Tyres Firms Owed Millions by General Motors

The fall out from the collapse of General Motors is being felt by the worlds leading tyres manufacturers.Read

'Tests don't reflect value'

The head teacher of Staines Prep claims league tables are not the best way to judge a school, despite his school rising 100 places in the Sunday Times' annual Parent Power league tables.Read

Blue boost for anti-bullying message

Blue was the name of the game when pupils and staff from The Hythe School, Egham Hythe, all dressed in the colour to mark the end of National Anti-Bullying Week.Read

Pupils scoop a trophy with their plain speaking

Pupils from Thomas Knyvett College have talked their way into the county round of the Youth Speaks debating contest organised by the Rotary organisation.Read

Pupils all present and correct

Generous pupils from Kingscroft School, Staines, filled shoeboxes with more than Christmas spirit to help send festive cheer to children in war-torn countries, or those suffering from poverty or extreme hardship.Read

Jamila gives pupils Indian inspiration

Pupils from Kingscroft Junior School, in Staines, received a visit from an author whose work they are studying.Read

'Happy' school's exemplary report

Sunbury Manor students have been labelled "exemplary" by impressed inspectors.Read

Christine's goodbye after 22 years teaching at St Jude's

A well-loved teacher has retired and driven out the school gates she has come through every morning for 22 years, for the last time.Read

Ready for a host of golden daffodils

Children from Englefield Green Infant School and Nursery got their hands dirty doing their bit for charity when they planted 400 daffodil bulbs.Read

Youngsters' big green day

Pupils at Buckland Primary School were busy planting bulbs as part of a Big Green Day on Monday.Read

Band steals a march at school

Pupils from St John's Beaumont School were far from brassed off when the Queen's favourite musicians visited for a concert.Read

Banging on about Afrika fusion

Pupils from St Ignatius Primary School, Sunbury, learned a spot of African culture during a visit from a specialist company.Read

Getting down with the beat

Putting schoolchildren and drums together might sound like a recipe for a headache to most people, but for pupils at the Hythe School in Egham Hythe, a special workshop was the chance to learn to play.Read

Results make a picture of happiness

Three girls from St David's School in Church Road, Ashford, were among the best in the country in their GCSE art and design exam earlier this summer, according to examining body Edexcel. Read

Bank team's good deed

Students at Thamesmead School, Shepperton, returned from their summer holidays to a resource centre newly-decorated by 13 volunteer bank workers.Read

Results are music to their ears

A group of 17 pupils at Thamesmead School in Shepperton took their music GCSE up to two years early - and 15 of them gained A or A* grades.Read

Past and present pupils bid a fond farewell

PARENTS and pupils, past and present, met at Roslin Nursery School in Staines to say farewell to teacher Eileen Brewer, who is retiring after 17 years.Read

Champion effort - high achievers

WITH the title of England's most improved school between the years 2004 and 2007 to live up to, Matthew Arnold pupils were under pressure. Read

Head invents online aid to update parents about pupils

It's probably every pupil's worst nightmare - a school website that gives parents live updates about their offspring's behaviour, performance and attendance.Read

Testing time for trainer

A Student at Strode's college in Egham picked up his exam results while on an army training camp in Yorkshire.Read

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