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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,...

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First Steps Day Nursery at RD&E rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted

The quality and standards of nursery education provided by First Steps Day Nursery at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital have been rated as outstanding by inspectors from Ofsted.

Following an inspection on the 9th January 2017, the Ofsted report findings sing the praises of the staff team.

In the glowing report, inspectors comment that: “Staff are impressive role models and teach the children how to respect and value others. Children’s behaviour is exemplary. Highly skilled staff accurately identify children’s next steps in learning, and use these to plan enriching...

School library gets housebuilder's backing

A Cranbrook school’s library is set to invest in a range of new books after receiving a cash boost from a leading South West housebuilder.

Persimmon Homes South West has awarded the Cranbrook Education Campus with a £1,000 cash influx, naming them as a Community Champion.

The Community Champions initiative supports two charities in the South West each month, with donations up to £1,000. Nationally, the scheme has seen over £1million handed to good causes.

Cranbrook Education Campus opened in September 2015 and is used as a through school for pupils from two to 16...

Four West-exe primary schools forge closer links

Four Exeter primary schools are working more closely together to improve the education of their 1,270 pupils.

Bowhill, St Thomas, Alphington and Ide have this month formed the Exeter Learning Academy Trust.

All four schools are rated either good or outstanding by Ofsted but they say their closer working links will enable them to focus even more closely on improving their teaching and learning.

They say the governors, staff and members of the community have worked hard to make this happen and to develop a culture and ethos that reflects the four schools.

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The Maynard tops the DfE Performance Tables

The Maynard School in Exeter has been ranked as the leading independent school in Devon in key areas of the Department for Education’s Schools Performance Tables, based on A-level and GCSE results from 2016.

As the second oldest girls’ school in the country, The Maynard specialises in educating girls and last year’s examination results are certainly testimony to this. With a 100% pass rate (grade C or above) at Maths and English GCSE, it was the top school in the whole of Devon for its English Baccalaureate, a performance measure that scores schools according to how well pupils...

Growing up digital

Some bright and techy year 6 Exeter pupils looked very sharp as they joined the national debate about internet safety on breakfast TV.

The youngsters from Tedburn st Mary primary school taught the grown-ups a thing or two about staying safe online when they appeared on Good Morning Britain to highlight a report on our children’s digital life.

The report’s findings, the results of a year-long study give a glimpse of what our children are up to on their screens and much of it makes difficult reading for parents.

Crucially, the time children are spending online is...

Exeter councillors angry over school funding cuts

In the last few weeks there has been news of some major changes to school funding which will have a significant impact on schools in Exeter. The first of these was the prediction in late December by the National Audit Office that overall schools in England would suffer a real-terms cut of 8% by 2020.

At the same time the government set out its plans for a new National Funding Formula to provide money to schools in a fairer way, intended to end what has been described as a postcode lottery. Under the present system on an annual basis Devon gets £270 per pupil less than the national...

Schools could turn Anglo Saxon in Exeter

Kate Edwards and Charlotte Eve of Edwards & Eve Cob Building have just arrived in Uplyme, Devon and with them they bring their exciting earth building workshops to local schools. Their biggest and most exciting workshop involves teaching children to build their own permanent, full scale Anglo Saxon house! Charlotte Eve who is a trained teacher as well as earth builder explains “our bigger projects where we actually build an Anglo Saxon house with the children take a few weeks to complete. So we can only work with more local schools on these projects. Now we’ve moved to Devon we are...

Bringing all-year-round outdoor learning to life in East Devon

Schools are being reminded that they can arrange year-round outdoor sessions with education rangers from East Devon District Council’s (EDDC) Countryside Team who will help children get the most out of learning about nature and the outside world.

Evidence shows that giving children the opportunity to discover, learn about and experience the natural world is hugely important and the education rangers believe that outdoor learning shouldn’t be limited to summer alone.

Meg Knowles, a ranger for EDDC, said: “Winter provides some excellent outdoor learning opportunities which...

Exeter College finalist for coveted ‘College of the Year’ title in TES FE Awards

Exeter College has been shortlisted for four coveted awards including ‘College of the Year’ and ‘Teacher of the Year’ accolades, in the Times Educational Supplement Further Education Awards 2017.

As well as being nominated for the College of the Year, Exeter College is also a finalist in a number of other categories.

Here is a full list of the awards Exeter College has been shortlisted for:

FE College of the Year;
Teacher of the Year;
Professional Services Team of the Year;
Marketing/Communications Campaign of the Year.

Life Education Wessex launches SCARF aimed at improving children’s health, wellbeing and achievement

Coram Life Education (CLE), the largest provider of wellbeing and drug education in schools, has developed a new range of education support tools to help schools meet Ofsted requirements for safety, personal development, behaviour and welfare. Through Life Education Wessex, a delivery partner of CLE, these resources are available to schools in Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Hampshire.

Called SCARF: 'Safety', 'Caring', 'Achievement', 'Resilience' and 'Friendship', the tools are aligned to the National Curriculum, providing a whole...

Education

Exeter Students Kick Off Year of Reading with Top Author

First Steps Day Nursery at RD&E rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted

School library gets housebuilder's backing

Four West-exe primary schools forge closer links

The Maynard tops the DfE Performance Tables

Growing up digital

Exeter councillors angry over school funding cuts

Schools could turn Anglo Saxon in Exeter

Bringing all-year-round outdoor learning to life in East Devon

Exeter College finalist for coveted ‘College of the Year’ title in TES FE Awards

Life Education Wessex launches SCARF aimed at improving children’s health, wellbeing and achievement

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