Consultation opens on plans to protect nursery places in North Hull 10th October 2022 Consultation has today opened on the future of nursery provision in North Hull. This follows Cabinet approval to hold formal consultation on plans that aim to protect nursery provision in North Hull for the long term. The current McMillan Nursery in North Hull has been hit by a decreasing birth rate in the area and […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Councillor Linda TockEarly yearsMcMillan Nursery
West Hull community benefitting from more pupil places, new classrooms and additional courses 20th September 2022 Pupils at The Boulevard Academy in West Hull are now benefitting from new classrooms, additional courses and more pupil places as the three-storey extension is complete. The £6.7million extension opened for the new school year, increasing student capacity by 300 places and enabling the school to offer new courses from this September. The Academy now […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Boulevard AcademyCouncillor Linda TockHull Esteem Consortium
Schools set to welcome pupils back 2nd September 2022 Children and young people in Hull will be welcomed back to school for the new academic year. Schools across Hull saw attendance hit 91.5 per cent in the last academic year. The Hull Learning Partnership wants to see this percentage increase for the start of the new school year and hopes to see all pupils […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Councillor Linda TockHull Learning Partnership
Hull pupils celebrate GCSE results 25th August 2022 Students across Hull have today received their GCSE results after sitting their exams for the first time since 2019. Initial results from nine of the city’s secondary schools show significant improvements when compared to 2019: At Attainment 8, five schools have improved compared to 2019, two have remained the same and two have dropped At […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Councillor Linda TockGCSE resultsHull Learning PartnershipHull Schools
Further significant milestones achieved in Hull’s social care improvement journey 24th August 2022 Hull has been on an improvement journey across children’s social care since January 2019, when Ofsted assessed the service as Inadequate. Over the last two years, Hull City Council’s Children’s Services have had six monitoring visits by Ofsted, looking at different parts of the service. The Department for Education (DfE) also appointed a Children’s Services […] Read more Children and families News children's social careChildren's services commissionerCouncillor Linda TockDepartment for EducationEarly help and safeguarding hub (EHASH)Hull safeguarding children partnershipOfstedSEND
£120,000 funding to tackle barriers to training and employment for young people in Hull 12th August 2022 Hull City Council, The Warren and Humber Learning Consortium have been successful in securing £120,000 grant funding from the Youth Futures Foundation. The money will be used to undertake research into the mismatch between the high number of apprenticeship vacancies and job vacancies locally, compared with the high number of young people not in employment, […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News connected futuresCouncillor Linda TockHumber Learning ConsortiumThe WarrenYouth futures foundation
Work starts to transform Endeavour site 29th July 2022 Hull City Council is determined that Hull children get the best possible start in life with the best education possible. That’s why work will begin at the former Endeavour site on Beverley Road to transform the building into a fully refurbished secondary school. Hull Trinity House Academy, run by Delta Academy Trust, will move to the […] Read more Education and Learning News Councillor Linda TockEndeavourHull Esteem ConsortiumHull Trinity House Academy
Cabinet opens consultation on plan to protect nursery places in north Hull 25th July 2022 Hull City Council’s Cabinet has today agreed to hold a formal consultation on plans that aim to protect nursery provision in North Hull for the long term. The current McMillan Nursery in North Hull has been hit by a decreasing birth rate in the area and national funding shortages. Hull City Council has now taken […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Councillor Linda TockMcMillan Nurserynursery places
Funding announced to support young people leaving care into independent living 19th July 2022 Hull City Council has been successful in a bid for over half a million pounds of Government funding to help make sure that looked after children get the best possible start when they leave care. The council will receive £515,000 of Staying Close funding, from the Department for Education, over the next two and a […] Read more Children and families News Children's homeschildren's social careCouncillor Linda Tockstaying close funding
Minister responsible for Supporting Families programme visits Orchard Park 30th June 2022 Hull welcomed Minister Badenoch, the Minister responsible for the Supporting Families Programme in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to the city on Wednesday 29 June. The Minister spoke with families and key workers in Orchard Park whilst visiting Parks Children’s Centre to hear how the coordinated support for families in Hull works […] Read more Children and families Community and Living News Councillor Linda TockMinister BadenochSupporting Families
Hull Fostering allowances increased to retain foster carers and encourage people to foster 28th June 2022 Cabinet has approved the increase of allowances for foster carers for Hull Fostering. Payment for Skills, recognising the skills, training and experience of carers, has been increased and will now also be paid per child rather than per household. Payment for Skills is in addition to the fostering allowances provided to foster carers for caring […] Read more Children and families News Councillor Linda TockHull Fostering
91 per cent of Hull primary schools assessed as Good or Outstanding 28th June 2022 Two more of the city’s primaries have been graded as Good by Ofsted, meaning 91 per cent of Hull primary schools have now been assessed as Good or Outstanding. Nationally, the average for primary schools is 88 per cent. Councillor Linda Tock, Portfolio Holder for children’s services said: “This progress is testimony to the dedication […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Councillor Linda TockEducationHull Learning PartnershipHull Primary SchoolsOfstedThanet Primary SchoolWoodland Primary School