One-in-five children obese in Southampton

The Beast burger at the Bay Horse

12:45pm Friday 1st March 2013

ONE in five of Southampton’s primary schoolchildren is now obese, new figures have revealed.

School's £86k bill to parents of sex abuse teen

Firefighter tackle blaze at school

3:15pm Tuesday 26th February 2013

A SPECIAL school has been ordered to pay more than £86,000 to the parents of a teenager at the centre of sexual abuse claims.

Cash boost for football in Chandler's Ford

Green website logo for Hampshire Chronicle

10:35am Tuesday 19th February 2013

GRASSROOTS sport in Hampshire has received a boost after a Chandler's Ford primary school was awarded a grant of more than £20,000.

Russian meteor would cause significant deaths if it hit Earth, warns city expert

Russian meteor would cause "sgnificant" deatsh is it hit earth warns city expert

5:47pm Friday 15th February 2013

A similar-sized meteor to the one that exploded in the sky over Russia today would cause ''significant fatalities'' if it hit Earth, said a Southampton expert.

Immediate action demanded from school after damning report

School's action plan to stop repeat of 'appalling abuse'

12:04pm Friday 15th February 2013

OFSTED inspectors have recommended immediate action at a Hampshire school in the wake of a damning report into failures to protect a vulnerable teenager.

Holly’s up for science award

Holly’s up for science award

11:08am Friday 15th February 2013

A HAMPSHIRE pupil is bidding to win one of the country’s most prestigious youth awards for science and engineering.

Hundreds lose out as GCSE appeal is thrown out

Students turned in Wiltshire highest ever performance for achieving five or more good GCSE grades

12:27pm Wednesday 13th February 2013

An alliance of hundreds of pupils and schools and scores of local councils, as well as teaching unions, have lost their unprecedented legal challenge over GCSE English exam grades.

Schools go flipping crazy for pancake day

Schools go flipping crazy for pancake day

4:55pm Tuesday 12th February 2013

Schools across Hampshire went flipping crazy to celebrate Shrove Tuesday.

University's creative students will see their work performed at the Theatre Royal

Lecturer Glenn Fosbraey with students, left to right, Itor Megan Ball, Shannon Harris and Paige Marchmant

9:41am Tuesday 12th February 2013

THE next great playwright could be discovered in Winchester.

Pupils inspired by sporting idols

GB Canoeist Jonathan Boyton and Paracanoeist Jeanette Chippington visit Meonstoke Infants. Echo picture by Joanna Mann. Order no: 15865219

12:19pm Friday 8th February 2013

SPORTING stars dropped in to inspire Hampshire pupils in their fundraising bid.

Too drunk mum rang 999 to pick up kids from school

Hunt as robber strikes in shopping precinct

8:51am Thursday 7th February 2013

A HAMPSHIRE mum dialled 999 for help because she was “too drunk” to pick up her children from school, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Moves to set up first free primary

Southern Daily Echo

7:00am Thursday 7th February 2013

PLANS for Hampshire’s first free primary school have passed a major milestone.

University of Southampton takes to the treadmill

Southern Daily Echo

4:30pm Thursday 7th February 2013

A NEW initiative is being launched at a Southampton university to help boost the fitness of staff and students.

Police teach children and parents about internet safety

Zak Martyn, Eleanor Dunlop, Sergeant Nick Bennett and PCSOs Katie Strange and Jay Tabor at the Safer Internet Day at Sherborne House School

4:10pm Thursday 7th February 2013

SCHOOLS across Hampshire learnt how to keep safe online as part of international Safer Internet Day.

Winchester school pupils make video to find new headteacher

Students at Weeke Primary School

1:30pm Wednesday 6th February 2013

FOR some, searching through endless pages of job ads is a dull and dreary experience.

Schools' cash boost to help struggling pupils

A school teacher takes questions from pupils in the classroom

7:34am Friday 1st February 2013

SECONDARY schools in Southampton and Hamp-shire are to receive an extra £1.3m to help youngsters who failed to make the grade in literacy and maths at the end of their primary education, it has been revealed today.

