Children’s social workers face many difficult and challenging situations in their line of work – but none more so than trying to prevent young people from being exploited by drugs gangs. Gangs and organised crime networks across the country …

More than 60 primary schools across Oxfordshire will be taking part in national Walk to School Week as the campaign to promote exercise, improve road safety and reduce congestion steps up. Thousands of pupils will be getting active from May 20-24 …

Over the past 40 years Julia Barnes has registered more than 20,000 births and deaths and conducted about 8,000 marriages. And the popular member of Oxfordshire County Council’s Registration Service has no plans to retire any time …

Staff at Oxfordshire County Council’s Registration Service are expecting a surge in boys named Archie following the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s first child. Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was proudly paraded to the world by …

If you want to know what being a foster carer is like, ask Ilse – she’s been doing it for a decade! May 13 to May 26 is Foster Care Fortnight – and Oxfordshire County Council is on the lookout for more people like Ilse who may be interested or …

More than nine out of ten parents whose children are set to enter the classroom for the first time this September have been offered their first choice of primary school in Oxfordshire. A total of 93.39 per cent of the 7,125 applicants have …

Innovative projects designed to enhance daytime opportunities for adults have received a funding boost from Oxfordshire County Council. Eight organisations were chosen to receive a share of £54,400 in the latest round of the council’s Daytime …

Parents of children across Oxford due to move to secondary school in September 2019 are now hearing that The Swan School  will open in September as planned. Oxfordshire County Council and the school sponsor the River Learning Trust had been …

Oxfordshire County Council’s Nairne Barker has won “Apprentice of the Year” at the 2019 Apprentice awards of the Freemen of Oxford. Nairne was nominated by her line managers and is currently the dedicated Administrative Officer to 13 senior …