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Council looks at two new options for school expansion

By berkopeople at 12:26 on 13/12/11

Plans for school expansion now being considered include a new first school being built or a complete reorganisation of the schools across the town. The county council decided not to go ahead with expansion of Greenway and Westfield schools following a consultation. Instead, the county council has two new options on the table. the first is to build a new first school next to Bridgewater School - this would be on Green Belt Land. The...
Footpath 32 and safer routes to school

By N Cutting at 20:05 on 24/11/10

Yes, you may not believe it, but at long last (say, 50+ years) Briar Way (a busy narrow road) is going to have footpath 32 actually fit for walking along. I say busy, but it's mainly used by children going to and from Ashlyns and Thomas Corum Schools, both by the able-bodied by actually walking and the disabled, who have to be carted in their 4 wheel motorised chair to as near as possible to Thomas Corum School.. Naturally, many other...
Back to school in Berkhamsted: which are the town's top schools?

By LaraKing at 12:34 on 26/08/10

You've got them kitted out for the new school term, but where are you sending your children this year - and what do you think of the schools in the town? Berkhamsted is known for its impressive selection of schools, so here's our round-up of what's on offer when it comes to local education. Private and specialist schools Perhaps the best known establishment is the independent Berkhamsted School, whose famous alumni i...
Back to school in Berkhamsted: where to buy uniforms, stationery and books

By LaraKing at 11:20 on 26/08/10

With September just around the corner (and the autumnal weather to match), Berkhamsted's shops are fully stocked for the new school term. Here's our guide to what to buy and where to buy it, without leaving the High Street. Uniform Cut-price deals on uniforms (and just about everything else) can be found upstairs in Tesco Metro. But if your children are at Berkhamsted School, there's no need to venture out into the...
SwingGate School Fashion show.

By Ralphus99 at 18:22 on 18/06/10

25th June 7:30 Swing Gate School is hosting a Fashion show. Tickets only £2.50 and available from Elizabeth Lee (opposite The Gatsby) Please see attached flyer for more information.

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Berkhamsted Schools – what is the future?

By D1zzy

I understand that HCC has pulled out and there is a moratorium for their officers, heads,...

By crozzie at 10:56 on 04/11/11

The Berkhamsted Citizens Association is hosting a talk on Thursday 10th November 2011 at 8 pm in the Sessions Hall, Berkhamsted Town Hall on Berkhamsted Schools – what is the future? The speaker is Kate Maguire of Herts County Council and she will speak on how the County Council forecasts demand for school places, why Berkhamsted schools are struggling to provide enough places and what the plans are for the future of...
Parking returns to normal

By D1zzy

Comments from DBC when asked about Parking issues in the light of the Core Strategy proposals for an...

By N Cutting at 09:30 on 31/10/11

Guess what, parking spaces are back to the usual lack of and the 'no through road' sign in Mill Street is being ignored by cars driving from Castle Street end, going round the Water Lane carpark only to chuck some things onto the pavement as they make their way back to Castle Street. A large lorry is blocking Chesham Road (yellow line? why bother?) causing tailbacks into the High Street. Yep, situation normal - even the men in white...
I've found the flaw in the Concept

By crozzie

re: Victoria School - playground is full of teachers' cars, some come from as far away as Reading I...

By N Cutting at 13:41 on 04/10/11

Concern was expressed over the new school proposed at the workshops that most of you missed!. The 'Concept' drawings do leave a lot to be desired, but 6 places for dropping off children attending the new school either suggests the greatest number of pupils will come from the 800 odd homes or the planners forget that parents do not understand the idea in any shape or form and these planners do not learn from their forbears. The Swing...
BerkoAstro at Ashlyns

By N Cutting

I do like this excuse. To protect the residents in Corum Close (remember next to school and built to...

By crozzie at 00:13 on 13/02/11

Now that the Ashlyns school grounds - at least at the east end - resembles a fortress, there is a new steel gate at the entry from Coram Close. Taking my son to BerkoAstro this morning,I found this gate locked. I thought Ashlyns prided itself as a 'community school'. Not really community minded if it shuts the community out from a community facility that WE paid for (BerkoAstro). I thought we were supposed to be...
Berkhamsted primary schools 'must find 180 extra places'

By N Cutting

Same mob who recently predicted there would be a shortage of children and started closing...

By LaraKing at 11:41 on 12/01/11

Two primary schools in Berkhamsted could be forced to find hundreds of extra spaces to deal with a shortage in nursery places. Under county council proposals, Westfield First School in Durrants Lane, which currently has 182 pupils aged three to nine, would be asked to take an additional 30 three- and four-year-olds from September this year and up to another 60 from September next year. Greenway First and Nursery School in...