Education

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.

...

Full story

Successful year of sport for Exeter School

As the end of term draws near, Exeter School is celebrating an academic year of sporting success.

It was an exciting season of great hockey, during which the boys' hockey teams were crowned U13, U16 and U18 Devon Champions and U14 runners up and the girls' hockey teams were named U16 and U18 Devon Champions and U14 Devon runners up.

The Spring term began with both U18 boys' and girls' hockey teams taking part in the National Indoor Hockey Finals.

For the U18 boys, this was the second time in the Finals and they succeeded in taking Silver, losing narrowly to Whitgift...

Buckfast Festival defies the weather

The first day of the Buckfast Abbey Storytelling Festival was a great success with schools despite the torrential rain, which threatened to make it a wash-out.

The day started off well but just as the schools were about to do their first sessions with the host of well-known storytellers, who had come to the Abbey for this unique event, the skies just opened.

Many paths were flooded and the storytelling tent of Footprints Theatre Company from Nottingham let in so much water that they had to abandon it and retreat to an inside space.

Despite this, however, the schools...

Exeter School alumnus joint winner of JC Holt Magna Carta Undergraduate Essay Prize

2014 Exeter School leaver Dan Armstrong is joint winner of the JC Holt Magna Carta Undergraduate Essay Prize which was presented to him by Melvyn Bragg.

He gave a very entertaining talk to Exeter School's Third Form on the history of the Magna Carta and its relevance to today's societies on Friday 26 June.

His talk was based on his studies of Medieval History as an undergraduate at Cambridge University.

Dan answered numerous questions from excited pupils which included why he enjoyed studying History, what his favourite topics were, and who represented Devon at the...

New headmaster for Exeter Cathedral School

A new headmaster has been appointed to lead Exeter’s 800 year old Cathedral School.

James Featherstone is currently Head of the Lower School at the Perse School in Cambridge, one of England’s top performing independent schools.

He will take up his role as the Headmaster of Exeter Cathedral School from January next year, when current head Stephen Yeo leaves after four years to take up his new post leading Britain’s elite music school, The Purcell School for Young Musicians.

After completing his degree in French and Spanish at Durham University, James studied for a...

Happy children learn well at outstanding pre-school

An East Devon pre-school is celebrating winning the highest possible accolade from education inspectors.

Branscombe Pre-School is based at Branscombe Primary School.

Inspectors from Ofsted visited last month and have rated every aspect of its operation as outstanding.

Lead inspector Sharon Peel says the quality and standards of the early years’ provision at Branscombe are outstanding.

So are the effectiveness of its leadership and management, its contribution to the well-being of the children and the way it meets the needs of the range of children who attend...

Exeter School pupil selected for South West Youth Orchestra

Exeter School Year 11 pupil Verity Stroud who has been offered a place in the South West Youth Orchestra for both bassoon and contra bassoon.

The residential course runs in August at Dean Close School, in Cheltenham, and the finale concert will be held at Cheltenham Town Hall.

The repertoire they are performing is Benjamin Britten's famous "Four Sea Interludes" and three classics by Maurice Ravel (Rapsodie Espagnole, Alborada del Gracioso and Bolero).

The actual orchestra is supported by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and conducted by BSO Leverhulme Young Conductor...

Exeter to welcome Visual Impairment experts

On 2 July 2015, Visual Impairment (VI) experts from around the world are set to share advances in leading-edge research at the fourth annual WESC Foundation International Conference in Exeter. From the latest developments in medical technology, such as bionic eyes to help combat retinal eye disease, to ground-breaking design of Smart-Glasses designed to assist visually impaired people in navigating every-day obstacles, researchers will reveal the latest developments to an audience of education, healthcare and SEN professionals.

Keynote speaker at the Conference will be Dr Lauren...

Perfect your acting skills with Cygnet Theatre

Cygnet’s annual Summer School is an exciting week for anyone over 18yrs wishing to perfect their acting skills.

Working with Alistair Ganley (Cygnet’s Artistic Director) and other key staff, participants will explore voice, movement and improvisation as well as a variety of dynamic approaches to acting and character development.

The week will conclude with an informal showing of work in progress to an invited audience of friends and family and tutors.

This course is ideal for actors of all levels: from potential drama school entrants to seasoned actors and for...

DCET apprentice recruitment session

DCET Training specialises in Electrical, Health & Safety and Green Training qualifications and has training centres throughout the South West.

We are holding an apprentice recruitment session this Friday 19th June at 1:30 based at our office in Exeter for motivated school leavers and job seekers.

Successful applicants will then be invited to take part in our Electrical Traineeship that we are running from 30th June 2015 over a 6 week period.

The Traineeship is designed to prepare the candidate for a career in the Electrical Contracting Industry giving them the...

Super-sized classrooms will impact on Education

Leading independent education recruitment specialist, Classpeople, warns of the impact on education created by over-sized classrooms following a statistical report by the Department for Education.

The report outlines a 2.1% increase in the number of children in state funded primary schools.

Lynis Bassett, Classpeople director, explains: “The education sector is already under huge amounts of pressure with a national teacher shortage. More and more teachers are choosing to leave the profession which means the reports of increased pupil numbers are a huge concern.”

The...

Education

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

Successful year of sport for Exeter School

Buckfast Festival defies the weather

Exeter School alumnus joint winner of JC Holt Magna Carta Undergraduate Essay Prize

New headmaster for Exeter Cathedral School

Happy children learn well at outstanding pre-school

Exeter School pupil selected for South West Youth Orchestra

Exeter to welcome Visual Impairment experts

Perfect your acting skills with Cygnet Theatre

DCET apprentice recruitment session

Super-sized classrooms will impact on Education

It's your Daily

You make the news

Top video

Selco Builders Warehouse | England Rugby star Jack Nowell visits Exeter Saracens junior teams

Exeter Weather

Search form

Education

Top video

Exeter Weather