• Exam results: A-level and GCSE students celebrate as proud teachers praise hard work which has seen the pass rate increase for the 28th consecutive year

  By 28Maz28

  Will 2011 be better still? Good luck to all our local GCSE and A level students!

            

   

  By Tonbridge People at 08:00 on 27/08/10

  

  THE wait was finally over for thousands of teenagers across West Kent as they received their A-level and GCSE results. Excited students at schools in Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and The Weald gathered in school halls to find out their fate. Nationally, A-level pass rates rose again for the 28th year in a row, while an unprecedented number of students have achieved A grades in a wide range of subjects. This is the first year that...

• Freedom Pass has gone up to £100 and no pass for Sixth Formers

  By 28Maz28

  I could not agree more. I have just been presented with a letter detailing how much my 16 year old...

            

   

  By RachelMurphy at 10:04 on 28/02/11

  

  KCC has announced that the Freedom Pass will indeed go up to £100 from September - and there is no pass for Sixth Formers.  This is really disappointing news - and I feel this has happened without the vast majority of parents having their say. As a mum of three, with one child moving into Sixth Form in September, I am going to be paying a fortune for bus travel. It will be a lot cheaper for me to drive my children to school...

• SNOW AND THAW IN TONBRIDGE: School closures in Tonbridge MONDAY 6th DEC - find out first and fast!

  By 28Maz28

  ALL CLOSED TODAY, 2 DECEMBER: Happy Faces Pre-School in Tonbridge Borough Green Primary Steps 2...

            

   

  By 28Maz28 at 14:52 on 26/11/10

  

  As the snow melts around Tonbridge find out if your school is closed or reopening on Monday 6th.   The BBC run an excellent update both on air and on their website - follow this. And KCC have come up trumps with a comprehensive cold weather guide: HERE IT IS: "Salting the roads We have a well planned winter service plan to help keep our roads clear. Kent Highway Services has 23,000 tonnes of salt held...

• UCA response to Browne Review

  By lucyloop1

  here here!

            

   

  By jayenolan at 11:13 on 12/10/10

  

  Professor Elaine Thomas, Vice-Chancellor of the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), has issued the following statement regarding the Browne Review: "The University for the Creative Arts has mixed views about Lord Browne's recommendations to either increase tuition fees or remove the cap to let university's set their own. "On the one hand, we acknowledge that, in the current economic climate, a review of HE finding is necessary and...

• School League Tables for Tonbridge: Tonbridge People is THE resource for School League Tables!

  By GinnyGenie

  By the way.. Tomorrow is A-level results day. If the results aren't what you were hoping for,...

            

   

  By RachelMurphy at 19:04 on 03/06/10

  

  Look out for school league tables coming very soon to Tonbridge People. We will be publishing league tables for schools in the area to help you make your choices.  Check them out before you decide where to send your child.  And just a reminder - this month (June) - you need to register your child if they will be taking the 11 plus this September.  pic from flickr.   

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