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Kirklees College has been announced as one of the finalists in the annual Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon Awards

Kirklees College named as finalist in prestigious AoC Beacon Awards

Whitechapel Primary School with cheque

Community grants awarded to two schools

After visiting pupils at Manor Croft Academy in Dewsbury on Friday, November 17, ‘Smashed’ will be performed at Whitcliffe Mount in Cleckheaton on Wednesday, November 22.

Alcohol awareness theatre production comes to Dewsbury and Cleckheaton schools

Kim Leadbeater, MP for Batley and Spen, met with pupils from seven local schools for Parliament Week.

Batley and Spen MP meets pupils from seven local schools for Parliament Week

The Woodland Retreat was officially opened at Ravenshall School on Thursday, November 16.

Ex-Huddersfield ace opens Dewsbury school’s ‘magical’ outdoor learning space

Pantosaurus during one of his visits.

Hundreds of school children Talk PANTS with the NSPCC

Laura Dixon, right, assistant headteacher at Batley Girls’ High School, working with a sixth form student.

Batley Girls’ High School's sixth form college set for open evening

Ravenshall School in Dewsbury held a Community Day on Tuesday, November 14.

Ravenshall pupils enjoy ‘wonderful’ community day

Stockhill Street, Dewsbury

Police appeal for information after incident outside Dewsbury school

Field Lane Junior, Infant and Nursery School, where ‘pupils feel welcome and valued,’ has been judged as ‘good’ by Ofsted.

Head praises ‘amazing’ pupils as Batley school receives 'good' Ofsted report

Support staff at Kirklees College will walk out for another two days this week - Wednesday, November 8 and Thursday, November 9 - as the dispute over pay continues, trade union UNISON has revealed.

Further strike dates announced at Kirklees College, reveals UNISON
Support staff at Kirklees College will walk out for another two days this week - Wednesday, November 8 and Thursday, November 9 - as the dispute over pay continues, trade union UNISON has revealed.

Find out how North Kirklees secondary schools performed in latest GCSE league tables

Find out how North Kirklees secondary schools fared in latest DfE league tables

Foundation Unit pupils at Hopton Primary School, Mirfield, enjoy their new ‘Buddy Bench’ and are pictured with Chris Carlin of Miller Homes Yorkshire. (Photo credit: Shaun Flannery)

Friendship bench donated to Mirfield school by Miller Homes

Pupils at Hanging Heaton CE (VC) Junior and Infant School took part in a Scarecrow Festival this week

PHOTOS: ‘Inspirational’ pupils get creative at Scarecrow Festival

Alfie, Gwyn and character Terrific Trent at Fairfield School in Batley for a performance of Marvin’s Story Time Show: The Big Sea Adventure

Batley school helps to launch the world’s first story time show

The deadline for applying for a secondary school place in Kirklees for September 2024 is Tuesday, October 31

Deadline looms to apply for Kirklees secondary school places for September 2024

Field Lane Junior, Infant and Nursery School, on Albion Street, has been recognised with a Green Flag Award, an Arthur Halliwell Award for outdoor learning and a Platinum Award for PE

Batley school receives environmental, outdoor learning and PE awards

Staff and pupils at St Patrick’s Catholic Primary Academy in Birstall, with Batley and Spen MP, Kim Leadbeater, and Matthew Baines, PPG General Manager, at the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate the newly tranformed play area.

Birstall primary school celebrates colourful makeover

School starters September 2023

Here are 16 adorable school starter photos from across North Kirklees for 2023

The deadline for secondary school applications is October 31

Here are all the latest Ofsted ratings North Kirklees' high schools

Chloe Llewellyn, second from front left, a TA at Batley Girls' High School, received the HLTA (Higher Level Teaching Assistant) Secondary School trophy from Teaching Personnel at a ceremony held at the school.

‘One in a million’ teaching assistant wins national award

The apprentices will study at Kirklees College’s Brunel Construction Centre during their college hours, where a brand-new specialist CNC machine has just been installed to help train the budding furniture makers.

Batley furniture maker and Kirklees College create new apprenticeship

Does it seem like a lifetime ago? Take a look through and see who you can spot!

26 adorable school starter photos from across Dewsbury in the noughties

Thornhill Junior and Infant School received a letter of acknowledgement from His Majesty The King thanking the school for the ‘wonderfully kind letter and drawings’

School receives Royal approval after pupils design a garden fit for The King

Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, spearheaded the initiative with National Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and the National Literacy Trust, as part of her mission to boost skills and inspire more young people to explore careers in the creative industries.

Batley youngster scoops inaugural poetry prize

Shazia Rasheed, the new franchisee of Dewsbury South's Kip McGrath Centre.

Meet the new franchisee of Dewsbury South Kip McGrath Centre

High schools across North Kirklees will be opening their doors to invite current Year 6 children, and their families, to have a look around ahead of choosing their preferred setting before the application deadline on Tuesday, October 31.

