She said: “The new acting head and the new trust are full of enthusiasm and are bringing the positivity that the school so badly needs.” In a letter to parents Nelson’s former headteacher Clare Pugh ...

A deputy headteacher will be waving goodbye to her school for a second time when she retires after three decades of teaching. For Olive George, who teaches at Nelson Primary School, in Whitton ...

CHILDREN from a primary school in Whitton are giving generously to a hospice for sick children, donating all the proceeds from fundraising concerts and carols. The Nelson Primary School have ...

Whitton Primary School's governors claim a council report that recommended axing the 27 pupil school was "full of inaccuracies". They are to write to Education Minister Huw Lewis outlining their case.

Whitton primary school, Presteigne, opened in 1724 but now has just 21 pupils. Powys reviews any school with fewer than 35 pupils. The council's cabinet is also proposing to open the new super ...

Governors of a school that has been open for nearly 300 years have vowed to fight its proposed closure. Powys council has started a formal consultation to shut Whitton Primary School with 26 ...

For Olive George, who teaches at Nelson Primary School, in Whitton, has already left the school once before, having been a pupil from 1949 to 1955. She said the school had been an enormous part of her ...