This page has moved - for this and other old news stories please come here or for new news stories from Lambeth visit hereLambeth Education News388 kids without a school place Lambeth’s Lib Dem controlled council has today admitted that 388 children have not been offered a secondary school place this year. That means that the council has failed to find a place for 16% of the children who have reached secondary school age this year. More about this story >> Record funding for Lambeth schools Children in Lambeth will benefit from record funding levels for local schools, the Government has announced. More >> £25 million new school down the drain Lambeth’s Liberal Democrat-Tory Town hall bosses have announced they are to turn down £25 million of Government investment for a new secondary school in Brixton. More >> Parents block Lib Dem school closure plan After years of delay, inaction and stubborn refusal to listen, Lambeth’s Lib Dem-Tory Council have FINALLY ruled out building a new school on the site of Glenbrook Primary School. More >> Tessa Jowell and local parents meet with schools Minister In a meeting, organised by Tessa Jowell, local parents from the Elmcourt School Campaign were able to put their case for a new secondary school to the Schools Minister, Stephen Twigg. More >> Lib Dems "ain't pukka" Liberal Democrat Councillors running Lambeth voted against measures for healthier school meals, just weeks before the Government stepped in to make the improvements across England. More >> Two-faced Lib Dems play politics with schools Lambeth’s Lib Dem parking scam has thrown up another example of unfair ticketing – this time wardens have handed out 6 tickets for just one parking offence. More >> Labour invests £135 million in Lambeth’s schools The Government has announced a huge £135 million investment programme in Lambeth’s schools following a successful campaign by local parents and their Labour MPs and Councillors. More >> Improvements by Stockwell primary school Ferndale ward’s three Labour councillors – one of whom is on the board of governors - have congratulated Stockwell Primary school on its excellent rating in the national league table on school performance. More from this story>> Millions for bureaucrats but nothing for school kids Lambeth Labour has attacked current proposals for major changes in Lambeth which create a serious risk that residents will be left with reduced levels of service and higher debts. More from this story>> Lambeth Labour lobbies for school cash Labour opposition councillors went to see Schools Minister Stephen Twigg to lobby for massive extra investment in building new schools Lambeth. More from this story>> Labour demands new school for Brixton Local MP Tessa Jowell has given her backing to a new school for Brixton on Shakespeare Road. More from this story>>
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