A mum who set up Kent's first dyslexic school after watching her daughter struggle in a mainstream setting is now opening her second facility.
Children’s Minister Janet Daby has released the county’s largest council from an improvement notice for special educational needs services.
A shake-up of special educational needs school placements in Kent has sparked a furious backlash from head teachers.
Parents who should be excited to start the school holidays face an anxious wait to find out where their children will be going to school in September.
Almost 500 children are waiting to hear whether they have set a new world record for a tug of war.
Education plans to send children with special needs to mainstream schools have been branded ‘terrifying and damaging’.
We take a look inside a converted railway carriage which is set to open as a cafe at a special needs school.
A primary school has been praised by inspectors following its first inspection in six years.
Three 10-year-olds need 500 kids to join them in a record-breaking tug of war.
A Kent school is the first to be a part of a project that provides an alternative to leisure centres for those with learning difficulties.
School children from across Kent and Medway have been creating Father’s Day drawings to show dads how much they matter.
Taking children out of school without permission is to get more expensive as the government prepares to launch a crackdown on authorised absences.
Heading will be banned in all football matches for players aged under-9 from the start of next season.
A Kent school has won a four-night Disney cruise trip for a whole class in a nationwide competition.
More than a third of children’s meals sold in restaurants exceed government maximum salt targets says a new report studying more than 20 eateries.
An aircraft fuselage and an oil rig’s liferaft have become the latest additions to a special school’s innovative learning hubs.
An award-winning designer inspired by her young nephew has launched a children’s activity book showcasing her corner of Kent.
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Cranbrook - September 16
On the 16th of September at 7pm, the Wendy House in Cranbrook will transform into a wonderful cinema, showing My Cousin Vinny. Tickets are £7 and include a bag of popcorn.
Folkestone - September 16
Fun, social weekly football sessions in Folkestone for girls aged 12-15.
Goudhurst - September 16
Our art sessions for home-educated children allow creativity to fly.
A young boy fundraising for memorial benches after losing his own brother suddenly just last year is among this year’s Children’s Awards winners.
A popular town centre fireworks display will not be going ahead again after a new sponsor failed to come forward.
If the summer holidays have cleared out your bank account, don’t worry - we’ve got six free days out that the whole family will love.
