Education

Forty-five trainee teachers working in more than 25 schools across Nottinghamshire have collected items for the homeless this Christmas.

Photos from school nativities in Newark, Southwell and the rest of the Advertiser area.

Six schools were involved in the first round of the Newark Schools Chess Competition hosted by John Blow Primary School, Collingham.

Safety was the focus of a night of action in Newark town centre involving police and frontline staff from Newark and Sherwood District Council.

A Southwell school has completed its conversion to become a Church of England academy.

Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Academy ranked 222 in The Sunday Times Parent Power Schools Guide 2019.

Bowmer + Kirkland will oversee construction of the £15m project which will deliver a new 11-18 secondary school building designed for 830 pupils.

Bishop Alexander Primary School, Wolsey Road, is the latest school to take part in the Nottinghamshire Mini Police scheme.

An eco greenhouse made from empty plastic drink bottles has been put up in the vegetable garden of a village school.

A new 630-pupil primary school is to be built in Newark to replace the existing Christ Church Infant School on Victoria Street.

A drama teacher who has taught thousands of youngsters over decades has retired ­— for a second time ­— to concentrate on writing for the stage.

Children from Claypole Church of England Primary School have filled dozens of shoeboxes with Christmas gifts for youngsters.

Magnus Church Of England Academy, Newark, has been named an All Together School by the Anti-Bullying Alliance for its efforts to tackle the issue.

Lauren Hazard, 18, completed her Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care in August.

The children presented baskets of goodies to each almshouse property of the St Leonard's Hospital Trust scheme off London Road, Newark.

Darren Yemm has been a member of the Children in Care Council since 2010.

The children of Coddington C of E Primary School have been given rakes, spades, forks and other equipment by construction company GF Tomlinson.

The children also paid £1 each to come to school in black and white, with the money raised going to the Royal British Legion.

The pre-school is open to children aged two and three years old.

The plans for the new £15 million Orchard Special School were revealed to the public in a drop-in session.