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Category Archives: Children

90% of Merton’s children being offered place at top-3 choice of secondary school

1 March 2024by MertonSC

Every Merton family who applied for a secondary school place for their child starting this September has received an offer. Today’s figures reveal that nearly 90% of Merton children have […]

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Children, Education and schools

Mini Musicians compose a pioneering new way of teaching music in schools  

27 February 2024by MertonSC

Hundreds of primary school children in Merton will be taught to play a melodica from scratch in a pioneering programme set to revolutionise how music is taught across the borough.   […]

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Children, Education and schools

Holiday Activities and Food clubs extended to half terms

18 October 2023by Merton8

Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) clubs will run in half term holidays this school year, in addition to the main school holidays, starting this October half term. The extended HAF […]

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Children, Cost of living, Education and schools

New SEND provision for Merton will add school with 120 places

23 August 2023by Merton Web Team

Merton is to benefit from a new special free school as part of an initiative announced by the Department for Education today.

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Children, Education and schools

Ready, Set, Read: Summer Reading Challenge kicks off for 2023

17 July 2023by MertonJP

Merton libraries kicked off this year’s Summer Reading Challenge with a spectacular mass outdoor high-intensity interval training (HIIT) session, with over 400 KS2 school children at Canons House and Grounds. […]

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Borough of Sport, Children, Education and schools, Events, Libraries, Young people

Final push for Beat the Street Merton

19 April 2023by Merton Web Team

The final push for points has started as Beat the Street Merton draws to a close. For the final ‘Go Celebrate’ week, every Beat Box will be giving out double […]

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Children, Education and schools, Health and social care, Parks and green spaces, Public health, Sport and leisure, Young people

Go Wild in Merton this week with Beat the Street

5 April 2023by Merton Web Team

Participants in Beat the Street Merton are invited to Go Wild this week. The themed week starts today with the aim of encouraging residents to explore their local waterways and […]

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Children, Disabled people, Education and schools, Parks and green spaces, Public health, Sport and leisure, Young people

Beat the Street game players have travelled over 140,000 miles already – Go Explore this week!

30 March 2023by Merton Web Team

The Beat the Street Merton game enters its Go Explore this week to encourage participants to find the borough’s best heritage and cultural gems. So far, more than 20,300 participants have […]

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Children, Civic Pride, Education and schools, Health and social care, Older people, Parks and green spaces, Public health, Sport and leisure, Young people

Don’t miss your chance to play the most exciting game in Merton    

22 March 2023by Merton Web Team

The Beat the Street Merton game launched on 15 March with more than 14,670 participants signing up in its first week.  Together these participants have walked, cycled, and rolled their way […]

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Borough of Sport, Children, Competitions, Environment, Health and social care, Older people, Parks and green spaces, Public health, Sport and leisure, Transport

Merton welcomes funding boost for Family Hubs

25 January 2023by Merton Web Team

Merton Council is happy to announce that we have received funding from the Department for Education’s Family Hub Transformation Programme (TF1). This money will support local services to work together […]

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