Education

Cuts to education funding have dashed the hopes of some students in LBO land to study the subjects they want, it has been revealed.

The MP for South West Bedfordshire is fighting the corner of Leighton-Linslade parents who are protesting against a 30 per cent increase in the prices of lessons at Lifestyles@Tiddenfoot.

A Cedars Upper School pupil proved that he was a master of memory skills when he recited 1,201 digits of Pi in front of an astonished audience.

Leighton Middle School has received a glowing Challenge Partner Review which rated the school as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas.

A 21-year-old from Leighton Buzzard has released her first novel about a young boy’s emotional journey through love, loss and discovery.

Leighton Buzzard school pupils have been busy marking Fairtrade Fortnight to help support a special project in Sierra Leone.

Central Bedfordshire has maintained its high standard in providing secondary and upper schools as almost all young people have been granted one of their preferred choices for the 2019/20 academic year.

Pupils from a Lower School in Leighton Buzzard will receive a bundle of new books from Morrisons on World Book Day.

Schools in LBO land have performed well in the annual Progress 8 results published by the Department for Education.

Central Bedfordshire Council’s Executive has approved school expansions for Gilbert Inglefield Academy and Vandyke Upper School.

The Apprenticeships and Skills Minister, Anne Milton MP, was among the VIP guests given a tour of Central Beds College’s Leighton Buzzard campus last month.

A Leighton Buzzard school has been granted permission by the Government to become an academy.

A little girl from Leighton Buzzard has received a special award after setting out on a mission to learn Mandarin Chinese.

Moves are underway to plug a shortage of school places in Leighton Buzzard and Linslade, as talks continue about a possible move to a two-tier system.

A determined Leighton Buzzard Scout received his Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award in recognition of his tireless commitment and escapades.

A talented Year 7 student from Leighton Middle School has won a Bedfordshire Police poster competition after her design wheelie impressed the judges.