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Exeter School hosted its first Education Festival on Monday 20 February 2023. Head, Louise Simpson was delighted to welcome educators from across the region to “EdFest23: Educating for Character”.

EdFest is an annual conference that convenes educators from across the region to connect with colleagues; this year the theme was Educating for Character, and delegates had the opportunity to engage in important conversations around the development of character in our pupils, the importance of our schools in supporting character education, and how supporting character education is a way...

March 1st marks National Offer Day, when many children in England and Wales will find out which secondary schools they will go to.

School transitions can be incredibly challenging. Children in schools continually experience transitions – between different schools, classes, and year groups. A key part of an educator’s role is to make sure these periods of change run as smoothly as possible.

In a children’s emotional health study backed by The Prince’s Trust, young people highlighted the transition to secondary school as being particularly hard on their self-esteem, due to...

McLaren (Exeter) Limited are advancing exciting new proposals for a city centre co-living development; providing young professionals and key workers with much needed opportunities to live and work in the heart of the city.

McLaren’s proposal is to redevelop the brownfield, post-war buildings located on Summerland Street, EX1 2AT, between Verney Street and Red Lion Lane, and currently comprises the Yonk Asian foods and Sai Kung supermarket.

The central unit was previously used as a windscreen repair business which closed in the summer of 2022 and is now vacant.

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Exeter University is providing a free online teaching resource on climate change and sustainability for Key Stage 2 pupils across the county, recorded by the university’s neurodivergent geographers, aiming to raise awareness of neurodiversity.

Neurodiversity refers to diversity in the human brain and cognition, and recognises that we all think, move, process information and communicate differently. It is estimated that around 1 in 10 people across the UK are neurodivergent , however, all humans vary in terms of our neurocognitive ability. Neurodivergent can be used as a term to...