Education

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins is to hold urgent talks with the headteacher of Hasland Hall Community School - as her teachers hold strike action over concerns about staff treatment and a lack of pupil discipline.

Staff at a Chesterfield school say they are pleased with its progress after turning it round from a previous Ofsted report

Staff and pupils at a Derbyshire school are celebrating ‘excellent’ SATs results - which have exceeded the national average in all tested areas.

The price of school meals in Derbyshire has been frozen by the county council, months after the authority slashed staff hours.

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Teachers at a Chesterfield school are to go on strike over concerns about staff treatment and a lack of pupil discipline which has allegedly led to members of staff resigning or going off work with stress.

More than 100 unqualified teachers were working at state schools in Derbyshire last year, figures have revealed.

One in seven pupils in Derbyshire are claiming free school meals, figures show.

The summer months have been a busy time for Ofsted, the education inspectorate, writes Emma Ing, Ofsted East Midlands director.

The number of children accessing Sure Start centres in Derbyshire has plummeted by more than two thirds, according to a leading children's charity.