Pupils and staff at Mossgrove Primary have bid a fond farewell to Primary 1 teacher and music co-ordinator Mrs Gillespie, who retired in June after 42 years at the school.

Hundreds of Hartlepool primary school pupils are preparing to say an emotional goodbye shortly as they prepare to join “big school”.

Inclusion was the theme at an education conference attended by four Hartlepool primary schools recently. Barnard Grove, ...