Exeter College is celebrating its best ever A Level results - with an outstanding 99.8% pass rate.
Students from all four corners of Devon and further afield amassed excellent A level results, with more than half - a staggering 54% - achieving the very highest A*, A, and B grades.
As well as highest number of students achieving straight A* and A grades, the college celebrated 100% pass rates in 33 of its 38 A level subjects.
The exceptional results will see students fulfilling their dreams of studying at Oxford and Cambridge, Russell Group and top universities,...
Harry Batten, 13, from Exeter recently took part in an inspirational sailing trip with the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, along with 28 other young people in recovery from cancer. Harry joined the crew of one of six yachts, to sail around the Solent on the south coast from the 1st of August, on a four-day yachting adventure.
For Harry, who finished cancer treatment in December 2006 for Germ Cell Tumour at Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, this was his first time sailing with the Trust. He said: "I have met new friends who are all really nice and I didn't feel uncomfortable with...
Blundell’s School continues to be deliver excellent results at A Level with some very strong results achieved by pupils in both the Upper and Lower Sixth. In the Upper Sixth (Year 13) of 97 pupils, 41% of the results gained were at A*/A with 23 pupils gaining 3 A grades or higher and over two thirds of all grades were between A* and B. The A Level pass rate was 99%. The Lower Sixth (Year 12) gained the best AS results ever at Blundell’s: from a cohort of 107 pupils, one third of the pupils gained A grades with 75% of the grades at A-C and a 95% pass rate. Many pupils have gained impressive...
Anna Fitzgerald has carried off one of the main prizes at Topsham Art Group’s 50th Anniversary Exhibition with her picture “Heading Home’. Emma Matthews of Exeter based wealth managers Charles Stanley & Co said that it was very difficult to choose who should receive the Charles Stanley award, which the firm had sponsored. Anna's piece stood out due to its imaginative use of new materials and novel layering techniques, which include gold leaf and resin. Anna, who moved to Exmouth only a year ago has already shown that she can make a big impression by creating the highly successful ‘...
Construction firms in the South of England must develop more training-based employment programmes for young people if they are to attract the brightest A-level achievers – and help alleviate the skills epidemic in the industry, says the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). It has been predicted that the UK construction industry will create around 190,000 new jobs by the end of 2018 but there is a growing fear that there will not be the talent to fill them.** Lynn Robinson, RICS Regional Director, South said: “We have to make it easier for young people to find an appropriate...
Colin Rowland, 58, of Exmouth is undertaking a series of impressive fundraising challenges over the coming months to raise funds for the type 1 diabetes charity JDRF.
Colin is taking on the challenges this year especially as 2016 is his 50th diaversary – 50 years since he was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition type 1 diabetes.
His multitude of fundraising challenges began with the Paris Marathon, which he completed on 3 April in an impressive 4 hours 40 minutes. Colin or Twinkle (his running nickname), then completed the London Marathon and will go on to complete...
Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants in Devon are at a new historic low after falling by 58 during July, with the total claimant count now standing at 3,029.
Of Devon’s eight districts six experienced falls , ranging between one and 34 claimants.
In Exeter the number of claimants rose by 30 claimants and in South Hams the number increased by just one. The largest fall of 34 claimants was seen in East Devon.
The claimant rate (proportion of the county’s working age population claiming JSA) remained largely the same with East Devon, Teignbridge and Torridge falling...
Officers from East Devon District Council’s StreetScene service have had a busy past few weeks helping find homes for 17 life-sized dinosaur models, previously roaming free in Exmouth.
Nick Christo, East Devon’s StreetScene Area Manager West, is relieved to report that all the prehistoric reptiles are now confined to easily accessible public sites, forming an educational trail throughout the town, ready for an exciting launch event at the Strand on Saturday August 20, 11am to 6pm.
The StreetScene team members have become so attached to one of the dinosaurs – a massive...
A yellow severe weather warning for strong wind has been issued for Devon on Saturday, with gusts of up to 55mph expected in areas.
A spell of unseasonably strong southwesterly winds, accompanied by heavy, blustery showers, is expected to develop across the south of the UK later on Friday but peaking during Saturday daytime.
The strongest winds will lead to large waves round exposed coastlines.
Gusts of up to 45 mph inland, and 45 to 55 mph along exposed coastlines, are expected.
The strong gusts may cause disruption to transport and, in view of the time of...