Dates of open evenings for secondary schools in North Kirklees

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School on Nova Lane, Birstall.

Almost every primary school in north Kirklees achieves School Games Mark award
Almost every primary school across Batley, Birstall and Dewsbury has achieved the School Games Mark award for the 2022-23 academic year.

Kirklees College's Springfield Sixth Form Centre in Dewsbury.

Kirklees College to be hit by four days of strike action in pay dispute

Batley Girls High School

Batley school is on list of places hit by crumbling concrete crisis

School starters at Brownhill Infant school in 2012.

Pictures of school starters across Dewsbury and Batley from 2012 and 2013

Pupils at Heckmondwike Grammar School celebrate their GCSE results

Heckmondwike Grammar School congratulates pupils on 'outstanding' GCSE results

Students at Upper Batley High School celebrate their GCSE results

Upper Batley High School 'incredibly proud' of its students on GCSE results day

Can you spot anyone you know?

GCSE results: 24 photos of exam celebrations from 1998 to 2006

Volunteers redecorated six classrooms and playground areas at St Patrick's Primary Academy in Birstall

Paint firm volunteers give Birstall school a makeover ahead of start of new term

Students at Heckmondwike Grammar School celebrate their A-level results

Heckmondwike Grammar School celebrates ‘superb' A-level results

Celebrating A-level results from 2000 to 2006 - can you see anyone you know?

A-level results: 26 photos of students celebrating from 2000 to 2006

'Splat the teacher' was one of the popular attractions at the school's summer fair

Batley school holds summer fair to celebrate 'good' rating by Ofsted

Kirklees Council is set to give the go-ahead to modernise facilities that cater for adults with learning disabilities

£3m plans for facilities in Heckmondwike for adults with learning disabilities

An artist's impression of what the new St Peter's C of E Junior, Infant and Early Years School, Birstall, will look like. Image: Wilson Mason/The Church of England

Birstall school to be demolished and replaced with brand new two-storey building

Do you recognise anyone from your schooldays?

22 photos of Dewsbury, Batley and Spen schools in the noughties

Tymofii's latest painting depicts the warm welcome he received at the school

Young Ukrainian pupil in Liversedge wins praise for his 'inspiring' artwork

Ten determined cyclists, a mixture of staff and parents at Hopton Primary School, set off in the early hours of Saturday, July 15, from Edinburgh and battled the elements and steep inclines to make it back to Mirfield on the Sunday afternoon, where they were welcomed home by a celebratory party.

Staff and parents cycle 280 miles from Edinburgh to Mirfield school

Uniform Exchange founder Kate France (third right) with volunteers at the charity

Free school uniform charity in Kirklees facing big rise in requests from parents

The event, organised by the PTA, raised £1,684 for the school

Thornhill J&I School raises £1,600 to provide opportunities for all pupils
Thornhill Junior and Infant School in Dewsbury has thanked members of the community for their generous support after its summer fayre raising £1,684.

Aquatrust Water and Ventilation Limited, based on Whitcliffe Road in Cleckheaton, has teamed up with Leeds Beckett University on an innovative new project to create a bespoke remote system to monitor water for Legionella bacteria.

Cleckheaton water hygiene business team up with Leeds Beckett University

Staff and children at Lydgate Pre-School in Batley

Parents rate Batley nursery as one of the top 20 in Yorkshire and the Humber

Pupils and staff at Ravenshall School had smiles back on their faces after the local community ‘pulled out all the stops’ for an all-day festival, just weeks after the setting’s mini-buses were stolen.

Ravenshall School thanks community for ‘amazing event’ after ‘tough few months’

Norristhorpe Primary School class 6S

Class of 2023: 12 pictures of school leavers from Dewsbury, Batley and Spen

Pupils at Birstall Primary Academy involved in the Run for Life event with PE teacher, Josh Scott.

Birstall school celebrates success of Cancer Research UK fundraiser

Nick Long, headteacher at Crossley Fields in Mirfield, is retiring after 34 years in the education industry.

Mirfield school pays tribute to ‘exceptional’ departing Headteacher

Pupils at Littletown Junior School celebrate the recent Ofsted report with Headteacher Fiona Cullivan-Ward.

Welcome to the Liversedge school ‘built upon foundations of care and kindness’

Gomersal Primary School's cricket team enjoyed success in the School Games Dynamo Cricket competition

Gomersal Primary School pupils triumph in Dynamo Cricket North Kirklees Finals

Batley and Spen MP Kim Leadbeater MP joined pupils and staff for the launch of a ‘very special’ garden space at Carlton Junior and Infant School.

‘Very special’ Peace Gardens launches at Batley Carr school

Batley Parish school pupils with the Samoan flag

Batley primary school ‘highly commended’ in national School Games Impact Awards