Education

Food producers and sponsors joined proud families to mark the end of the second cohort of Michael Caines Academy students at Exeter College with a celebratory banquet reflecting the standard of the many prestigious establishments the students have experienced during their two year programme in the Academy.

And for the first time the talented chefs and front of house students were on the receiving end of world class hospitality as the younger first year Academy students were put through their paces in the training kitchen during the day with the Academy's founder and mentor –...

Schools in the least fairly funded local areas across the South West will benefit from a £390 million cash boost in the biggest step towards fairer schools funding in a decade, Schools Minister David Laws has announced.

In March, the Government announced that it would take action to tackle the unfair and complicated system of allocating local school funding, and launched a consultation on how to deliver an additional £350 million to schools in the least fairly funded areas by setting minimum funding levels.

The Government has published details of how an extra £390 million...

New tougher primary school tests in maths and English will further the government’s objective of ensuring nobody leaves school without being able to read or write and with a solid grounding in maths, Education Minister Elizabeth Truss said yesterday (Monday 14 July).

Sample questions for the tests taken by seven-year-olds and 11-year-olds - in maths, reading, and grammar, punctuation and spelling - reveal the higher standards expected of children in the 3Rs.

The new tests will come in from 2016, reflecting the greater demands of the rigorous new curriculum, which will be...

The South West’s leading scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians were recently brought together for the Big Bang South West 2014 Fair, held at the University of Exeter on Thursday the 26th June 2014.

Designed to provide an innovative careers event, the fair aimed to introduce young students to the wide variety of careers available across Scientific, Engineering and Mathematical disciplines. The young technologists and scientists of the future were treated to an enjoyable day featuring elements of theatre blended with immersive learning experiences.

The fair...