Home-to-school transport rules must change to be fair says county council leader
The leader of Essex County Council has said current home-to-school transport rules favour some people “who may not need it
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Essex County Council using own funds to deal with problem concrete in schools
Essex County Council is having to find another £187,000 of its own money to help deal with the problems surrounding
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Concrete concerns over nine Redbridge schools
Nine schools in Redbridge fear their buildings contain potentially unsafe concrete. According to Redbridge Council, the nine unidentified schools have
Read moreRedbridge schools open amid RAAC scare
Redbridge Council is “confident” that all school buildings in use in the borough are safe from collapsing concrete called reinforced
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Waltham Forest schools in the clear over concrete crisis
Waltham Forest Council has confirmed that all schools in the borough will open next week, following concerns about buildings made
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Calls for drivers leaving engines running outside Southend schools to be fined
Drivers who leave their engines running outside schools in Southend could soon be hit by fines. A Labour councillor is
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Number of children missing from education rises by a third since 2019
The number of children missing from education has increased by more than a third in three years, according to Essex
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No traffic bans outside Essex schools due to lack of ‘political will’
Essex has not gone straight to complete closure of schools streets at dropping off and picking up times ‘largely because
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Car restrictions along congested school street in Brentwood agreed
Stringent restrictions of cars along one of the most congested school routes in the country is to be brought in
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Why Essex school pupils have been permanently excluded since 2016
Persistent disruptive behaviour was the most common reason for permanent exclusions at state-funded schools in Essex between 2016/2017 and 2020/21
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