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Isca Academy Staff Perform Christmas Panto for Students

The final day of term at Isca Academy ended on a high as staff from across the school came together to perform a festive Christmas pantomime for students.

Teaching staff, support staff and senior leaders swapped classrooms and offices for the stage, delivering an Isca-style take on classic pantomime stories.

The performance was packed with audience participation and jokes, including playful nods to school routines, busy corridors between lessons, and the traditional cry of “oh no it isn’t!”.

Students filled the hall with laughter as staff embraced the spirit of...

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UK Ambassador to Ukraine returns to the University of Exeter to champion the benefits of modern languages

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 02/07/2023 - 12:53pm

The UK’s Ambassador to Ukraine has described how learning modern languages can be a “gateway to the world” during a special event that reflected upon the way her degree has helped shape her career.

Dame Melinda Simmons, the country’s representative in Ukraine since 2019, was the guest speaker at the University of Exeter’s Languages in a Global World 2023 event, where she was interviewed by academics and fielded questions submitted by students.

Dame Melinda, an Exeter graduate from the BA French and German degree and who is fluent in Ukrainian and can speak modern Hebrew...

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New education sector insight report published by IMP Software

Authored by Phil Smith
Posted: Mon, 02/06/2023 - 4:21pm

A new report commissioned by Exeter-based IMP Software has highlighted “very opposing views” among Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) leaders around centralising functions, GAG pooling and top slice mechanisms as trusts are directed to step up their efforts to expand.

The 2030 MAT Growth Challenge: Effective Strategies and Systems offers expert insight on how trusts can grow effectively to at least 10 schools or 7,500 pupils. It includes the perspectives of those who have already hit that target set out in the Schools White Paper and smaller MATs who are starting their growth journey. It...

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Plus-ed raises £44,000 for digital wellbeing platform that educates and engages school children on mental health

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 01/30/2023 - 11:36am

An Exeter business has raised £44,000 in Innovate UK grant funding to grow Plus - its digital wellbeing platform, helping school children to track and manage their mental health with support from parents and teachers.

Plus provides pupils with a fun and engaging way to make wellbeing part of their day. It is carried out on an iPad or other device, that focuses on nutrition, exercise, and emotional health.

“One in six children have a probable mental health condition and 50% of mental health problems are established by the age of 14, so we focus on supporting children aged...

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Exceptional Exeter College once again awarded “Outstanding” by Ofsted 

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 01/26/2023 - 11:15pm

Exeter College is celebrating after a full Ofsted Inspection, which has resulted in the College retaining the impressive accolade ofOutstanding.

Eight years since its last inspection Ofsted again confirmed that Exeter College is an Outstanding College. The College also scored the top assessment of ‘strong’ for its approach to meeting the skills needs of the area. This makes Exeter College the first college in the country to achieve the highest judgement in both elements of Ofsted’s new enhanced inspections.

The 21-strong Ofsted inspection team visited every College site...

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University of Exeter Ranks Second in New Top UK Universities List

  • Upcoming students have until 25th January 2023 to complete their UCAS application

  • A new data index reveals the top UK universities based on a range of factors including student satisfaction, graduate prospects, accommodation costs and more

  • The index reveals University of Exeter to be second in the UK

With the UCAS deadline of 25 January drawing near and Google searches for ‘how to choose a university’ increasing by 69% in the last month, a big decision looms for young people across the country.

To help steer students...

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Exeter School voted the best independent school in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset

Exeter School features as number 98 in a list of the top 400 independent secondary schools in the 2022 edition of The Sunday Times Parent Power.

This means that the co-educational day school for 7-18 year-olds maintains its ranking as the top independent school in Devon.

Exeter School Head, Ms Louise Simpson, said: “The Parent Power table is about so much more than exam results; it also reflects how well a school supports pupil mental health and how well-rounded the offering is. Whilst our phenomenal exam results are testament to our hard-working pupils and...

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The Best Ways to Help Students Who Struggle Academically

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Fri, 12/16/2022 - 5:54am

Life has brought many struggles at one time or another. You understand that it sometimes gets hard, and you must push yourselves to survive. Learning this lesson for the student is essential. To succeed in school, struggling students must learn perseverance and overcome problems. It is often easier for a teacher to help a struggling student to get through it instead of teaching strategies to help them succeed.

It is often difficult to resist the urge to tell the student what to do since you might have several other students who also need your help. Yet it would help if you kept...

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Moira Marder is chief executive of the Ted Wragg Trust

Ted Wragg Trust welcomes praise from Ofsted Inspectors

A Devon educational trust is realising its vision to ‘to transform lives and strengthen communities to make the world a better place’ – something which has been recognised in a recent Ofsted inspection.

The Ted Wragg Trust (TWT), which comprises 13 schools located in Exeter, Plymouth, Crediton and East Devon has been recognised for its strong values, leadership, behaviour standards and emphasis on ensuring that the needs of disadvantaged pupils are met well, after being selected as one of only five Trusts in the country and just one of two in the south west to undergo an ‘Ofsted...

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What are Good Maths Activities for Year 4 Children?

Authored by Liv Butler
Posted: Mon, 12/12/2022 - 6:12am

If you have a Year 4 child, you probably want to help them better grasp maths concepts and enjoy the different topics. If they can do this, they will soon perform well in the subject and get better results. To do this, you should consider getting them some maths learning resources. The beauty of well-designed resources is that they offer different, engaging activities to help Year 4 children learn Maths in fun and exciting ways. Effective resources play a crucial role in both classroom and home learning. The materials have been fully tested and proven to help in learning mathematics, even...

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An English language teacher and EU Erasmus expert in the spotlight

Authored by erasmusuk
Posted: Sun, 12/04/2022 - 9:11pm

Enrique Ruiz Cano is an English language teaching specialist who currently works for a state Primary school in Spain (CEIP Nuestra Senora de la Fuensanta from Beniajan in the Murcia region of south eastern Spain). He has also taught in a wide range of summer school in the UK up and down the country. What’s more, he has family links in Norfolk and Kent which he considers his second homes.

He set up a pioneering network of Primary schools in Devon both in Exeter and near Exeter which were successful when it came to gaining Erasmus+ funding from the European Union. This EU programme...

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