HIGHCLIFFE School has received a grant of £10,000 to adapt the school for an incoming student who is wheelchair bound. Isabella, a Year 7 student with Cerebral Palsy, which affects her physical abilities and speech, required the school to undergo some necessary changes to accommodate her ongoing needs. The Talbot Village Trust’s funding contributed to the installation of electronic doors, in addition to adapting a toilet and providing Isabella with a dedicated space to carry out physiotherapy. These adaptations have enabled Isabella to independently access all areas of Highcliffe School and have encouraged her to be autonomous in many aspects of her senior school education.
Health secretary Matt Hancock s decision not to prioritise teachers in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout prompted a mixed response from Mail readers. The health secretary said the view of the Government and its advisers was that the right thing to do, the moral thing to do is to make sure that we save the most lives , with the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advising that vaccination in order of age remains the quickest way to cut deaths. One reader, Lisa Warburton, is adamant that teaching staff should be a vaccine priority. She said: I have worked all the way through as we work for the NHS, financial services and local government plus many other companies.