At a meeting held on Tuesday (10 September) our Executive Committee agreed 4 out of the proposed 5 changes to 2 of our Home to School Transport policies.
The long-term future of an important site in Sandy will be discussed at the next meeting of Central Bedfordshire Council’s Executive Committee on 4 June.
Councillors have stopped plans to close Ridgmont Lower School and will now re-examine the potential for the school and three others to become Primary Schools as part of the Three-to-Two-Tier programme.
Teachers in Central Bedfordshire have been busy passing on their new skills to pupils who are learning to cycle and boost their confidence on balance bikes and pedal cycles.
We have launched two statutory consultations to ensure that more children and young people with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) have access to great education.
Pupils, teachers, and parents across Central Bedfordshire are being encouraged to walk, wheel, or jump on their bikes and scooters for the 2024 Big Walk and Wheel schools’ challenge.
We are working with Icknield Lower School to take steps to create a better environment for parents, carers and guardians to drop off and pick up their children from Icknield Lower School.
We are asking residents, parents and carers of children who are planning to use the home to school transport service to have their say on proposed changes to our Home to School Transport policy.