Education

The South West region’s Construction Technical Excellence College (CTEC), Exeter College , has announced its initial plans to deliver its CTEC program and lead the region’s response to the construction industry’s growing skills challenge.

Across the UK, nearly 48,000 additional construction workers are needed each year to meet demand. The sector currently faces more than 140,000 vacancies, and by 2027, it will require an estimated 225,000 new recruits.

On Friday 21 November, Exeter College outlined its strategy to help bridge this gap and boost the pipeline of skilled...

Exwick Heights Primary School has been awarded the Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM), a prestigious national recognition of excellence in science teaching and leadership.

This award celebrates the school’s commitment to delivering high-quality science education and encouraging a love of learning through curiosity, investigation, and discovery. The awarding team were particularly impressed by the strength of the school’s curriculum design, the impact on teaching and learning, and the dedication shown by staff to continually improve science provision.

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Last Friday marked the annual celebration of Exeter College students who had successfully completed their higher-level programmes in the 2024/25 academic year.

Graduates began their day processing through Exeter city centre to cheers and applause from proud family and friends before arriving at Exeter Cathedral.

There were over 140 graduating students across a range of levels, sectors and subject areas. Exeter College partners with awarding bodies and Higher Education institutions to offer programmes as wide-ranging as Data Science to Coaching and Fitness, Teaching to...

Year 5 pupils from Wynstream Primary School in Exeter, part of Education South West , have taken part in a high-stakes mission this month during an exciting cybersecurity and cryptography workshop.

The pupils transformed into digital detectives as they explored the world of secret codes, learned historical techniques, such as the ancient Caesar Shift (a simple encryption technique where each letter in a message is replaced by a letter a fixed number of positions down the alphabet), before moving to the modern digital era, using a specialised programme to encrypt and decrypt...