Stockport Council is warning that, due to a technical issue, emails informing parents and carers of their child’s allocated school for September 2012 have been delayed. The Council is working to rectify this as soon as possible, and apologises for any inconvenience caused Emails will be sent as soon as the technical problem is resolved. […]

From Stockport Council: Stockport Council is supporting National Libraries Day by hosting a special event at Cheadle Library featuring North West based writers. Residents are invited to come along and meet award winning North West writers Michael Stewart, Helen Walsh and M.J. Hyland at Cheadle Library on Saturday 4th February from 4.30pm to 6.00pm. The […]

From Stockport Council: Stockport has achieved the highest number of new 16-18 Advanced and Higher Apprenticeships in Greater Manchester in a 12 month period in 2010/2011. A total of a 307 16-18 year olds started an Advanced (L3/A Level standard) Apprenticeship in the borough from July 2010 to July 2011 – a 77% increase on […]

Stockport Council is encouraging parents/guardians of young people to come along to an information evening to find out about the options available in further education, apprenticeships or employment when their child leaves school at 16. The event, at Stockport Town Hall on Tuesday 24th January 6-8pm, is for parents/guardians of pupils in Years 10-11 – […]

There is a public sector strike planned for 30th November. At the moment it’s not entirely clear how many people will be involved, but it could well lead to a large section of Stockport Council, along with the public sector across the rest of the country, being out of action for the day. November 30th […]

We were pleased to welcome Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to Cheadle & Gatley today. Along with local MP Mark Hunter, Nick had a tour of North Cheshire Jewish Primary, before visiting The Kingsway School and answering some excellent questions from some of the year 11 pupils (topic covered included tuition fees, EMA, votes at […]

From Stockport Council: Temporary closure of the on line admissions system and extension of application deadline Along with a number of other local authorities we have experienced problems with the school’s on line admissions system software. This has resulted in a temporary closure to the system. We are hoping that the system faults will be […]

Ofsted has this week launched ‘Parent View’, a new online questionnaire, that will allow parents and carers to give their views on their child’s school at any time over the year. Covering over 22,000 schools across England, Ofsted argues that the 12‑question survey will help other parents as they make important choices about their child’s […]

The Lib Dem team have been campaigning for more use to be made of Community Payback to get our paths and green spaces cleaner and clearer around Cheadle & Gatley. A few weeks ago we asked residents to suggest where it might be useful. We added those to our own ideas and passed them on. […]

Local Lib Dems have welcomed news that schools in Cheadle and Gatley are to get over £130,000 from the Lib Dem pupil premium in the coming year. The Pupil Premium scheme helps target resources where they are needed most. See below for the full table showing the amount each Stockport school will receive. Stockport Pupil […]