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Category Archives: Young people

Image shows a young girl at school next to plates of healthy food. The text reads: '1.8 million healthy, sustainable school meals.

New school meals contract brings more healthy, sustainable food and fair pay

22 October 2025by Merton8

Merton Council will procure a refreshed school meals catering contract to strengthen the provision of healthy, high-quality and sustainable food in the borough’s schools between 2026 and 2029. Each school […]

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Cost of living, Council finances and performance, Education and schools, Young people

Merton Children’s Services retain Outstanding Ofsted rating 

27 August 2025by mertoner

Merton Council children’s services have once again been rated Outstanding by Ofsted, maintaining the standard first awarded in February 2022.  This achievement places Merton among a select group of local […]

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Adoption and fostering, Children, Young people

Congratulations to Merton students on their A Level, T Level, and Vocational and Technical results

14 August 2025by MertonJP

We are delighted to celebrate with our students who received their A Level, Vocational, Technical and T Level results today. With 100% of our schools rated Good or Outstanding by […]

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Education and schools, Young people

Reflections on Srebrenica  

11 July 2025by Merton8

From Councillor Usaama Kaweesa, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services  This month marks 30 years since the genocide in Srebrenica, the worst atrocity in Europe since the Second World War. More […]

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Equality and diversity, Young people

Knife amnesty bin installed to keep Merton safe

27 June 2025by MertonJP

We are proud to be working in partnership with Moat, the Metropolitan Police, the Home Office and local community organisations to introduce a secure knife amnesty bin in Pollards Hill. […]

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Crime, Safer Merton, Young people

Every school in Merton now has ‘Good’ or better judgements from Ofsted

4 March 2025by mertoner

Every school in Merton now has ‘Good’ or better judgements from Ofsted— making the borough one of just five London boroughs and eight local authorities nationwide to reach this exceptional […]

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Children, Education and schools, Young people

New project to empower Merton’s girls and young women

2 October 2024by MertonJP

We are launching an exciting new project called Empower Her. The project is for girls and young women aged 13-16 living in Merton, and will empower them by building their […]

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Children, Education and schools, Young people

Merton Council appoints new Executive Director for Children, Lifelong Learning, and Families

24 May 2024by mertoner

 Merton Council has appointed Beverley Hendricks as its new Executive Director for Children, Lifelong Learning and Families.  Beverley will lead Merton’s Ofsted Outstanding rated children’s services and moves from Haringey […]

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Children, Young people

Free £20 deposit for Year 7’s to kickstart savings  

9 October 2023by Merton8

In this school year, every Year 7 student living in Merton is being offered a free £20 deposit to open a savings account with Croydon Plus – the credit union […]

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Cost of living, Young people

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
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