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Wynstream’s Dodgeball Stars Advance to National Finals for Third Year Running

Wynstream Primary School in Exeter, part of Education South West , is celebrating a remarkable sporting achievement as its Under 11 Dodgeball team progressed to the National Finals for the third consecutive year, this time achieving their highest-ever finish at the regional stage with a runner-up position.

The team stormed through the group stage with an unbeaten 100% record, winning all five matches to top their group. They then overcame Montgomery in the semi-finals, a team they had never beaten before, in a thrilling match that secured them a place in the final.

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New to Event Management or keen to strengthen your event management skills?

Mackerel Sky Events are offering a one day course in Event Management in Exeter on Tuesday 20th October at Heaven Banks Outdoor Centre and in Bristol on Wednesday 2nd December at Bristol Space Works.

Join us for a full and interactive day where we will be exploring the building blocks of event management in terms of strategy, people, finance, content, marketing and operations. Within this overview we will begin to articulate how to create successful events, manage risk and achieve positive impact.

We will apply a range of tools and methods to help make event management as...

Baxter puts Exeter School 1st XV through their paces

The 1st XV at Exeter School, Exeter were treated to a Masterclass with none other than Exeter Chiefs' Head Coach Rob Baxter on Wednesday 2 September.

Sponsored by Westerly Exeter BMW, Exeter School were pleased to welcome Rob for the exclusive training session. A local sports celebrity in his own right, Rob played for, captained, and is now Head Coach at Exeter Chiefs, and has been supported by Westerly Exeter BMW since 2006.

Rob made history taking Exeter Chiefs through to the Rugby Premiership finishing fifth last year and winning the LV cup in 2014. Rob was also part of...

Education milestone for Cranbrook

The first students started their classes at the new Cranbrook Education Campus on Thursday 3 September, a brand new ‘all through’ school for pupils aged between two and 16 run by The Ted Wragg Trust.

The school opened with around 60 places filled in the Nursery, 17 primary school students and 31 Year 7 students. The classrooms are being opened in phases, with more space used in line with student numbers as the community continues to grow.

Moira Marder, Executive Head Teacher at the Ted Wragg Trust said: “It’s so exciting to be part of the inception at this new school,...

Exeter Provost joins international panel

Prof Janice Kay, Provost of the University of Exeter, has accepted an invitation to join Pearson’s Expert Panel for its new WCQ (World Class Qualifications) group. Prof Kay is the only panel member to come from a UK university.

Pearson's World Class Qualifications programme is bringing together international assessment and education experts to develop qualifications that will support young people globally to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow; qualifications which are a recognised and respected passport to progression in today’s fast changing world, as well being engaging,...

Exeter Junior School welcomes new head

Exeter School is pleased to welcome Mrs Sue Marks to Exeter Junior School as Headmistress from 1 September 2015.

Sue is a very experienced and compassionate primary sector leader who has worked in seven primary/preparatory schools with great energy and enthusiasm.

Her career pathway began as a medical scientist working in Pathology and Clinical Biochemistry. She later moved into education, qualified as a teacher in Essex and has been involved in primary teaching now for over twenty years.

Her work has allowed her to experience teaching across the full primary age...

There is life after GCSEs

As teenagers digest their GCSE results they are reminded that there is life after exams. This is the first year that teenagers, up to the age of 18 are legally required to stay in education, training or get a job with accredited training- something that the Government calls 'raising the age of participation'.

More information on this can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-polic... Gone are the days when you could walk away from education aged 16. David Allison, boss of www.getmyfirstjob.co.uk a website that matches young people to...

Record GCSE results for Exeter School

Exeter School pupils, parents and staff are celebrating another round of consistently excellent GCSE results which have set a new record in excellence.

A record 83.4% were A* or A grades, compared to last year’s 82.5%, and 50.6% of all grades were A*.

99.3% of grades were A* - C.

There were many high achievers across the range of 21 subjects with 78 pupils attaining eight or more A* or A grades.

Forty-five pupils scored 10 A*/A grades or more.

Among the high achievers, all rounder Eka Barker-Privalova attained 12 A*s. Talented strings musician and...

Outstanding GCSE results at Blundell’s School

Blundell’s School is thrilled with the excellent provisional GCSE results achieved by their Year 11 students. In a year group of 101, there was a 30% increase on last year in the number of A* grades, with an A* rate of 26%. More than half the year group gained the highest grades with an impressive A*/A score of 54% and nearly 40% of the year group gained 8 A*/A or more.

Twenty pupils gained 6A* or above with the following pupils gaining a tremendous 11A* or more: George Hill, Francis Huntingford, Hannah Le Gassick, Ennea Miller-Hunt, Caspar Montgomery, Harriet Nash, Rosalie Sanders...

Bright ideas for dark nights

GREEK philosopher Socrates once said: “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel".

But you don’t have to travel back to Ancient Greece to find education of all sorts at your doorstep. Countess Wear Village Hall is once more gearing up for a new season of learning, with old favourites and new courses offering a huge choice to kindle the flame in students of all backgrounds and all ages.

The centre also offers a variety of experiences, with weekend workshops proving popular with those who can’t attend evening or day-time courses during the week...

Another outstanding year for Exeter College

A level students and staff at Exeter College have recorded another year of outstanding A level results with today's announcement of a 99.4% pass rate.

Over 900 students from across Exeter, Devon and Torbay received their A2 results today at the college – a 5% increase on the previous year - and almost a half have achieved the high grades A*, A and B grades, enabling them to progress to top universities in the future.

With these results Exeter will continue to rank amongst the country's top Sixth Form Colleges as one of the largest and most successful A level centres in the...

Education

Wynstream’s Dodgeball Stars Advance to National Finals for Third Year Running

New to Event Management or keen to strengthen your event management skills?

Baxter puts Exeter School 1st XV through their paces

Education milestone for Cranbrook

Exeter Provost joins international panel

Exeter Junior School welcomes new head

There is life after GCSEs

Record GCSE results for Exeter School

Outstanding GCSE results at Blundell’s School

Bright ideas for dark nights

Another outstanding year for Exeter College

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