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Camden Council are making changes to make neighbourhoods safer and healthier.

This includes:

👉 Ensuring less traffic uses residential streets as a cut through to main roads
👉Widening pavements to make it easier for people to move around (especially with pushchairs or mobility aids)
👉Supporting cycling by adding new cycle lanes and infrastructure like cycle storage hangers and dockless bike and e-scooter bays
👉Creating Healthy School Streets to make it safer for children and families at pick up and drop off time, supporting more children to walk, cycle or scoot to school.

Find out more and have your say below 👇

Have your say on Safe Travel in Camden Whether it’s an essential journey like taking your children to school, getting to work or just popping out to enjoy your local park we want you to love where you live, and to love Camden.

Young people across Camden go to the polls in April to elect a new Youth MP and 2 Deputy Youth MPs.

Young people aged 13 to 19 can apply to stand as candidates before 25 February.

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Camden Youth MPs and Youth Council Help to represent young people in Camden and make change happen by joining Camden Youth Council, standing as a Youth MP or voting in the 2024 Camden Youth MP...

Measles cases are on the rise.

Two doses of the MMR vaccine is the only protection against the most severe forms of measles. MMR is safe, effective and free on the NHS.

Book a free vaccine appointment with your GP. It is never too late to catch up.

🤔 What do I need to know about changing schools during the year?
🤔 Can you leave school at 16 and what are the options?
🤔 How can I boost my child's development?

These are just some of the questions being answered in the DfE's latest blogs.

Head over to their Education Hub to learn more 👇

https://buff.ly/3XaYAEX

The Education Hub The Education Hub is a site for parents, pupils, education professionals and the media that captures all you need to know about the education system. You’ll find accessible, straightforward information on popular topics, Q&As, interviews, case studies, and more.

From the first day of term to the last, the small moments in a school day make a real difference to your child.

For more info on attendance👇
https://t.co/IJ2KAN0v1P

From the first day of term to the last, the small moments in a school day make a real difference to your child.

For more info on attendance👇

How to improve your child’s school attendance and where to get support - The Education Hub The Education Hub is a site for parents, pupils, education professionals and the media that captures all you need to know about the education system. You’ll find accessible, straightforward information on popular topics, Q&As, interviews, case studies, and more.

Camden primary pupils performed well above the national average, according to the latest national performance tables. 👏

70% of Camden’s primary school pupils have achieved expectations in the combined measure for reading, writing and maths at age 11, performing well above the 60% national average. The official figures, which are based on tests taken by pupils in 2023, have been published by the Department for Education this month in their annual performance tables.

Read more 👉

Camden primary schools perform above national average as seven more get ‘outstanding’ status Pupils at primary schools in Camden have exceeded expectations for reading, writing and maths, according to the latest national performance tables.Seventy per cent of Camden’s primary school pupils have achieved expectations in the combined measure for reading, writing and maths at age 11, perform...

The DfE's recent blog 'How to improve your child’s school attendance and where to get support ' answers some of the below key questions:

⭐ What if my child is too ill to go to school?
⭐What if my child is too anxious to go to school?
⭐What does it mean if a child is persistently or severely absent?
⭐What about children with SEND?
⭐When can my child be absent from school?
⭐What should I do if my child needs to be absent from school?
⭐Where can parents get support and advice?

Read more here 👇

https://buff.ly/3TR3Y0D

How to improve your child’s school attendance and where to get support - The Education Hub The Education Hub is a site for parents, pupils, education professionals and the media that captures all you need to know about the education system. You’ll find accessible, straightforward information on popular topics, Q&As, interviews, case studies, and more.

Camden Council are trialling a Healthy School Street on Belsize Lane to make it safer for children at pick up and drop off times.

Let them know what you think 👇

https://buff.ly/3vynC7u

Belsize Lane Healthy School Street Trial Healthy School Street to make the street outside St Christopher’s School safer at drop off and pick up times.

📣 Today is the last day to apply for a primary school reception place for September for your child.

Apply by 11.59 p.m. tonight Monday 15 January👇
https://buff.ly/46w4LHQ

Students will soon be able to study British Sign Language (BSL) as a GCSE following a consultation into the course content.

Read answers from the DfE on:

➡️ What will be on the BSL curriculum?
➡️ When will the GCSE be available?
➡️ What are the benefits of studying BSL at GCSE?
➡️ Who can take the BSL GCSE?
➡️ Will it be part of the national curriculum?

British Sign Language GCSE: Everything you need to know - The Education Hub The Education Hub is a site for parents, pupils, education professionals and the media that captures all you need to know about the education system. You’ll find accessible, straightforward information on popular topics, Q&As, interviews, case studies, and more.

There is just five days to go to to apply for a primary school reception place for your child.

All Camden's primary schools are rated either 'good' or 'outstanding' by Ofsted.

👉🏽 Apply before 15 January 2024: https://buff.ly/48EC1gq