Did you get your first choice for your child?  If you did you were one of the lucky ones… Despite warnings for over a decade from the Liberal Democrat group and others, once again, the Tory Cabinet have let down residents in St Albans by failing to sort out the lack of school places. So […]

School places are always an issue in St Albans. We’ve got many great schools, but when we look at where the places are missing, they are often near the city centre where the schools just don’t have the room to expand. Free School The proposals for a new school on Hatfield Road are currently the […]

Parents and carers with children born between September 1 2007 and August 31 2008 only have two more weeks to apply for a nursery place. The online nursery application system is due to close on Friday April 1. In an important change to last year’s application process, parents should be aware that Hertfordshire County Council […]

Anxious parent facing teenagers?  Need support? Marlborough School Science College, Watling Street, St Albans, AL1 2QA Tuesday 29 March 2011 7.00 – 9.30p Come a long and find out more… Young people face lots of pressures to fit in, to find excitement, to get noticed and to assert their independence. This presents lots of choices […]

In St Albans 95% of children got one of their top three choices for secondary school- it sounds good at first, but only 76% got their first choice. In a press release issued by Herts County Councils on secondary school places, it was announced that 95.65% of children had been allocated one of their ranked […]

It’s sadly true that they do, but for some, it might also be a welcome relief!  Parents with children born between September 1 2007 and August 31 2008 need to start applying for nursery places. The online nursery application system for 2011-12 opens on Monday February 21. In an important change to last year’s application […]

Liberal Democrat Councillors demand changes to the way the county handles developers payments for community benefit following almost £500,000 being repaid to developers. Senior county councillors have demanded massive changes in the way the county council handles monies it received from developers to help mitigate the effect of developments and to fund such things as […]

Liven up a dark, cold evening by enjoying one or more of the five “Hands On History” talks on Tuesday evenings between 1 February to 1 March 2011, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at Verulamium Museum, St Albans. Tickets cost £6 per talk and can be obtained from Verulamium Museum. For further information e-mail: [email protected] or […]

Launch Event 26th February St Albans Judo Club, based off of Harpenden Road next to The Pioneer, does a lot of work to support the local community. For example last Saturday local Liberal Democrat County Councillor Allan Witherick qualified as a work place First Aider during one of their training sessions. St Albans Judo Club […]

A project to help meet the needs of the diverse families that live in St Albans is getting a funding boost from a local county councillor. County Councillor Allan Witherick (St Albans North) has allocated £1500 from his locality budget to the Sure Start Children’s Centre in St Albans as a contribution to purchase multicultural […]