News and communications

Children, young people and families can have access to a wide range of information, advice and support as a new online platform goes live this week.

A £6m project, funded by Wiltshire Council and the Department of Education, has been completed at Stonehenge School providing a new block containing a school hall, changing rooms, drama studio, fitness studio, music classrooms and practice rooms.

Wiltshire Council's Holiday Activity and Food programme, FUEL, is back for the Christmas holidays following a summer of success which saw activities delivered across the county

People are being encouraged to apply for grants of up to £10k to help increase the number of opportunities and activities across Wiltshire for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and or Disabilities (SEND).

Young people can get involved in local decision making and influence funding for youth projects as part of the Wiltshire Youth Council.

Wiltshire Council will be supporting Number Confidence Week, the UK's national week dedicated to reframing the way that people think about and use numbers

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.