Councillor Linda Tock

View article Rufus Robin and Airlie Bird swoop into Hull schools in new drive to tackle school attendance issues

Rufus Robin and Airlie Bird swoop into Hull schools in new drive to tackle school attendance issues

Primary school pupils across Hull will be visited by the familiar mascots of Hull FC and Hull KR, as Hull City Council and its partners strive to shine a light on the issue of school attendance. In the year to date, around 22% of children in England were persistently absent – that is children missing […]

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View article Hull City Council adds three new accessible buses to its fleet 

Hull City Council adds three new accessible buses to its fleet 

Hull City Council has acquired a further three new accessible buses to improve transportation for young people with disabilities.    After acquiring 12 new Mercedes wheelchair accessible buses last month, Hull City Council is delighted to announce that three more have been added to the fleet.  The three new Fiat ultra-low floor Orion accessible buses, supplied […]

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View article Foster carers from Hull win prestigious Fostering Excellence Award

Foster carers from Hull win prestigious Fostering Excellence Award

Two foster carers from Hull who care for a boy with additional needs have won a prestigious Fostering Excellence Award, recognising their exceptional contributions to foster care. Pamela and her partner, who foster with Hull Fostering, were awarded The Fostering Network award for foster carers at The Fostering Excellence Awards, sponsored by The Mortgage Brain, […]

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View article Hull City Council’s Children’s Services continue to improve as government lifts Improvement Notice

Hull City Council’s Children’s Services continue to improve as government lifts Improvement Notice

Hull City Council’s Children’s Services are no longer under an Improvement Notice. David Johnston OBE MP, the Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing recently wrote to the Council to inform them that the Department for Education (DfE) was lifting its Improvement Notice. An Improvement Notice is a direction issued by the DfE to local authorities, […]

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View article Hull City Council to begin offering grants to help with the cost of school uniforms

Hull City Council to begin offering grants to help with the cost of school uniforms

Hull City Council is introducing a School Clothing Grant to alleviate some of the pressures on Hull parents and carers during the cost-of-living crisis. Families in receipt of Free School Meals with children entering Year 7 will be allocated the £40 grant on 23 October 2023. Around 1,100 pupils are set to benefit from this […]

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View article Hull City Council joins fostering partners in launch of moving new film

Hull City Council joins fostering partners in launch of moving new film

‘Any Of Us’ can be foster carers if we have the capacity to care is the message of a powerful new fostering film. ‘Any Of Us’, launching today, is the sixth film produced by a growing partnership of councils and children’s trusts to promote local authority fostering. The ‘Any Of Us’ project is the largest […]

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View article Hull City Council acquires 12 new accessible buses 

Hull City Council acquires 12 new accessible buses 

Hull City Council has acquired 12 new accessible buses to improve transportation for young people with disabilities.   The new buses, supplied by Mellor, are wheelchair accessible and have been designed to provide a comfortable and safe ride for up to 16 passengers per vehicle.  Their main use will be to provide transportation services for young […]

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View article Professionals across Hull come together to help young people Thrive

Professionals across Hull come together to help young people Thrive

A conference to celebrate Youth Mental Health Awareness Day took place at the Guildhall in Hull this week. The theme of this year’s Thrive Hull Conference 2023 was #BeBrave and there was a packed programme to support professionals who work with children and young people in the city to do exactly that. The conference invited […]

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View article Support for children with additional needs to be expanded as IPaSS service is relaunched

Support for children with additional needs to be expanded as IPaSS service is relaunched

The Integrated Physical and Sensory Service (IPaSS) has been relaunched after a restructure that will create new capacity for teachers. IPaSS is a Hull City Council service that supports children and young people in Hull that have physical difficulties, speech and language difficulties or visual or hearing impairments. The restructure will create a more sustainable […]

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View article Hull Trinity House Academy set to start new school year at newly refurbished site

Hull Trinity House Academy set to start new school year at newly refurbished site

Work to transform the former site of Endeavour School on Beverley Road in Hull has been completed. The building has been fully refurbished to make way for Hull Trinity House Academy, who will be starting the school year at the new location this month. The school is run by the Delta Academy Trust. The move […]

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View article Try out pre and post-natal wellbeing sessions at the free Us Mums event

Try out pre and post-natal wellbeing sessions at the free Us Mums event

Pregnant women and their partners with young families with children aged 0-5 are invited to come along to the free ‘Us Mums’ event. It takes place at Woodford Leisure Centre on Friday 8 September, from 12pm – 2pm. The Healthy Lifestyles team at Hull City Council will be offering tasters of pregnancy exercise sessions such […]

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