2018 news

Representatives from the island’s sports industry have collaborated with Highlands College to design a new sports course

The Minister for Children and Housing, Senator Sam Mézec, has today published details of a children's legislation transformation programme.

A programme to foster international school links and bring Chinese students to study in the island has begun at Jersey College for Girls.

Skills Jersey has relocated to town in a move that will create a more efficient and joined-up service to children, young people, lifelong learners and employers

Work to completely remodel St Mary’s Primary School will begin in January. The work will retain the historic parts of the building, while creating a modern learning environment.

La Moye prisoners with a background in carpentry will be working on transforming a disused school bus into an additional library for Haute Vallée School.

List of schools impacted by proposed industrial action

The department for Children, Young People, Education and Skills has issued a statement ahead of proposed industrial action by some civil servants on Friday, 7 December.

The co-founder of a leading programme to inspire young people to become interested in design and engineering is in Jersey this week to teach Le Rocquier School pupils

Pantosaurus – the friendly animated dinosaur – who provides simple advice to children on how to stay safe will help to switch on the Christmas lights in St Helier on Thursday

The Council of Ministers has approved a significant new plan for Children and Young People that aims to make Jersey the best place to grow up in

Parents, caregivers and professionals are invited to an event this week to gather ideas about how to give children the best possible start

The Chief Minister will preside over a student debate about overseas aid in the States Chamber.

A new facilities management course has been developed at Highlands to address the need for more skilled islanders

Teams from the department of Children, Young People, Education and Skills came together over half term to deliver an exciting cookery course for young people.

A group of anti-bullying ambassaors and their teachers are visiting London with the Education Minister to take part in a nationwide event that aims to stop bullying

Application forms are being sent today to all parents who registered for a States’ school place for September 2019.

The Youth Oscars (YOSCARS) are being held on Tuesday 30 October and will be attended by Education Minister and Children's Minister.

A new head teacher has been appointed to Springfield School

New figures reveal that more than half of three to four year olds now use mobile devices to access the internet for nearly eight hours a week.

Jersey's Chief Minister has spoken about the importance of investing in local talent.

Jersey Overseas Aid has joined with Skills Jersey Trackers Programme to begin a partnership aiming to provide potential volunteers for community work projects.

A week long campaign to encourage Jersey parents and carers to talk to their children about sexual abuse has launched, as new figures show an increase in offences against children aged between four and eight.

Jersey’s Children’s Minister and government representatives are visiting Norway and Sweden to understand how these countries have embedded the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into law

A young woman dedicated to supporting others with mental health problems will be first to receieve Prince's Trust award

A fifth cohort of islanders to complete apprenticeships with the Trackers programme will 'graduate' this week

Trackers, part of Jersey’s Children, Young People, Education and Skills Department, are launching a new civil engineering apprenticeship

Eighty-three per cent of teachers in Jersey are satisfied with their roles

Families with young children are invited to ‘make their mark’ at a special beach event with local artist Ian Rolls.

As part of the French Experience, Jersey’s Assistant Minister for Education, Deputy Jeremy Maçon, will visit Caen on Friday to sign an agreement to strengthen Jersey’s educational links with France.

Pupils at Le Rocquier School will be the first to benefit from a new digital engineering programme being launched in Jersey.

​More than 300 primary school teachers are expected to attend a learning conference tomorrow to discuss high-quality teaching

Early results indicate that students across the Island have performed well.

Jersey has achieved the highest A-level results for years, with our young people achieving a higher pass rate compared to England, early results findings published today reveal.

Latest hospitality training programme to commence in September

From September 2019 there will be a new BA in Social Work Degree run by University College Jersey at Highlands College

Skills Coaches would also like to hear from parents or guardians of 16-18 year olds who are not in education, employment or training to discuss ways of supporting them.

Suzanne Conoops has retired following 39 years working as a teacher in Jersey, 22 of which were as the headteacher of Plat Douet School.

Local Jèrriais teachers have visited schools in the UK with a view to learning new ways of working

Three States primary schools are to get new headteachers

Children aged nine to 12 years are being asked to nominate their favourite book of the last 12 months

A new programme is launched in secondary schools to help students

Help will be available on mental health issues, mindfulness and parenting

Internationally recognised and proven scheme introduced to help Jersey parents

Mental health, alcohol awareness and the voice of young people are on the agenda for annual training conference

Les Quennevais School project faces delay after land sale stalls

Project to modernise parish school buildings

Trackers recruits second intake for the hospitality industry

Local candidates take top jobs in two secondary schools

Report summarises feedback from the public on university funding proposals

Year 5s enjoy a six-week project focussing on French

YES counselling team move to new high street site