Crackdown on truants

An empty school classroom

7:00am Friday 1st February 2013

A major crackdown has been launched against truants in a Hampshire town.

School meal prices frozen

DINNER TIME: Prices will stay the same in the county but could go up later in Southampton

12:30pm Thursday 31st January 2013

THE PRICE of school meals for thousands of schoolchildren in Hampshire has been frozen for the fourth year running.

Anger as new £135K city role ‘misses out education’

Clive Webster

4:00am Thursday 31st January 2013

SOUTHAMPTON’S head of children’s services, the man who has overseen the city's rise up the league tables, is fighting for his job after council chiefs decided to merge it with another role.

Primary is officially a 'good' school thanks to Ofsted

Pupils at Wickham CofE Primary Schoo

4:50pm Thursday 31st January 2013

WICKHAM Church of England Primary is a good school – and that’s official.

Teenage ambassadors jetting off to India

TRAVELS: Ambassadors Millie Wells and Sam Whittingham.

2:10pm Thursday 31st January 2013

TWO teenage campaigners from Ringwood School are to travel to India after winning an international award.

Wickham school gets its best ever report from Ofsted

Pupils at the Buddens Road primary school.

10:13am Thursday 31st January 2013

WICKHAM Church of England Primary is a good school - and that’s official.

Star gives music lessons to youngsters

Omar at Richard Taunton College

6:00am Thursday 31st January 2013

LAST WEEK pop star Omar was in the company of royalty receiving an MBE for his services to music at Buckingham Palace.

A* student hid fact he had left uni before killing himself

TRAGEDY: Student Yunzhao Fan.

10:51am Wednesday 30th January 2013

When promising student Yunzhao Fan, began struggling with his degree, he kept his problems secret from his family.

School's action plan to stop repeat of 'appalling abuse'

School's action plan to stop repeat of 'appalling abuse'

6:00am Monday 28th January 2013

AN ACTION plan has been drawn up to prevent a repeat of the “appalling abuse” suffered by a vulnerable teenager at a special school in Hampshire.

iPads replace pens and paper in a first for school

iPads replace pens and paper in a first for school

2:30pm Monday 28th January 2013

Children at a Southampton school are using the latest technology in the classroom.

School league tables ‘not a level playing field’

Southampton City College

10:45am Friday 25th January 2013

PRINCIPALS at two Hampshire colleges have criticised the Government’s league tables for unfairly reflecting their performance.

Concern as university applicant numbers remain low

CELEBRATION: The students at their graduation ceremony show their joy

4:50pm Thursday 24th January 2013

FEARS have been raised fewer people are applying to go to university in the face of higher tuition fees.

Dino discovery rewrites the history books

Eosinopteryx

11:41am Thursday 24th January 2013

A NEWLY discovered dinosaur is changing forever the way we look at birds, a Southampton scientist claims.

GCSE results good - but could have been even better

John Toland, head of Mayfield Oasis Academy, celebrates the school’s GCSE league table results with pupils.

9:38am Thursday 24th January 2013

IT WAS good but it could have been so much better. Those were the feelings of head teachers across the south today as the results of last year’s GCSE examinations were published.

A-level results stable

9:34am Thursday 24th January 2013

HAMPSHIRE’S colleges and sixth-forms largely saw their results remain steady.

A-level results 2012 - how did your school do?

9:32am Thursday 24th January 2013

A table showing how schools and colleges across Hampshire and Southampton performed in A-level results in 2012.

GCSE results 2012 - how did your school do?

9:23am Thursday 24th January 2013

A list of the 2012 GCSE results across Southampton and Hampshire. 2011's figures are in brackets.

Minister to discuss 'appalling abuse' at school

Stanbridge Earls School

3:59pm Tuesday 22nd January 2013

A GOVERNMENT minister has agreed to meet an MP to discuss an "appalling" case of abuse at a Hampshire special school.

Outstanding nursery school

1:30pm Tuesday 22nd January 2013

SOUTH Wonston Nursery School is celebrating after it was rated “outstanding” by Ofsted inspectors.

