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.
Following the recent impact of Storm Henk, Central Bedfordshire Council has called for more to be done to tackle an increase in local flooding and other extreme weather events.
A former Central Bedfordshire resident has been issued a £1000 Fixed Penalty Notice following a complaint of fly-tipping in a garage block in Houghton Regis.
In a resounding testament to the commitment to environmental sustainability, 21 schools have achieved a prestigious Green Flag Award for their outstanding and innovative sustainable projects.
Our lower and primary schools are once again taking part in a Christmas challenge; counting their walking, scooting and cycling trips to school to see if they can travel virtually to Lapland.
Pupil poetry readings and singing were the highlight of a celebration event to mark the official opening of a new teaching block at Swallowfield Primary School.
Teachers in Central Bedfordshire will soon be teaching their pupils to learn to cycle, after we were chosen to take part in the Bikeability Trust’s pilot project Get Cycling in Schools.