Information Act, which reveals that almost £20,000 has been paid out to school staff since September 2004.
A computing centre which has transformed the lives of some of its 600 students each year is among those being forced to close because of cuts to Oxfordshire's adult learning budget.
An Oxford college has turned down a share of the £888,000 estate of a former fellow who bequeathed the money on the condition that the dons relocate a sundial.
A school once ranked as outstanding but which went into special measures after going through 10 headteachers in three years has lost yet another head.
An Oxford primary school which once had serious weaknesses is celebrating high praise from Ofsted in its latest report.
The Sunbrella - an umbrella which keeps you warm as well as dry - was the winning invention at a competition for school pupils styled on the BBC television show Dragons' Den.
Children at an Oxford school gutted in an arson attack last week returned to class yesterday morning.
North Hinksey Primary in Oxford is a good school that values its pupils, education watchdog Ofsted found.
Every primary head who responded to an Oxford Mail poll believes school league tables are unfair and nearly half might take part in action to disrupt them.
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