The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) has secured a transformational philanthropic gift from the Benny Walker Charitable Trust to roll out its award-winning music education programme RNCM Engage for school aged young people in Cumbria, with a focus on Allerdale and Copeland.
More than 96% of pupils have been offered their first choice secondary school for this September, figures released today confirm - up from 94% last year. Parents and carers have been informed.
Please note that many schools are not fully closing due to strike action tomorrow, but will remain partially open for some year groups.
The wait is finally over for thousands of 16-year-olds in Cumbria who today receive their GCSE examination results.
Students across Cumbria are receiving and celebrating their exam results today with their families, carers and friends.
Students across Cumbria in Sixth forms and colleges are celebrating their post 16 exam results.
Two new schools for pupils with social, emotional or mental health difficulties are to be developed in Carlisle and Barrow.
This week (5-9 October) Cumbria County Council and local NHS partners are hosting a new online event aimed at young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) aged 11+ and their families.