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JERSEY’S Health Minister has signalled his support for decriminalising cannabis. As countries across the world continue to review, reduce or even abolish penalties for those caught with the drug, Deputy Tom Binet said that a softer stance on possessing cannabis would “make a lot of sense”. And Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham said that although he […]

THERE are no plans to bring in more supply teachers from the UK as classes now have cover, the Children’s and Education Minister has said. Deputy Inna Gardiner explained that her priority was to focus on recruiting full-time members of staff and that she was continuing work to ‘streamline bureaucracy’ in order to reduce the […]

JERSEY students achieved an overall pass rate of 98.9% in this year’s A-level results, once again outperforming their counterparts in England. Data released by the government has shown that the Island’s overall pass rate was 0.5% higher than in England, with this performance also reflected in grade statistics. A or A* star grades were achieved […]

REFORM Jersey have asked for the former Play.com warehouse site in town to be considered as the location for a new school. Earlier this year, States Members backed an amendment to the Bridging Island Plan from Deputy Rob Ward – who is also a member of Reform Jersey – to safeguard part of the nearby […]

SAFEGUARDING measures are being reviewed after a senior official in the Education Department who downloaded hundreds of indecent images of children was jailed for 15 weeks. David Gerald Berry (60), who served as head of school improvement, was sentenced at the Magistrate’s Court on Friday after admitting the charge at an earlier appearance. Berry was […]

YOUNG people may be deterred from pursuing higher education because of ‘ineffective’ government funding amid spiralling costs across the UK, according to a member of a campaign group. Nicki Heath, from the Student Loan Support Group Jersey, which provides support and information to parents whose children are going to university, has called for the higher-education […]

INDEPENDENT reviews of all Jersey schools are to take place over the next two years, the Children’s and Education Minister has confirmed. Deputy Inna Gardiner said that the Jersey School Review Framework had been restarted after a two-year interruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. A new phase of the independent review process began in September […]

ALL primary school children will be offered hot school meals – if a £1.6 million funding plan is approved by the States. As part of the Government Plan, ministers have agreed to ring-fence funding to expand the school meals programme to all government-maintained primary schools. The funding would be used to not only cover the […]

JERSEY is facing its biggest foster carer crisis in a decade, the Children’s and Education Minister has revealed, as she issued a plea for Islanders to take up the role. Deputy Inna Gardiner said there is a variety of roles available to those who have thought about taking up the role – including emergency care, […]

YOUNG Islanders continued their recent trend of outperforming their English counterparts in GCSE exams as the 2023 results were announced yesterday. As seen in other parts of the British Isles, grades returned towards 2019 levels, after a spike in 2020 and 2021 when exams were cancelled and results were based on teachers’ assessments. The proportion […]