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Pride and Celebration: Isca Academy Hosts Civic Awards for Local Young Changemakers

Young people from across Devon were recognised for their commitment to citizenship, leadership and community service at a special Torbay and Devon Civic Award ceremony held at Isca Academy this month.

The event, which celebrates the achievements of Year 6 pupils who have gone above and beyond in helping others, brought together proud students, families, and staff from schools across the region to acknowledge months of voluntary service and personal growth.

Pupils receiving the award had all completed a rigorous programme focused on active citizenship, community...

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Get Fresh '19 - open call for South West designer-makers

Get Fresh! Devon Guild contemporary crafts gallery is announcing an Open Call to emerging South West craft designer-makers.

'Get Fresh' is a popular biennial exhibition celebrating the best new designer-makers coming out of the region. It will run at the contemporary crafts gallery Devon Guild of Craftsmen in Bovey Tracey, from Saturday 19 January to Sunday 10 March 2019. This is a really positive opportunity for graduates or creatives just beginning their careers - to exhibit and sell in a prestigious contemporary gallery space. The Guild is announcing an Open Call to craftmakers...

Slime Craze hits Exeter

Slimey Science education milestone reached by local community company

Just ahead of British Science Week, on March 9 – 18, Barnstaple-based community company, Sciencedipity, has excited over 1000 young children in chemistry by helping them make slime, with more Slime workshops scheduled and fully booked for Exeter and other towns in Devon.

Working in community settings in Devon, Sciencedipity’s aim is to encourage a love of science in children, via its fun outreach activities.

The slime-making craze, which started in America, has exploded in the past six months in...

Increase in number of families applying for secondary school places in Devon

There’s been another increase in the number of children applying for a place at a secondary school in Devon this September.

Devon County Council today announced it was offering more than 98 per cent of families one of their three preferences.

In all, 94.1 per cent of the families who applied have been offered their first preference school with 3.7 per cent allocated their second preference and 0.4 per cent their third preference.

This means a total of 98.2 per cent of applicants were offered one of their three preferences.

This year the county council...

Cathedral School launches free places scheme

Exeter Cathedral School (ECS) has announced the launch of its new Awards Scheme.

ECS, which is Exeter’s oldest School and which educates the Choristers of Exeter Cathedral, has created the Devon Award, a 100% paid-for place at the School in Year 7 and Year 8, available to Year 6 pupils currently at Devon LEA state primary schools. Offering a 100% remission in school fees, the Devon Award is designed for gifted pupils who could make a significant contribution to life at ECS. The Devon Award is means-tested and covers tuition fees (day or boarding), lunch, and compulsory educational...

4 ways to prepare your child for school

Starting school is a milestone for parents and children alike. For you, the auspicious first day of education is both exciting and emotional, but your child may be especially anxious about this new phase in their life. Being away from home in an unfamiliar environment is nerve-wracking, but your child should also know that it is the start of an adventure and a chance to make new friends.

However positively you frame it, starting school is a phase of adjustment, so it's bound to be difficult for some children. Here are four ways you can help prepare your child for the big wide world...

Free parent first aid course in Exeter

Onelife Training UK Ltd, based in Marsh Barton in Exeter, has launched their first Parent First Aid course. The company have been teaching first aid, fire safety, health and safety and a whole range of courses for many years, and celebrate their 10 year anniversary in October of this year.

Their first aid in the workplace or Parent First Aid course is aimed at parents, grandparents and carers of children and babies and covers very topical areas such as basic life support, choking, meningitis and childhood diseases. The course is being held at the company’s training centre in...

The Year of Ambition: Huawei launches £30,000 bursary to help Britons make dreams a reality

Huawei, the worlds’ second largest smartphone manufacturer, is today launching a bursary to help Brits follow their dreams. Created to mark the recent launch of the AI powered Mate 10 Pro, the Make It Possible Bursary aims to celebrate and inspire creative and entrepreneurial spirit in the UK and will see £30,000 made available for individuals to make their ambition possible this year.

The bursary was created following research commissioned by Huawei looking at the UK’s goals and dreams which identified that only 15% of the country believes its living up to its full potential....

Queen Elizabeth’s School Sixth Form tops the tables again!

We are delighted that the School Performance League tables recognise once again the outstanding results that students achieve in Queen Elizabeth’s School Sixth Form. The results are available from the Government’s school performance website but the headlines are:

QE students achieved the highest average point score of any comprehensive school in Devon.*
QE students achieved a B grade on average in their best 3 A levels, the best result for any comprehensive school in Devon.
QE students made better progress in our Sixth Form than students in every

Exeter Deaf Academy Children’s Home graded ‘Good’ again by Ofsted

Following a thorough two-day inspection of our children’s home, ‘Progress House’ has been graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted. 

The Ofsted report praises the staff and is positive about the future of our three-bed home which provides specialist 52-week residential care, 24 hours a day, for Deaf young people. 

Registered Care Home Manager James Heaver leads the Care Team, who includes Deputy Manager Vicky Coombs and nine Residential Support Workers (RSWs) who are all trained in Deaf awareness and qualified in British Sign Language (BSL) up to Level 3. 

Inspectors judged that...

Pioneering college to hold open evening for 2018 September intake

South Devon University Technical College, Newton Abbot’s specialist secondary school for young people with an interest in science, engineering, technology and the environment, will host its next Open Evening on Wednesday 31st January, 5 - 7pm.

The Open Evening is a chance for interested young people and parents to find out what’s on offer at the state-of-the-art college, which offers a combination of technical, practical and academic courses alongside all year-round work experience opportunities and employability skills development. This creates a unique programme of learning that...

Education

Pride and Celebration: Isca Academy Hosts Civic Awards for Local Young Changemakers

Get Fresh '19 - open call for South West designer-makers

Slime Craze hits Exeter

Increase in number of families applying for secondary school places in Devon

Cathedral School launches free places scheme

4 ways to prepare your child for school

Free parent first aid course in Exeter

The Year of Ambition: Huawei launches £30,000 bursary to help Britons make dreams a reality

Queen Elizabeth’s School Sixth Form tops the tables again!

Exeter Deaf Academy Children’s Home graded ‘Good’ again by Ofsted

Pioneering college to hold open evening for 2018 September intake

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