Westhoughton High School are set to unveil their plans this month as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme. A series of open evenings aimed at sharing the borough’s plans for Building Schools for the Future will commence this week. Each school in Phase One of the BSF Programme will show their plans [...]

A debate has started has to whether to Westhoughton’s Parochial Primary School should change its name as part of modernisation plans. The school’s headmaster, Gareth Robertshaw, has announced radical plans to change the 200-year old school name to St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School. They say that the word ‘parochial’ means narrow-minded – and it is [...]

Westhoughton’s pupils, parents and residents are to be consulted on how best to improve the town’s primary schools through the Primary Capital Programme (PCP). Consultation will take place through letters to parents letting them know about the consultation process.  There will be a series of meetings across Bolton which the general public are welcome to [...]

PLANS to demolish and replace the old and weary buildings of Westhoughton High School have been welcomed. Councillor Julia Silvester’s Liberal Democrat team was pleased to hear that school has been included in the first phase of the Building Schools for the Future project. The buildings are set to be replaced and modernised. Julia commented: [...]

As part of our commitment to the community, the Liberal Democrat team is happy to promote adult learning programmes in Westhoughton and is pleased to announce the latest list of available courses in the town for September 2009 onwards. The majority of the course fees are only £1.25 per hour – Courses for £5.00 if [...]

  A recent council report has highlighted the fact that Westhoughton High School’s buildings need to be replaced and are the worst in the Borough. The council is to receive £82.9million pounds from the Government to replace or rebuild its secondary schools for its phase 1 building programme. Liberal Democrat Councillor David Wilkinson has asked the council’s [...]

Teacher-pupil ratios in early years education have fallen across the country according to official figures released yesterday and analysed by the Liberal Democrats. There are 40 local authorities where the ratio of qualified teaching staff to pupils in primary schools has fallen, and 50 authorities where the ratio has fallen in nursery schools.