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This year, 6,206 children across the county registered for the Summer Reading Challenge that ran in Wiltshire Council Libraries for eight weeks over the summer. This was an increase of 39% on last year.

Young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) from across Wiltshire checked out exciting options for the future at a special event last week.

A new hospital liaison service will help carers when those they care for are in hospital, and in the often-difficult first few weeks after they return home.

Wiltshire residents can now apply for primary and secondary school places for September 2023 entry, for children starting school for the first time or for children who are moving from a primary to secondary school or from an infant to junior school.

The event was for young people from Year 9 upwards to give them food for thought on their future careers and the steps to take to achieve their ambition

99% of Wiltshire families have been offered one of their three primary school preferences for this September with 95% offered their first preference.

Young people from across Wiltshire came together on Friday (8 April) for a special Star Awards ceremony.

The work will extend the existing campus to provide a high quality provision for 350 pupils by September 2023

An ambitious project to create new teaching and sports facilities at a Wiltshire school has been given the green light after Wiltshire Council agreed to invest £3m into the scheme.

Wiltshire Council is hoping to welcome the next generation of social workers to make a positive difference for Wiltshire as it seeks to recruit to the 'Step Up to Social Work' programme.