One of the first of its kind in the country, HertsHelp brings together the expertise of a huge range of services for anyone who needs help or advice of any kind. The service is free and open to people of all ages and aims to find solutions quickly and simply. HertsHelp is an initiative of […]

The Tory run county council recently carried out a wide ranging review of school transport. Following consultation, they cut back school transport to only statutory provision for school age pupils from September 2012.  This will affecting all new pupils and some existing pupils. This means that some pupils will no longer get free home to […]

Herts County Council’s Schools Library Service is to be axed. The service, which provides staff support to the County’s school libraries, will close from next April. At the Libraries Cabinet Panel (7th December), 8 Conservatives voted to end the contract on 31 March 2012, while the Panel’s 3 Lib Dems voted against. Labour’s representative on the […]

No one likes going out on strike, it’s a day of lost pay when most can ill afford it. What’s often forgotten though is the knock on impact for parents.  Trying to arrange care at short notice can be a nightmare and it’s not been helped by the lack of information from the County Council. […]

Thinking about school in September 2012 might seem a long way away, and the work to get a new school in the centre of St Albans is well under way, but there’s still a lot to do. A consultation on the proposal to open the Alban City School, a Free School, on 1 September 2012 […]

People often forget that starting school isn’t just stressful for the Children, but for the parents as well! From today, 14 November 2011, the application process is open for parents to select their preferences for children starting school, or moving on to junior or middle school, in September 2012. It might seem a long way […]

If you’re like me you’re going round the house, the car, and other devices trying to figure out which ones have changed the time yourself and which ones have auto-updated. We know we need to do it just twice a year, but when was the last time you checked your fire alarm? Local Liberal Democrat […]

Hertfordshire’s council taxpayers will be unimpressed to hear that the County Council has been forced to write off £22.2m worth of Council assets, leaving just £0.5m in their report. Liberal Democrat County Councillor Allan Witherick was astounded by the figures: ‘We expect the occasional accounting error to come up when an item isn’t worth as […]

You’ve probably seen it in the local papers, but have you taken the opportunity to have your say on teh proposals? There’s a consultation going on, but it only means something if you reply! And yes, it does have an effect on us, as it might relieve some of the pressures on primary school places […]

The County Council are consulting on the establishment of a Key Stage 4 Centre as part of The Links Extended Education Support Centre. Hertfodrshire County Council proposes to open a Key Stage 4 base as part of The Links Extended Education Support Centre (ESC) at the former Butterwick Day Centre, Hill End Lane St Albans, […]