Headteacher at top Hampshire school to leave after eight years in charge

Green website logo for Hampshire Chronicle

12:21pm Tuesday 22nd January 2013

THE HEAD of one of Hampshire's top state secondary schools is to leave after eight years at the helm.

County Council considers proposal for new primary school in Hampshire

Green website logo for Hampshire Chronicle

12:42pm Tuesday 22nd January 2013

HAMPSHIRE County Council is considering proposals for a second primary school in Whiteley.

Statement tells of ‘deep regret’

10:23am Tuesday 22nd January 2013

A HAMPSHIRE school at the centre of a damning report about how a girl was sexually abused by fellow pupils as spoken of its deep regret.

Hampshire schools banned from taking student data without consent

School’s £696,000 sport boost

3:30pm Thursday 17th January 2013

HAMPSHIRE schools are to be banned from collecting pupils’ biometric data, including fingerprints, without consent.

Paint Pots nursery in Shirley receives an 'oustanding' Ofsted

Staff and children celebrate at Paint Pots nursery

3:50pm Thursday 17th January 2013

CHILDREN, staff and parents of a Southampton nursery could not help but smile when they found out they had achieved “outstanding” Ofsted results.

Honda's Dream initiative visits Bitterne Park School for workshop

Bitterne Park pupils with Hendy Honda’s Mark Busby and sixth form deputy head Mr Pan Panayiotou

4:10pm Thursday 17th January 2013

PUPILS at a Southampton school are dreaming of better futures thanks to an innovative project aimed at giving them the skills and strategies needed to achieve their goals.

Now school bans girl, 13, from lessons for having red hair

Now school bans girl, 13, from lessons for having red hair

2:44pm Thursday 17th January 2013

A SECOND mum has criticised a Hampshire school after her daughter was placed in isolation – for having her hair dyed dark red.

Children should be taught how English language works first, say researchers

Bure Park School literacy coordinator Tina Woodgate with six-year-old Emily Fry reading from an iPad

10:49am Wednesday 16th January 2013

Children would find it easier to learn to read and write if they were first taught how the English language works and what words mean rather than trying to sound out words, according Hampshire researchers.

Tributes paid to popular teacher

St Monica’s Junior School in Southampton

2:35pm Friday 11th January 2013

TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular Southampton teacher, who died of an apparent heart attack.

School's 'outstanding' hat-trick

Wildern School pupils and staff celebrate.

11:50am Thursday 10th January 2013

Delighted pupils and staff at Hedge End’s Wildern School are celebrating a special hat-trick after being given top marks by Ofsted inspectors for the third time in a row.

Pregnant mums' diets linked to fat kids

The big issue

11:12am Thursday 10th January 2013

HAMPSHIRE academics have proved that mums-to-be who eat higher levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids during pregnancy have fatter children.

Police calm parents after girl claims she was followed

Southern Daily Echo

10:58am Thursday 10th January 2013

POLICE have this morning moved to allay fears among parents after a schoolgirl reported being followed by a man.

City tower to be converted to student flats in £10m plan

Vision for Brunswick House in Southampton

4:00am Thursday 10th January 2013

THIS is the £10m vision to transform an ageing Southampton office block into swanky student flats.

Fire at Lytchett Minster School

Between 50-60 firefighters are dealing with a fire at Lytchett Minster School's theatre block. Pictures by Richard Crease and Michelle Luther.

9:03am Thursday 27th December 2012

Around 70 firefighters have dealt with a fire at the theatre block of Lytchett Minster School. The most likely cause is believed to be a lightning strike. Follow our blog for the latest updates.

Antarctic mission to find alien life called off

Andy Tait of the British Antarctic Survey, left, and Robin Brown of the National Oceanographic Centre at the Lake Ellsworth drill site in Antarctica.

11:29am Thursday 27th December 2012

SCIENTISTS searching for undiscovered life forms in an ancient lake beneath the Antarctic have been forced to call off their mission.

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