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Category Archives: Young people

Council maintained schools celebrating significant improvement in A Level results

19 August 2016by

Council maintained schools in Merton are celebrating a significant improvement in A Level results, with many exceeding the national average for results this year. 

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Children, Education and schools, Young people
Pupils who took part in Race4Life

Merton school presents new Maxi Martin Award for services to the community

19 July 2016by

Abbotsbury Primary School in Morden held their special end of year prize giving assembly this week (18 July) to recognise their pupils’ hard work in their school subjects as well […]

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Children, Education and schools, Young people
Young people riding the bikes they built.

Merton’s young people build their own bike from scratch

12 July 2016by

Pupils at Merton Council’s Smart Centre in Morden built their own bikes with the help of bike mechanics from the council’s cycle training provider, Cycle Confident.

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Children, Young people

Pupil improvement league table ranks Merton Council’s primary schools among top performers

8 July 2016by

The Education Policy Institute’s latest league table ranks Merton Council’s maintained primary schools as among the top performing in England for pupil improvement.

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Young people
Faith and belief groups come together in Merton to launch new Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education

Faiths come together to launch new religious education syllabus

8 July 2016by

Representatives from a number of faith and belief groups came together this week to celebrate diversity in Merton and launch the borough’s new Religious Education syllabus for 5-14 year-olds.

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Education and schools, Young people

New league table ranks Merton Council maintained schools in top three for pupil improvement

7 July 2016by

A new league table published by the Education Policy Institute ranks Merton Council’s maintained secondary schools among the best for pupil improvement in England.

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Education and schools, Young people

Primary school delighted by new Merton Council bin

7 July 2016by

A primary school is delighted with its new bin, one of three new bins provided by Merton Council after requests by members of the public.

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Children, Clean streets, Education and schools, Environment, Young people

Merton’s cabinet give the go-ahead for purchase of school site

6 July 2016by

Merton’s cabinet this week (5 July) authorised council officers to go ahead and buy a site in South Wimbledon suitable for a new secondary school.

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Councillors and democracy, Education and schools, Young people

New South Wimbledon secondary school to open following successful primary expansions

1 July 2016by

Merton’s successful £80 million school expansion programme which has seen the creation of over 4,000 new primary school places may shortly enter its second phase as the council seeks to […]

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Education and schools, Young people
Foster carers and supported lodgings carers outside Cannizaro House hotel, Wimbledon

Merton celebrates its foster carers and says “thank you”

20 June 2016by

Mayor of Merton, Councillor Brenda Fraser, along with Merton Council’s chief executive, Ged Curran and director of children, schools and families, Yvette Stanley, joined together to say thank you to […]

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Adoption and fostering, Events, Young people
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