I was delighted to join a line up of NHS Leaders on 23rd April at the Royal Society of Medicine in London as one of the conference speakers at The New Digital Health Strategy to showcase Digital Derbyshire.
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Great response from Chesterfield FSB Members on how Derbyshire County Council Regeneration services are helping to support micro and small businesses grow and create new employment opportunities. Ensuring children and young people are healthy and ready to learn
Young parents and children registrations and participation continues to increase across our Children’s centres month on month, with latest Ofsted judgement as 100% good or outstanding during 2012, higher than the national average of 70%, with 1 centre outstanding for capacity for sustained improvement, 2 for safeguarding and 3 for quality of provision. Children ready for school In 2012, following a four year period of stagnated performance, the proportion of pupils achieving a good level of development in the Early Years Foundation Stage was 68% in Derbyshire. This represents almost a 7% increase in performance compared to last year. Only High Peak showed a slight decline from last year but performance was still above national performance. Ensuring young people achieve a good education School meals take up in excess of 50% by maintaining competitive pricing of quality traceable sourcing from local organic producers across primary and secondary schools helping in particular young families ensure their children get a decent meal once a day. • Maintained investment in School Sports Partnership following government withdrawal • A new facility at Lea Green Centre offering experience for all abilities and disabilities • 99% of parents receive first choice primary school admissions, 98% for secondary schools • Saved £100k per year on school transport whilst protecting equity and fairness • Closing Connexions and developing a new employer focused work experience service • Year on Year improvements in education outcomes at Early Years, Primary and early Secondary stages Capital investment in teaching and learning and in new classrooms and schools. Despite reduced government funding settlements we have retained a School Improvement Service which has just received national recognition as an outstanding example of good practice for all other Local Education Authorities to follow, alongside 7 other local authorities in England. Delivered a substantial schools maintenance and new building programme that will deliver new schools at Tibshelf, North Wingfield, Shireland, Alfreton Grange, Glossopdale and Aldercar and Langley Mill. Overall school education standards and attainment for Young People Standards of attainment for school children across Derbyshire continue to be good and are generally better than, or close to, national outcomes at each key stage. GSCEs at grades A* to C including English and Maths is 57.2% which for the first time in six years has fallen below the national average of 58.4%, which is line with the national decline in top level grades following 2012 examination boards grade downgrading. In all key stages at primary have improved significantly, including early secondary school key stage levels. These advances made by our School Improvement Service will start to show positive turn-around results across Secondary School pupils over the next couple of years. Shipley Lakeside with a distinctive identity, formerly the American Adventure Theme Park, is 81 acres of prime land and 31 acres of water lying within Shipley Country Park.
This page is a place for anyone to share their experiences of this valuable community resource and have your say on what it should be used for in the future. If your opposed to the current prodomently housing led development planning application email - [email protected] - your ''Objection to AVA/2013/0186 - Mixed Use development proposal on land at former American Adventure Theme Park. My idea of its future is to extend Shipley Country Park to the lakeside with boutique development providing small catering and sport and recreation conveyances, creating the largest country park in England. 'A destination of distinction'. 'Give' the western site of the lake to a partner who could contribute to the reclamation of the extended country park, and deliver a state of the art further education campus to attract students 'into' One of Derbyshire's destination's of distinction''. Councillor Kevin Parkinson, Shipley Park, Horsely and Horsely Woodhouse, Amber Valley Borough Council and Greater Heanor, Derbyshire County Council |