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Education minister vows to tackle "root causes" of school antisocial behaviour
8+ hour, 43+ min ago (1175+ words) Wales" education minister has vowed to tackle the "root causes" of antisocial behaviour in schools. Plaid Cymru"s Anna Brychan was pressed on the Welsh Government"s plans to fix the issue by Reform MS Paul Marr on Wednesday July…...
Coleg Cambria learners hear water safety message from mother who lost son
21+ hour, 15+ min ago (731+ words) A powerful and emotional water safety presentation left a lasting impression on learners after campaigner Debbie Anne Turnbull MBE shared the story behind her mission to save lives. More than 75 staff and students attended the session at Coleg Cambria's Yale…...
Survey shows 75% of Wrexham University graduates enter high-skilled employment
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (754+ words) Three in four Wrexham University graduates are now in high-skilled employment, according to the latest UK Graduate Outcomes Survey. The study, run by HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency), gathered results from 353, 755 people across the UK 15 months following their graduation. Results…...
Mold primary school wins Welsh climate award for waste reduction work
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (290+ words) A primary school in Mold has won a national climate award after its pupils researched ways to cut waste across their school and local community. Ysgol Bryn Coch won the Build a Waste-Free World category at Keep Wales Tidy's Climate…...
Councillors demand answers on "55m Catholic super-school as debt and governance concerns mount
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (781+ words) Flintshire County Council is being asked to demand answers from Cabinet over why taxpayers face an estimated "30 million borrowing bill for a Catholic super-school building that would be handed to the Diocese of Wrexham on completion. Three notices of motion…...
Flintshire confirmed for new Youth Hub in UK Government rollout
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (722+ words) Flintshire has been confirmed as the site of a new Youth Hub offering employment, skills and wellbeing support to people aged 16 to 24. The hub is one of seven new locations announced for Wales by the UK Government's Department for Work…...
Cabinet backs plan to refurbish Croes Atti for pupils with additional needs
2+ week, 1+ day ago (647+ words) Flintshire's Cabinet has approved plans to bring the closed Ysgol Croes Atti building in Flint back into use as a specialist centre for around 80 children with additional learning needs. Cabinet members voted on Tuesday to enter a construction contract to…...
Welsh Government to issue statutory guidance on restricting use of mobile phones in schools
2+ week, 1+ day ago (522+ words) The Welsh Government will publish statutory guidance restricting mobile phone use in schools, months after the previous government said the decision should stay with individual schools. The guidance will apply to local authorities and schools across Wales, including Flintshire, and…...
Elfed High School girls earn STEM award with Tata Steel
2+ week, 3+ day ago (322+ words) Twenty-two girls from Elfed High School in Buckley have earned a Bronze Industrial Cadet Award after completing a STEM programme with Tata Steel. The programme ran from October to June and was led by Debbie Jones Walters, Communication and Engagement…...
North Wales MS takes Saltney Catholic school fight to Welsh Parliament
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (695+ words) The proposed closure of St Anthony's Catholic Primary School in Saltney has been raised in the Senedd, as a dispute between the school's governors and a diocesan official over a key letter remained unresolved. Sam Rowlands MS (Conservative, North Wales…...