A TREE has been planted in Shiplake in memory of a former teacher at the village primary school. Val Knight, who passed away in April 2020, aged 82, was respons.
A MAN taking part in the Henley Half Marathon on Sunday will have an extra spring in his step. Mark Murphy’s wife Rachel is expecting their third child 10.
A BELL-RINGER from Shiplake has received Maundy money from the Queen in recognition of his service to the community. Cyril Crouch, 87, received the honour throu.
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FAMILIES with young children can’t afford to live in Henley because of high house prices, claims a town councillor.
Michelle Thomas spoke out after the
Henley Standard discovered that the town’s state primary schools recorded an overall fall in the number of new pupils this academic year.
A Freedom of Information request shows that just one of the four primaries had a full intake of reception pupils in September and two took in just half of their allocation.
Valley Road School and Badgemore School in Hop Gardens each had room for 30 new children but accepted 16 and 15 respectively. Sacred Heart School in Greys Hill had 20 new starters out of a possible 30.