Merton Council is working with schools and the community-led climate action group to fight fuel poverty and the climate crisis. The Energy Matters project, which is funded by the council, […]
Social workers have been placed in secondary schools across the borough as part of a pilot programme
The council has been able to offer 84% of schoolchildren a place at their first preference primary school – an increase of 2% on last year
Merton has been able to offer nearly 70% of schoolchildren a place at their first preference secondary school
Families will receive £15 in supermarket vouchers every week for every child – £30 a head over the holidays
Merton Council has launched a consultation on possible changes to the council’s home to school/college travel assistance policy, which is primarily for children with SEND (special educational needs and disabilities). Firstly, […]
The council will spend £400,000 on the service during this week’s holiday, the winter holidays and March 2022’s half term
The decision will bring Merton’s network up to the level of London-wide systems and those in other boroughs
The children’s Polka Theatre on the Broadway finally relaunches at the weekend in spanking new state-of-the-art premises with a performance and month-long run of Red, a play inspired by Little […]
Merton Council is to provide new, good quality and sufficient accommodation for the growing number of vulnerable children in the borough receiving full-time education outside of the mainstream by repurposing council-owned facilities in Mitcham for Merton Medical Education Services (MMES). With increasing numbers of young […]