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Eastleigh’s Town Councillors were shocked to learn that the Conservative led County Council have discovered a shortfall in places for Year R this coming September – an anticipated shortfall of 50 places. The expectation is that the shortfall will increase in coming years. The county are blaming this on parent choice and a rising birthrate which...
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The community spirit that makes the village of Botley special was on full view this afternoon. Hundreds of Botley residents packed Botley Square to sing Christmas Carols around their Christmas tree. The community carol singing was led by the Reverend Ruth Schofield, curate of All Saints Church in Botley. Children from Botley School opened the...
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Sixty pupils representing Eastleigh’s secondary schools and colleges recently attended a conference at Eastleigh’s Civic Offices. The conference was organised by Eastleigh Borough Council in co-operation with Eastleigh Safety Partnership and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, and it covered topics such as such as cyber bullying, sexting and grooming. Speakers at the conference...
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Recent controversy about Cllr Rupert Kyrle’s suggestion that Botley School was under threat of closure came to a head at the Hedge End, West End and Botley (HEWEB) Local Area Committee this evening. Conservative campaigner, Paul Redding, referred to the recent controversy and asked Cllr Rupert Kyrle the direct...
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A local mum was shocked to discover that her children had been fingerprinted by their school for a new cashless catering system – even though they do not use the canteen. The Mum of two, who does wish to be named, said she had been ‘outraged’ to discover that Wildern School in Hedge End had...
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A 17-year-old boy from Eastleigh has been charged with criminal damage The charge follows around £2,500 worth of damage to windows and doors at Crestwood College, Eastleigh on July, 16. He will is due to appear before Southampton Youth Court on Thursday, August 4. A 15-year-old boy, also from Eastleigh, was given a caution....
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A new pre-school for the Velmore estate in Chandlers Ford is being launched tomorrow. The ‘Little Stars’ pre- school will be holding a fund raising summer fete and barbecue from 3 pm on Saturday July 2 at the Belmont Hall on the corner of Falkland Road and Belmont road. Little Stars manager Chrystal Perry,...
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Students from the Toynbee School in Chandlers Ford joined schools from across the country last week to attend the finale of the npower Climate Cops competition hosted by Ben Fogle.. Last year, following a nationwide search, the students were selected to become finalists in npower's Climate Cops SOS competition, an initiative designed...
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Eastleigh College apprentices and over 50 year 9 pupils from Quilley School took part in an exciting Scrapheap Challenge event held at Eastleigh College last week. Pupils were set the challenge of designing, planning and constructing a fully functioning product that will facilitate the transportation of an egg across a minimum distance of five...
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Young engineers from Eastleigh’s Barton Peveril College are hoping to see their careers ‘sorted’ and ready for ‘lift-off.’ Two teams of first year students are taking part in the national Engineering Education Scheme and are working on designs to build a peg sorting machine and a ‘solar powered load lifting plane’ Project sponsors the...
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