Merton Council has promoted from within to fill the vacant position of Director for Children, Schools and Families by appointing Jane McSherry, who is currently the council’s Assistant Director for […]
Every Merton family who applied for a secondary place starting this September 2021 has now been offered a place at school in the borough after the applications process finished for this year.
Merton Council is extending its funding for food, for children who qualify for free school meals, during the Christmas break to include pre-school children. Food vouchers worth £40 are to […]
THE NATIONAL watchdog for schools and children’s services has praised the London Borough of Merton for the quality of its work to keep local children safe during the pandemic. Ofsted […]
Merton Council will be helping schools with the costs of IT equipment and internet connections to help ensure some of the most disadvantaged pupils in the borough can maintain access […]
A flagship part of Merton Council’s long-term strategy to improve education across the borough came to fruition this week, as students moved into the new state-of-the-art Harris Academy building in […]
As half term begins, Merton Council has pledged to reimburse the borough’s schools for any food related support they provide in half term week to families of children who would […]
Merton Council has written to local MPs with an urgent request to seek clarity over future funding support for councils in London. This week, London Councils – the body that […]
Students and their teachers at schools across Merton received their GCSE results today after a difficult academic year that was complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. With schools only open for […]
Thousands of students across Merton received their A Level and other course results today, the culmination of many months’ hard work from both them and their teachers during a tumultuous […]