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  • Principal speaks out at plans for £25m sixth form expansion

    The principal of Richmond College has said the council’s £25m plan to introduce sixth forms at five secondary schools could reduce the number of students who enrol at the college. David Ansell said he was “alert to the danger” that Richmond Council’s

  • Eight escape Twickenham care home fire

    A care worker was taken to hospital with smoke inhalation following a fire in a Whitton care home last night. All seven residents managed to escape the fire at Kneller Road Residential Care Home, which broke out at about 2.30am and was under

  • Richmond secondaries rise up the rankings

    Secondary schools in the borough have been ranked 16th in the country in a new league table that only considers academic subjects. The Department for Education announced last month that it would remove vocational qualifications that are the equivalent