Category: Nettlebed News Network

Pat Sparrowhawk diligently records many aspects of village life with his video camera. He has made a compilation of wildlife seen in and his garden and around the village over the past year which you can see by clicking here...

A message from the Parish Council We have been informed that the Post Van will not be visiting from 7th January for at least one week, it needs to go into the garage for some repairs. They will contact us when they will be back, hopefully not too long. If you require any further information please contact me - Wendy 01491 641597....

Nettlebed & District Conservators (NDCC) have been awarded grants totalling £31,600 for new conservation and landscape improvement projects on Peppard, Kingwood and Nettlebed Commons. Nettlebed & District Commons total 560 acres and were established as common land by Robert Fleming in 1906. Nowadays, the Commons are mostly dominated by secondary woodland, and the main focus of NDCC’s projects will be to open up selected areas by creating woodland rides and glades, thereby encouraging new natural habitats, increasing biodiversity, and improving access for recreation and leisure pursuits. The Commons are widely used, not only by people from Rotherfield Peppard and Nettlebed, but also from neighbouring parishes and from Henley and Reading.The awards, which were announced in October, are strictly dedicated to the new conservation measures defined in NDCC’s funding application and cannot be assigned to annual operating expenditures or ongoing general Commons maintenance. The funded conservation work will be supported by NDCC’s volunteer work parties. The Commons are ecologically important, Peppard and Kingwood containing...

As you may have seen in the national press, on Friday the Department For Education released the performance data for the country from the last school year (link enclosed below). I am extremely pleased to say that Nettlebed school achieved outstandingly well in our results last year. Out of 304 schools in Oxfordshire, we are in the top 20 for many of the measurements available. My personal favourites are our top score for the whole of Oxfordshire in our SATs results for Maths, and also the top average combined score across maths, writing and reading. The results also show we scored very highly in progress, which is one of the key indicators for how effectively a school is performing. These results are something that everyone connected with the school should be incredibly proud of, from pupils to parents, and especially the staff. Huge congratulations to everyone involved. Matt Tebbutt Chair of Governors - Nettlebed Community School Oxfordshire school performance...