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Cockermouth primary school closed

All Saints School in Cockermouth is closed today.

Last updated 22 November 2010
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Top chef Jean-Christophe Novelli in West Cumbria

DCE/50013480T010_DCE.jpg Celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli helped college students to raise money during a guest appearance in West Cumbria this week.

Last updated 19 November 2010
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£500,000 school improvements

hurrah for new ext A £500,000 project to redevelop Braithwaite Church of England School has been completed.

Last updated 21 October 2010
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West Cumbria school's science skills labs and planetarium plans

academic vicit A LEADING academic visited Cockermouth School to announce the next phase of its plans for a science skills laboratory and planetarium.

Last updated 21 October 2010
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Keswick School bus crash victims are honoured at awards night

Kes Sch prizes 10 TWO memorial awards in honour of bus crash victims Kieran Goulding and Chloe Walker were given out at Keswick School’s annual prizegiving evening on Friday.

Last updated 24 September 2010
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Cockermouth pupils spend the day in prison cell

COCKERMOUTH School pupils got a taste of being locked up on Wednesday in a scale model of a prison cell.

Last updated 23 September 2010
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New Workington headteacher will draw on her local links

joanneormond2409 WESTFIELD Primary School in Workington has a new headteacher.

Last updated 23 September 2010
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West Cumbrian PE teacher best in the North West

best 1709 NETHERHALL School physical education teacher Leah Stones has been named best in the North West by the Rugby Football League.

Last updated 16 September 2010
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Praise for Cumbrian education awards

THE man responsible for Cumbria’s schools is supporting CN Group’s first Education and Learning Awards.

Last updated 10 September 2010
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Workington children receive dictionaries from charity

MORE than 400 primary school pupils were presented with dictionaries by Workington’s Rotary clubs this week.

Last updated 10 September 2010
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Seaton headteacher welcomes new academy status

l grace academy MONDAY saw one of the UK’s first infant academies open its doors in Seaton.

Last updated 10 September 2010
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Seaton school reopens as the Cumbria’s first academy

Infant school pupils in Seaton will start the new school year on Monday at Cumbria’s first academy for primary school children.

Last updated 2 September 2010
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Best ever GCSE results for Maryport school

netherhallresults2708 MARYPORT’S Netherhall School has recorded the best GCSE results in its history. (1 comment)

Last updated 26 August 2010
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Flood hit students rise to A-level challenge

DCE/50009664T007_DCE.jpg West Cumbrian students, who had their lives turned upside down by the November floods, put the pain of losing their homes and possessions behind them by achieving record-breaking A-level results. (1 comment)

Last updated 19 August 2010
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West Cumbria Learning Centre out of special measures

THE West Cumbria Learning Centre has come out of special measures following a satisfactory Ofsted report.

Last updated 30 July 2010
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New cash for Cockermouth School £3.8m science lab plan

COCKERMOUTH School has received £5,000 towards the second stage of its feasibility study for a £3.8 million science skills laboratory and planetarium.

Last updated 15 July 2010
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Maryport students go to the prom

DCE/50007997T047_DCE.jpg Maryport's Netherhall School pupils were at the prom.

Last updated 9 July 2010
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Maryport rock stars win national award

DCE/T235915_DCE.jpg Netherhall School has won a national Rock Challenge award – the only school in Cumbria to do so this year.

Last updated 9 July 2010
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Cockermouth School funding hopes despite blow to £61.5m programme

geoffwalker0907 COCKERMOUTH School headteacher Geoff Walker has described the Government’s move to scrap a £61.5 million investment programme in West Cumbria secondary schools as a massive blow.