Education

Students and staff at Newton Abbot’s pioneering technical college have received a valuable lesson in how to save a life as part of a national initiative by the Resuscitation Council.

South Devon University Technical College (UTC), hosted an interactive CPR training session to mark Restart a Heart Day 2018. This year the Resuscitation Council (UK) partnered with the British Heart Foundation, British Red Cross, St John Ambulance and Yorkshire Ambulance Service to help train as many people as possible in the UK.

Throwing themselves into the vital training, students and staff...

A creative, practical approach to teaching computing in primary schools is the brainchild of a Plymouth Science Park based firm seeking to make coding fun for children.

ToodleBit encourages children to use construct kits to make a range of products from electrical circuit-based games, traffic light systems through to small-scale remote-control buggies.

“The initial idea came out of a desire to get pupils coding using physical devices, but on a limited budget, and in a way that could also improve the confidence of other teachers when they provide tuition on computing,” says...

Broadclyst Community Primary School (BCPS) has been reaccredited with the British Council’s prestigious International School Award in recognition of its work to bring the world into the classroom.

The International School Award celebrates the achievements of schools that do exceptional work in international education. Fostering an international dimension in the curriculum is at the heart of the British Council’s work with schools, so that young people gain the cultural understanding and skills they need for life work in today’s world.

BCPS embeds international studies into...

The Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon. Damian Hinds MP, has named Broadclyst Community Primary School (BCPS) as one of 32 schools across England that, as English Hubs, will take a leading role in supporting schools that struggle to teach children to read by improving the teaching of early language and reading.

BCPS, which is rated Outstanding by Ofsted and has a proven track record of excellent phonics teaching, was chosen through a competitive process against strict criteria. It is part of the Cornerstone Academy Trust, which has already provided school-to-school support...