Student Life

Exeter College is celebrating another year of exceptional academic results, following the best International Baccalaureate results in the college’s history earlier this summer. Today’s A Level results are also setting new records, with students achieving an overall pass rate of 99.7%, well above the national average of 97.6%.

The success is particularly notable as this is the first year that all A Level results have rested solely on a final exam at the end of two years of academic study, rather than a combination of results achieved over two years.

The results represent a...

South Dartmoor Community College (SDCC) is celebrating after its boys’ and girls’ cricket teams were crowned among the best in the south west.

The school’s cricket teams took part in the regional Chance to Shine Finals, with the SDCC Under-13 boys’ team winning its competition. Their group wins included beating the Wiltshire and Somerset champions before they progressed to a three-way final round with the other group winners – Devonport High and Downend School.

Against Downend, South Dartmoor batted first with batsman Josh Hill retiring unbeaten on 20 out of a competitive...

Exeter College students are celebrating after achieving the best International Baccalaureate (IB) results in the college’s history.

This year the prestigious IB saw a 100% pass rate, with almost a third of students (32%) achieving 40+ points. This is the equivalent of five A Levels at A/A*, putting them in the top five to ten per cent of students in the entire world. Two candidates achieved an incredible 43 out of 45 possible points.

Further to this, more than 50% of the students achieved 38 points or higher which is the tariff requested for a place at the University of...

Exeter School Lower Sixth Former Eddy Lister featured on BBC Radio One's podcasts, Life Hacks, talking about his Young Enterprise (YE) team's Mindfulness card game. The YE team devised the game as a way of tackling anxiety and entrepreneurial Eddy contacted the radio station as a way of promoting his product. Lower Sixth Formers James Broderick and James Heard joined YE Advisor Ian McGregor on the trip to BBC Broadcasting House, London, where Eddy was interviewed by broadcaster Katie Thistleton. The YE team - FireDragons - came up with the mindfulness card game to help fellow pupils deal...