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A consultation to widen the age range of the youngest pupils at a Newmarket school nursery has been launched.

Laureate Community Academy has announced a proposal to expand the minimum age range of its nursery school pupils to two year olds.

It is now seeking the views of parents and the wider community before making a decision.

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A school’s proud connections to the arts has continued after they were awarded the highest accolade by the Arts Council of England for a second time.

Staff and students at Thomas Gainsborough School are celebrating achieving the platinum level Artsmark award for the second successive year.

A Newmarket primary school has been praised for creating a “happy and caring” learning environment by Ofsted inspectors.

Laureate Community Academy, in Exning Road, has maintained its ‘Good’ rating following an inspection last month.

The vision of the leadership team at the school, pupils’ well-being, safeguarding and governance were all saluted in the report.

Kedington Primary Academy has been rated as ‘Good’ following a recent Ofsted inspection.

The strong relationships between pupils and staff and “happy and productive” classrooms were features of the report.

Vicky Doherty, who started as headteacher in January, said they were pleased with the findings.

She added: “We are very pleased with the numerous positive aspects the inspectors identified.