Education

Exeter College has once again been ranked as one of the top colleges in the country in FE Week’s annual NICDEX rankings. This latest ranking means that Exeter College has never left the top five since the ranking’s inception four years ago. The Ofsted Outstanding college has topped the billing twice, come fifth once and this year’s fourth place ranking means they have been the highest ranked college across the four years since the NICDEX was created.

The NICDEX, created by FE Week Editor Nick Linford, ranks 172 further education providers on four key criteria based on data...

QE Joins Forces with Educational Charity to Develop Alumni Links and Student Aspirations

Queen Elizabeth’s School has partnered with Future First, an education charity, who work with UK state schools to help them stay connected with their former students. Future First currently work with over 10% of state schools in the country to fight educational inequality. Their research shows that nearly half of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds don’t know anyone in a job they would like to do. This can affect young people’s perception of their own ability, their expectations of future...

The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2020

Southwest Independent Secondary School of the Year:

A third major achievement for The Maynard this year

The Maynard School, Exeter is delighted to have been awarded the Sunday Times Schools Guide 2020 Southwest Independent Secondary School of the Year. This prestigious award, being officially published in the 27th edition of Parent Power on Sunday 24 November, is triggered by our incredible A-level and GCSE results in the summer, but is also judged on the wider ethos and values within the whole school community.

“In a...

Queen Elizabeth’s School Hosts Second Heat for English Speaking Union (ESU)

Crediton 15 November 2019: Year 11 Student, Mia Hodge was awarded Best Speaker at the English-Speaking Union (ESU) Public Speaking Competition, held at Queen Elizabeth’s School recently.

This competition is run by the English Speaking Union and QE played host for the second heat for the Exeter area, the first heat having taken place last week at Blundell’s School. The English Speaking Union (ESU) is a charity working to give young people the speaking and listening skills and the cross-understanding...