Children’s centres at risk of being closed by Bradford Metropolitan District Council as a result of funding cuts will stay open for another year thanks to a cash injection of £3m. According to the Keighley News, Bradford’s Schools Forum has offered the council £3m to give the centres time to draw up a long-term solution to their funding problems.
Numbers of young British people applying to go to university has risen to its highest ever level. The Guardian reports that Ucas has seen a four per cent increase in the number of applicants to UK universities, despite a small decline in the number of 18-year-olds in the population overall.
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