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Festive road safety pantomime delights pupils with laughter and life-saving lessons: Councillor Hayden and Councillor Holroyd-Case with Santa, Rudolph and pupils at Thorpe Primary School

19 Dec 2023

Festive road safety pantomime delights pupils with laughter and life-saving lessons

Santa and his helpers are making a few extra early stops in Leeds to deliver a very special present to primary school pupils.  

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15 Dec 2023

Senior councillors approve new play sufficiency priorities and appoint new Leeds Play Champion

Senior councillors have approved the development of a play sufficiency action plan and have appointed Councillor Fiona Venner as the city’s new play champion, at a meeting of Leeds City Council’s executive board this week (Wednesday 13 December).

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New Children’s Mayor of Leeds officially announced, following record turn out: Children's Mayor-4

10 Oct 2023

New Children’s Mayor of Leeds officially announced, following record turn out

On Friday 6 October, Mohammed Hussein, aged 10, from Ireland Wood Primary School was announced at the new children’s mayor of Leeds, by the Lord Mayor Councillor Al Garthwaite at a special event at Leeds Civic Hall.

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Results are in for Leeds students: results stock

17 Aug 2023

Results are in for Leeds students

Young people across Leeds are celebrating their A level and other post-16 results today (Thursday 18 August).

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Summer of fun for Leeds’s children: CFL Live Highlight (002)

31 Jul 2023

Summer of fun for Leeds’s children

With the start of the school holidays, Leeds City Council is coming to the rescue of parents across the city with an exciting line up of summer activities for families.

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Senior councillors set to agree new plan to deliver for children and young people across Leeds: Leeds Town Hall Roof 2

08 Mar 2023

Senior councillors set to agree new plan to deliver for children and young people across Leeds

Members of Leeds City Council executive board are set to approve a plan outlining how the city will keep improving outcomes for children and young people over the next five years to ensure that Leeds is the best city in the UK to grow up in.

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Christmas shopping commences as popular student pop-up shop returns: Leeds Kirkgate Market

06 Dec 2022

Christmas shopping commences as popular student pop-up shop returns

Students from specialist schools across Leeds are spreading festive cheer with the return of the popular Compass House shop at Leeds Kirkgate Market.

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Young, unaccompanied asylum seekers in Leeds cook up new, free recipe book: The young people involved in the creation of the Food Means Home recipe book. Photo credit: Nicola Fox.

17 Nov 2022

Young, unaccompanied asylum seekers in Leeds cook up new, free recipe book

Young asylum seekers in Leeds have given people a taste of their homelands by creating a free-to-download recipe book filled with delicious dishes from around the world.

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15 Nov 2022

Statement on a proposal to close Queensway Primary School

Leeds City Council's statement on the outcome of consultation on a proposal to close Queensway Primary School.

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