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AGM for school
29/10/18
THE annual meeting of the Chiltern Edge School Association will be held in the dance hall at Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge School on Monday at 7.15pm. The meeting will include a review of activities in the past year and the association’s accounts and ...
School campaigners call for consultation to be called off
31/05/17
CAMPAIGNERS have called for the threat of closure over Chiltern Edge School to be lifted. It follows a meeting between officials and councillors from Oxfordshire County Council, the education authority, and neighbouring Reading Borough Council in ...
Community picnic at closure-threatened school
22/06/17
ABOUT 80 people attended a community picnic at a closure-threatened school. The gathering at Chiltern Edge School in Sonning Common was part of the Great Get Together, a series of events held across the country in memory of murdered MP Jo Cox. ...
Academy sponsor hope for school
03/07/17
A SCHOOL threatened with closure has been given a possible lifeline. The Maiden Erlegh Trust, which runs two academies in east Reading, has expressed an interest in sponsoring Chiltern Edge School in Sonning Common. The secondary has been ...
Closure-threatened school given more time to improve
17/07/17
CHILTERN Edge School in Sonning Common looks set to stay open. Lucy Butler, director of children’s services at Oxfordshire County Council, the education authority, has recommended it does not go forward with the proposed closure. A final ...
Pupils and parents say smarter new uniform has the edge
14/09/17
PARENTS and pupils have praised the introduction of a new uniform at Chiltern Edge School in Sonning Common. New headteacher Moira Green has brought in the changes in order to make students look more businesslike. It is part of a wider ...
Chiltern Edge School set to be saved from closure
10/07/17
CHILTERN Edge School in Sonning Common looks set to remain open. Lucy Butler, director of children’s services at Oxfordshire County Council, has recommended the authority does not go forward with the proposed closure. Her report will ...
School to stay open after improving with new head
23/11/17
CHILTERN Edge School is set to stay open after an independent inspector said it was “improving” under a new headteacher. The secondary in Sonning Common has been in special measures since April after being rated “inadequate” by ...
Head's school shake-up
19/06/17
SWEEPING changes are being made at a secondary school in a bid to prevent it from closure. Moira Green, who became headteacher at Chiltern Edge in Sonning Common last week, is planning to extend teaching hours and smarten up ...
I'm sad and angry, says former head
08/05/17
ON hearing of the possible closure of Chiltern Edge School, my initial feelings were shock, sadness and anger, writes Vera Morris, a former headteacher. It is 22 years since I retired as headteacher, so I can no longer ...
Chiltern Edge School placed in 'special measures' by education watchdog
26/04/17
CHILTERN Edge School in Sonning Common has been placed in "special measures" by Ofsted and could be closed down. A report by the education watchdog found that the school has deteriorated since its last full inspection ...
Temporary headteacher pledges to help save school
29/05/17
THE interim headteacher of Chiltern Edge School has pledged to help keep it open. The secondary school in Sonning Common is under threat of closure by Oxfordshire County Council, the education authority, after being ...
Fight to save school goes on
22/05/17
CAMPAIGNERS are keeping up their fight against the potential closure of Chiltern Edge School in Sonning Common. A fighting fund has been established to pay for leaflets, banners and administrative equipment with ...
Boys can wear skirts to school... but not shorts
04/06/18
TEENAGE boys have been told they can’t wear shorts at school if they’re too hot — but they can put on a skirt. Chiltern Edge School in Sonning Common says that shorts are not part of its new uniform and that ...
Chiltern Edge School reunion
12/06/17
About 30 former teachers and students at Chiltern Edge School in Sonning Common attended a reunion at the Alto Lounge in Caversham. All were at the school between 1972 and 1991. Vera Morris, a former ...
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