They deserve a medal - the teachers and schools praised by parents for support in pandemic
Families have been telling us the schools and teachers they want to thank for supporting pupils
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Thank you posters outside Oak Tree Primary in Cheadle Hulme (Image: Vicky Moran)
Schools across Greater Manchester have been thanked by families for all they have done to support them during the pandemic. In an article last week about executive headteacher Chris Hanson praising families and staff at Corpus Christi RC Primary in Chadderton, Oldham, for pulling together amid the pandemic, we asked parents to tell us who they wanted to thank.
Hundreds more Greater Manchester schools praised by parents for supporting pupils and families during lockdown
Families have told us the schools and teachers they want to thank for helping them through the pandemic
Updated
Hundreds more schools across Greater Manchester have been praised by parents (Image: Getty Images)
Hundreds more schools have been praised by parents in Greater Manchester for their efforts to help children during lockdown. Yesterday we revealed a list of more than 100 schools that mums, dads and grandparents said had gone above and beyond to support pupils and families.
We knew plenty more were worthy of similar praise and after asking parents to share the details, we ve been inundated with hundreds of comments.
Local schools to benefit from government’s rebuilding programme Date published: 15 February 2021
Littleborough Community Primary School
Four local schools have been chosen by government to have new sites built as part of the first tranche of its new 10-year school rebuilding programme.
In the Rochdale borough, Littleborough Community Primary will be having a whole new school, while Kingsway Park High and Newhouse Academy will both be benefiting from substantial building work.
Whitworth Community High School, which comes under neighbouring borough Rossendale, will also benefit from the project.
The new Littleborough Community Primary School building will deliver a replacement new school with 14 new classrooms, new sports/assembly hall, nursery, for a 420 place school (60 places in each year group) and a 26 place nursery. Work on the new site is due to start from September 2021 and will be on land within the Littleborough campus so that a smooth transition to the new build