Exeter School pupils, parents and staff are celebrating a set of excellent A Level results.
Thirty-four pupils scored three or more A* or A grades with 18% at A*. Over half of all grades were A* and A with 83% at A*, A and B.
The school is particularly proud of its record number of medical offers this year with 11 pupils going on to study Medicine, two to study Veterinary Science and one to study Physiotherapy.
Twins Becky and Chris Richardson scooped up an incredible seven A* between them. Head Girl Becky is going to study Medicine at Nottingham University. She...
Businesses in Devon are being reminded that the application deadline for the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise is just over two weeks away.
HM Lord-Lieutenant of Devon, David Fursdon, and Devon County Council are encouraging firms across the county to apply for the renowned awards, which are now in their 50th year, to showcase Devon’s thriving and innovative business organisations.
The Devon Lieutenancy and the Devon Delivers Ambassadors’ programme run by Devon County Council held an event at Bovey Castle in June to promote the awards to Devon’s business community.
Police are warning the public not to leave valuables on show following reports of cars being broken into within Woodbury Common.
On Wednesday 17th August, two cars were broke into near Uphams car park between 2.45-3.30pm.
A grey Peugeot 208 had its window smashed and a search of bags that were within the car took place. A silver Ford Focus was also broken into by the same means and a handbag stolen.
Police are reminding people not to leave valuables on show when leaving their vehicles. Anyone who has any information in relation to the break-ins or who saw anything...
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...
