Education

Young engineers from Newton Abbot’s pioneering secondary school, South Devon University Technical College (UTC), tackled torrential flooding during a visit to HMS Raleigh in Torpoint.

Students spent a day at the South West’s largest Royal Navy training establishment, training in the state-of-the-art sinking ship simulator used to teach sailors how to deal with emergencies at sea. Inside the Damage Control Instructional Unit (DRIU), known as HMS Havoc, the students worked together in the cold, dark environment with varying degrees of damage to the hull and against the rising water...

Sixty-one children from Year 5 at Broadclyst Community Primary School (BCPS) took on the challenge of re-enacting a famous day in Devon’s history when they performed The Forestry Conundrum in the house and grounds of National Trust Killerton in June.

The 9/10-year-olds recreated a day after World War 1 when Killerton House waited impatiently for the return of Lord Acland with news about his Forestry Commission Bill and whether it passed in Parliament. This was an important time for the people of Britain, as they faced a timber crisis which could result in many not being able to...

The Maynard School in Exeter has become the first school in the whole of Devon (and only the second in the South West) to achieve the national Wellbeing Award for Schools following a rigorous inspection from an external assessor on Thursday 20 June 2019.

This prestigious award assesses the school’s commitment to promoting and protecting positive emotional wellbeing and mental health whilst ensuring there is a clear whole-school strategy in place which is communicated to all staff, governors, parents and students within the school. The award has a focus on changing the long-term...

Local youngsters have been working towards the British Science Associations Crest Award, with the first 10 children gaining the recognition this weekend, after completing a series of extra-curricular science events organised by Sciencedipity CIC, a Devon based non-profit educational company.

Six children from Exeter and four from Barnstaple received their Crest Award this week, with many other local children also enrolled in this nationally recognised scheme, following close behind them.

To achieve the Crest Award, the children, aged 6-12, complete eight activities which...