Tag: Education Sport and Culture
Library to close for two days for essential maintenance
Jersey’s Town Library is to close on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th May so that essential work can be carried out of the air handling and cooling system in time for the summer. Jersey Property Holdings are in the process of updating the system. During the project it has become apparent that some equipment has [...]
New apprenticeship scheme launched by ESC
A new apprenticeship programme has been launched by Education, Sport and Culture to replace the scheme previously run by the Economic Development Department. Nearly 40 people have already joined the ESC programme, called Trackers, which is designed to provide training opportunities and career progression for both full-time learners and people who are already in employment. [...]
ESC to review maths, English and science
Full-scale reviews of maths, English and science are to be undertaken by the Education, Sport and Culture Department. The maths review will start before the end of 2012 and the tendering process for the English review will begin early in 2013. A date for the science review will be published after that. All the work [...]
Possible Industrial Action – School Bus Service
The Department for Education, Sport and Culture (ESC) has been informed that there is the possibility of industrial action by Connex employees on Monday 8th October. This will affect the school bus service. If industrial action does occur parents are asked to make whatever alternative arrangements they can to enable their children to travel safely [...]
URGENT: St Saviour’s School to close today
St Saviour’s School is closing this afternoon because it does not have mains water. Parents are asked to collect their children as soon as possible from midday onwards. There was a burst water main in the area this morning and it had been anticipated the mains supply would be reconnected during the morning. Jersey Water [...]
GCSE controversy: Schools to pursue appeals
Jersey schools will be submitting appeals on behalf of students who may have been affected by changes to the grading system for GCSE English Language this summer. Head teachers and Education managers met on Friday to discuss the implications of the controversy in the UK, where exams regulator Ofqual has been accused of unfairly changing [...]
Comprehensive Spending Review savings for ESC
The Education, Sport and Culture Minister, with the support of the Council of Ministers, has published a revised set of CSR savings. A new savings target has been agreed which takes into account the States decision in 2011 to maintain the grants of fee paying schools, pending publication of an Education White Paper. Following detailed [...]
Players prepare for first Jersey-Manche sports tournament
More than 70 French sportsmen and women will be coming to Jersey this week to take part in the inaugural Tournoi Multisports Tournament. The sporting event, which features football, tennis and table tennis competitions, will take place over the weekend of 28th and 29th April and is the first of its kind. It has come [...]
