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Students are receiving exam assessed grades for the first time since 2019, after COVID restrictions led to the introduction of teacher assessed grades

Students have been graded on exam results for the first time since 2019 after teacher assessed grades were introduced due to COVID restrictions

Following a two-year break due to the pandemic, Wiltshire Council's charity cycle-ride will take place once again, this September in memory of the late Councillor Jerry Wickham.

Thousands of people have been vaccinated at City Hall

We're working with local partners to host a free online conference on 11 October

Wiltshire Council successfully delivered the Government's Holiday Activity and Food programme to over 1,800 young people during four weeks of the summer holidays. The programme, which aims to provide children eligible for benefits related free school meals with free access to high quality activities and nutritious meals, was delivered across Wiltshire using the brand FUEL and was funded by the Department for Education.

Wiltshire Council is launching a year-long campaign involving schools, libraries and communities to encourage people of all ages to delve into reading. The Wiltshire Year of Reading starts today (27 September 2021) encouraging everyone from very young children to older adults to enjoy the written word.

The prosecution was brought following a history of poor compliance and a succession of interventions with the business to try to improve standards without success.

Following today's announcement by the Counter Terrorism Policing Network, the Leader of the Council, Cllr Richard Clewer, has released the following statement.

Cabinet will consider whether to release £8.75m of CIL funding for two education and environmental projects