Wain’s Road Footway Reconstruction starts on 5th January

Wains Road footpath resurfacing cllck to enlarge

Wains Road footpath resurfacing cllck to enlarge

The City of York Council will start work week commencing 5th January 2015 to reconstruct the footway shown on the plan overleaf.  This scheme is programmed to take 3 weeks, weather permitting.

 The works consists of taking up and relaying flags, replacing broken and worn ones, and vehicle crossings are to be reconstructed in concrete.

 The Contractor carrying out the work will be City of York Council’s Highways department.  The contractor will be working between 8:00am and 4:00pm Monday to Friday.

Young people offered cheap bus travel over Christmas period

York is making it easier for young people to travel around the city this Christmas with a holiday special offer lowering the price of an All York ticket to just £1.30 for the day.YOzone_11-16

From Saturday 20 December until Sunday 4 January children aged 11-16 who are travelling with a YOZone card will be able to purchase the reduced price ticket, which will enable them to travel all day on any York bus.

Alongside this new Smart YOZone cards are being sent to young people across the city who are already signed up to the scheme.

The new system will allow for quicker boarding and cut down on the occasional misuse of the cards. People will be able to use the cards as soon as they receive them and all buses will be able to accept them in Smart mode by early 2015.

For more information on travelling in and around York visit http://www.itravelyork.info/

Key exam results success for York children

KS2Liberal Democrat Councillors have welcomed government figures released today (11 December) which show that York pupils are continuing to perform above the national average in their Key Stage 2 tests, ranking the city’s results second only to those of the East Riding in Yorkshire and Humber.

The Department for Education (DfE) published the final results for the June 2014 Key Stage 2 tests for 11 year olds. For York, these results show that:

Results at Level 4+ (the expected level of achievement for 11 year olds) : 79% of pupils achieved level 4 or above in reading, writing and maths (in line with the national average).

Results at Level 5+ (the higher level): 25% of pupils achieved level 5 or above in reading, writing and maths (1 percentage point above the national average).
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