Student Life

For many pupils, parents and National Trust supporters, the Exeter School Concert in aid of the National Trust in Exeter Cathedral is a favourite in the calendar. For the sixteenth year running, the concert showcases the school’s senior orchestral groups, brass and choirs in the magnificent cathedral setting. Around 200 pupils ranging in age from 11 up to 18 will be making this year’s concert on Tuesday 6 December a night to remember. Director of Music Peter Tamblyn said: “In such an impressive venue, the annual National Trust Christmas Concert at Exeter Cathedral is a highlight of the...

Offwell Primary from Honiton, Redhills Primary in Exeter and the ACE MAT have been successful in gaining Erasmus+ funding to take part in an Erasmus + project which will be coordinated by the English teacher, Enrique Ruiz from CEIP Andrés García Soler in Spain.

This project, therefore, includes these two Primary schools from Devon, the MAT, the Spanish school, Scuola Padre Pio from Altamura, Italy and Rigas Classical Gymnasium from Latvia as well as Antonio de Nebrija University from Madrid.

This is one of the very few projects in the EU which will involve such a...

An exciting debut novel by a young writer, Trace This Scar marks a change from the tone of the first offering by Jessikah Hope Stenson.

Following on from her collection of short stories titled A Single Drop Of Perfect & Other Stories, released in February 2016, Trace This Scar is a psychological thriller with a strong crime focus.

Due for release 24th November, Trace This Scar tells the story of a woman named Daphne whose husband is sent to prison for a murder she knows he did not commit. Packed with lies and betrayals and the mystery surrounding the murder, Trace This...

Exeter Deaf Academy secondary students have been taking their enriched production of ‘A Little Man’s Holiday’ on tour to Exeter Library and the Barbican Theatre in Plymouth. Their tour started earlier this month at Exeter Library and continues to The Barbican on Monday 17th October with a special performance for schools, including Longcause Community Special School and Eggbuckland Vale Primary school.

Over the past 12 months, Exeter Deaf Academy’s secondary school Expressive Arts class have been working with the PaddleBoat Theatre Company to enrich ‘A Little Man’s Holiday’ with non...