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Exeter Students Kick Off Year of Reading with Top Author

Year 8 students from West Exe School marked the start of the National Year of Reading 2026 with an inspiring live session from children’s author Tom Palmer.

During the event, students heard about Tom’s writing journey, gained insights into his storytelling process, and learned how to turn their own passions and interests into engaging stories. The session encouraged confidence, creativity, and a love of reading and writing among pupils.

Tom Palmer, bestselling author of the Football Academy and Foul Play series, captivated students with his energy and enthusiasm,...

East Devon school receives Centre of Excellence Award

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Posted: Sun, 10/07/2018 - 10:42pm

Tipton St John Church of England Primary School, East Devon, has been awarded as a Centre of Excellence in financial education, after successfully embedding the subject into its curriculum. Staff at Tipton St John Primary School have spent the past year working with an education specialist from Young Money in order to create and deliver a detailed programme of financial education for their children. The programme, funded by Visa, has been successfully completed and the school has now been recognised and awarded as a Centre of Excellence and provider of high quality financial education. The...

A lost generation of scientists? UK schools urged to do more to turn kids on to science

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Posted: Wed, 09/05/2018 - 5:00am

Science, technology and engineering are critical to the future of Britain and the wider world. However, as the new school year starts, Britain’s parents feel the next generation of scientists could be at risk if schools don’t keep up with technological and scientific advances, new research has found.

The research quizzed parents of about current science lessons and their own memories of science at school.

An overwhelming 87% said they felt children would be far more engaged in science lessons if they incorporated the most advanced technology as learning tools. However,...

A study of the effect of discipline and reward in education

There are many forms of training based on both conscious and subconscious perceptions. Of course, among the various pedagogical methods, the principle of encouragement and punishment, which has been known from the ancient times, stands in the first place. It will be discussed in this article.

Discipline

Without the use of any form of punishment, it is practically impossible to raise a child, except in purely theoretical terms. On the other hand, although some disciplinary measures provide the desired result, they can cause serious damage to a child's personality.

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Exam success for pioneering technology college as students celebrate impressive GCSE results

South Devon University Technical College has demonstrated that its impressive post 16 results, celebrated last week – are no flash in the pan. Students in Year 11 have also come through with a GCSE performance that confirms this pioneering technical college as a force to be reckoned with in Devon education. Today’s GCSE results – the second since it was opened in 2015 – mean that the college is cementing its reputation as a prudent choice for parents seeking an innovative approach to educating their children.

Notable successes were Lewis Crosthwaite who gained South Devon UTC’s...

The Maynard excels under the new GCSE grading system

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Posted: Thu, 08/23/2018 - 11:41pm

After the success of last week’s A-Level results, The Maynard School is thrilled to have achieved another outstanding set of results at GCSE level. In a year of uncertainty and change with the well-publicised reforms to the Year 11 examination system, our students have performed superbly to triple the national average of the top grades of 7, 8 and 9.

There were some remarkable results across the academic departments; of the girls taking Physics, an enormous 90% achieved grades 7-9, the equivalent of an A or A* (and 43% gaining the top scoring grade 9). In fact, across all three...

Outstanding GCSE results for Exeter School

Exeter School, the city's largest independent school, is celebrating another excellent set of GCSE results.

Almost three-quarters of all grades - 74.5% - were A* or A/9-7, compared to the national average of 20.5%.

Of the 110 pupils in Year 11, 66 achieved 8 or more A* or A/9-7 grades in the year the school celebrates its 20th anniversary of co-education.

Leading achievers Luke Donegan, Josh Grier and Sam Mullan, who all come from Exeter, each scored 11 top grades - Luke and Josh both gained one A^, six A* and four 9 grades and Sam attained eight A* and three 9...

Outstanding GCSE results for Colyton Grammar School

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Posted: Thu, 08/23/2018 - 11:22am

Students, parents and staff at Colyton Grammar School are celebrating outstanding GCSE results, which have seen the school outperform the national average by some considerable margin.

In all, 87% of students who sat GCSEs this year achieved the top three grades of 9 to 7. 99% achieved grades 9 to 5, and 40% achieved a grade 9, ten times the national average of 4%.

Some 21 students achieved the coveted eight or more subjects with grade 9, around 18% of this year’s GCSEs cohort. This compares to the national predicted result for this achievement of 0.2%.

Across...

Exeter College celebrates its best ever set of academic results, again!

Exeter College is again celebrating its best ever set of academic A Level Results today - with students setting a new record for the number of the very highest results, well in excess of all national averages.

Students at the college from across Devon and beyond recorded exceptional results - a new college record of 61% of A Level students achieved the highest (A*, A, B) grades, well above the average in England of 52.7%.

The college saw an overall pass rate of 99.5% at A Level, 86% A*-C grades, with 29 subjects achieving a 100% pass rate, including Biology, Chemistry,...

Students celebrate impressive A Level and Diploma results at South Devon UTC

South Devon University Technical College, Newton Abbot’s pioneering college for students with a flair for science and engineering, has celebrated exam success today as students receive very impressive A level and Diploma results.

There is much to celebrate with 70% of Engineering students achieving at least one distinction star with over half of those achieving either two or three distinction stars, the highest grade in these qualifications. A fantastic 100% of Applied Science students gained distinction stars in all of their qualifications. With A level results included, South...

A clean sweep of A*s for birthday girl Charlotte

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Posted: Thu, 08/16/2018 - 4:09pm

Maynard student, Charlotte Miller, was given the best possible 18th birthday present today when she opened her envelope to discover she had achieved three A*s in her Maths, Physics and Chemistry A-levels. Alongside her was her proud mother, pre-empting the celebrations with a small bottle of prosecco at the ready!

“I am so happy,” wept Charlotte, “And I just can’t believe it. It’s the best present ever but then I’ve not opened anything else yet as I was too nervous this morning. I’ll go home and do that later now that I have got this bit of the day out of the way!” Charlotte will...

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