Ellesmere Port
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| Weather | 16°C, Wind E at 5 km/h, 84% Humidity |
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| Population | 2011 Census |
| University | Cheshire College - South & West |
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| ID | 940179 |
About Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port is a town and port in Cheshire, England, part of the Cheshire West and Chester local authority. The town had a population of 55,715 in 2011. The town was originally established on the River Mersey at the entrance to the Ellesmere Canal.
Leasehold reforms: Michael Gove confident bill will pass by next election
... " Ms Kendrick bought the freehold of her leasehold house in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, three years ago for around £8,000 including legal fees...
BMW investment secures future of Mini factories
... Stellantis has just begun production of electric vans at its Ellesmere Port factory in Cheshire; Nissan is expanding output of EVs at its Sunderland factory, while its partner Envision AESC is building a gigafactory close by...
Vauxhall-maker says UK needs to change its Brexit deal
... Just two years ago, the world s fourth biggest car maker said the future of its Ellesmere Port and Luton plants were secure...
UK car production collapses to lowest for 66 years
... The SMMT said the figures were impacted by the closure of Honda s factory in Swindon in July 2021 and the Vauxhall Astras no longer being made at Ellesmere Port since April 2022...
Hydrogen heating trial treats us like guinea pigs - residents
... Her house in Whitby in Ellesmere Port, north-west England, is one of 2,000 homes earmarked to have its supply of natural gas turned off...
Fuel prices: 'Help us out', says carer on brink of quitting
... " There is currently one refinery in Wales at Pembroke and another just over the border at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire...
GCSEs and A-levels in 2022 will be graded more generously
... This results day, I ll be more proud of myself Nicole, 18, an A-level student in Year 13 at Ellesmere Port Church of England College, Cheshire, is among the millions who never sat GCSE exams because of the pandemic...
Car production falls to lowest level
... That is due to the closure of Honda s Swindon plant, and the decision to make vans instead of cars at Vauxhall s factory in Ellesmere Port...
GCSEs and A-levels in 2022 will be graded more generously
Pupils' GCSE and A-level exams will be graded more generously than in previous years - to Make Up for the disruption Covid has had on learning.
National exams are going ahead this year across the UK, for the First Time since the pandemic began.
Grade boundaries are likely to be lower than in previous years, England's exams regulator, Ofqual, says. But it does not expect Grade Inflation as a result.
It Comes as details of exam content are released to help pupils revise.
'Safety net'In 2020 and 2021, students were given marks based on assessments by their teachers, instead of sitting exams, to reduce the spread of Covid.
Under teacher assessment, more students passed exams and achieved higher marks, including in England, Wales and Northern Ireland securing top A-level grades.
Although grades will be awarded normally This Time around, grade boundaries will be more lenient in England, Scotland and Wales.
They will be between the 2019 pre-pandemic boundaries and the grade levels used in teacher assessments in 2021.
Ofqual chief regulator Dr Jo Saxton said this would provide a " safety net" for students.
On Monday, exam boards in England are publishing advance information about what will appear in this year's GCSEs, AS and A-level exams.
This is supposed to focus students' revision but without giving so much detail answers can be pre-prepared or learned By Heart .
Details of what will come up in exams are being made available in most subjects, including maths, biology, chemistry and languages.
But there will be no advance information for subjects assessed through coursework only, Such as art and design.
For English Literature , geography, history and Ancient History , there will be a greater choice of questions on The Exam papers.
Other adaptations include allowing students to use support materials in exams - Such as formulae sheets for maths.
'This results day, I'll be more proud of myself'Nicole, 18, an A-level student in Year 13 at Ellesmere Port Church of England College, Cheshire, is among the millions who never sat GCSE exams because of the pandemic.
She has applied to several universities and wants to be a primary-school teacher.
Nicole says teacher-assessed grades for her GCSEs " lowered my self-esteem" and made her wonder: " Did I actually earn this? "
Exams are " the fairest way to assess everyone's abilities" she says, and she does not want to go through her Secondary Education without sitting them.
" On results day, when I open that envelope, I'll feel more proud of myself, " she adds.
Charlie, 16, a Year 11 student at Ellesmere Port , is also " relieved" he will be able to sit his exams but says " it would have been nice" to have had the advance information earlier.
His classmate Caitlyn, also 16, agrees earlier warning would have been " so much better" but adds: " Better now than never. "
Some unions had also been calling for exam content to be published earlier, to help students and teachers prepare.
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi says the advance information being published on Monday is part of a range of adaptations for students to " make sure they can do themselves justice in their exams".
Dr Saxton said the government was fully committed to exams going ahead this summer and she did not expect this to change except in the very unlikely case of a public-health emergency.
Similar advance information is being published on Monday in Wales.
Scotland extra revision support and a generous approach to grading.
The main exam board in Northern Ireland has separate plans, including allowing pupils to drop an entire exam unit if they wish.
National Association of Head Teachers senior policy adviser Sarah Hannafin said the advance material " should now provide teachers and students some help on where to focus their teaching, revision and exam preparations".
" We need to remember this is new to teachers so it will only be over The Coming days that we learn whether they believe it will be sufficient to counter The Levels of disruption which students have faced due to Covid, " she added.
Source of news: bbc.com
