Tag: Schools

Further details have been revealed on plans to overhaul how teachers are trained and how schools help each other to ...

Earlier this week, Bridgend Council met to debate and vote on the council's final budget plans for the 2025-26 financial ...

Bridgend Council has published its draft budget proposals for 2025-26 (pdf). BCBC expects to find just over £9.1million in cuts ...

Bridgend Council has decided to pause work on upgraded walking and cycling facilities in Bryntirion and Cefn Glass following feedback ...

Bridgend Council's Cabinet will be updated on progress made in delivering the county's strategic transport projects (pdf). The shortlisted projects ...

School attendance rates in Bridgend county are "slowly increasing" since the Covid-19 pandemic, but remain below pre-pandemic levels. This is ...

Bridgend Council's Cabinet is set to start work on a new support system for schools (pdf). At present, this work ...

Here's a round-up of school inspection reports for the Summer 2024 term, due to be presented to BCBC's Cabinet later ...

Bridgend Council's Cabinet has approved changes to the county's home-school transport policy at an extraordinary meeting yesterday (pdf). You can ...

Several school projects in the county face delays, with capital funding set aside for the projects set to be pushed ...

Here's a summary of the latest school inspection reports, as of Spring 2024 (pdf). No follow-up action needed at five ...

The findings of a public consultation on the future of home-school transport in the county are set to be discussed ...

Bridgend Council's Cabinet is set to approve the latest public consultation on proposed changes to school transport policies (pdf). It's ...

A debate and vote took place on Wednesday (28th February) concerning Bridgend Council's 2024-25 budget and tax plans. Councils face ...

A full summary of recommendations from Bridgend Council's scrutiny committees has been published, ahead of the 2024-25 budget being finalised ...

Here's a round-up of school inspections that were undertaken during autumn 2023 (pdf). Special school receives "faultless" inspection report Heronsbridge ...

Bridgend Council's Cabinet will be asked to adopt a new Volunteer Policy (pdf). The policy – which you can read ...

Bridgend Council's progress in rolling out free school meals for every primary school pupil was discussed by a BCBC scrutiny ...

The main topic of discussion arising from backbench questions at this month's council meeting was school finances – particularly the ...

A pre-application consultation has been launched for a new £10.2million primary school in Kenfig Hill. Towards the end of 2020, ...

A projected overspend at Bridgend Council has increased by £1.2million over the last financial quarter according to a report due ...

An extraordinary meeting of a council scrutiny committee was held on Monday (2nd October), following a request by opposition councillors ...

Earlier this week, Bridgend Council's Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee discussed a recent budget monitoring report (pdf). The report revealed ...

Later this week, Bridgend Council's Cabinet will be asked to change how local authority school governors are appointed (pdf). Local ...

Bridgend Council's Cabinet will be provided with a round-up of school inspection reports undertaken by Estyn during the spring and ...