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One stage. One moment. A memory to last forever.

School musical proves a huge winner

Reception pupil Carmela working hard to clean up her local area.

Primary school tots clean and green their village

Business representatives and Coun Lol Hunt (front row third left) outside the new wellbeing zone at Mab's Cross Primary School

Teamwork earns school new quiet area

Dean Trust Wigan new headteacher Jen Evans

Ofsted hails big improvements at secondary school

Abram St John’s pupils celebrate

Pupils celebrates Skills Builder bronze award

Heroic miner to be honoured with statue

More than nine in ten Wigan pupils secure first-choice secondary school

Local first choice school success is best in GM

Pupils at St John's CE Primary School, Abram, spent the day looking ahead to their futures

Class Act: pupils look ahead on Dream Big Day

Ad Feature Open Evening event for Dean Trust Wigan in Orrell, Wigan

Noah-Mae Rigby riding her bike

Six-year-old to cycle 100 miles for school equipment

Ad Feature Save the date: The Deanery’s school and sixth form events

Three quarters of all learning types also agreed seeing something visually is important before they’re able to fully understand it

Brits typically fall into one of six learning personalities

Looking for last minute uniform and stationary? We've found some cheap options for you to grab this Bank Holiday weekend.

Cheap back to school essentials

School WhatsApp groups are an 'essential parenting tool'

Parents rely on WhatsApp groups to stay on top of back-to-school chaos

The new educators were welcomed at GEMS Awareness Day 2026

Ad Feature GEMS Education welcomes 1550 new teachers to its global network

The VECAVE backpack has multiple compartments and space for a 15.6-inch laptop, making it suitable for school, university and commuting

The £13 backpack students could use for school or uni
With space for a laptop, books, drinks and everyday essentials, this versatile VECAVE rucksack could help students get organised before the new academic year
Rochelle Barrand

Back-to-school ready: Jasper Daniels, who is 12-years-old, has his eyes tested at Specsavers Wigan ahead of starting year eight in September.

Optometrist urges back-to-school eye tests

Kipling's Back to School collection has launched

Ad Feature Kipling launches durable back-to-school collection for 2026

Children playing together outdoors

Back-to-school health reset: 7 parent tips

Infants show their bag designs at Ince CE Primary School in June 1977.

Enjoy these archive pictures taken of Ince-in-Makerfield residents in the 1970s ...

One in ten said the most common emoji they send is the poo

The average Brit sends 10,296 texts a year - to people in the same house

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