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In the year that Exeter School commemorates its 20th year of full co-education, pupils, parents and staff are celebrating an excellent set of A Level results, with a 100% pass rate.

Thirty-seven pupils scored three or more A* or A grades, with over a quarter - 26% - of all results at A*. 58% of all grades were A* or A, with 82% at A*, A or B.

Head Boy Ben Hayes scooped an A* and two As, securing his offer to read Medicine. Talented sportsman Ben represented the school in the 1st cricket, rugby and hockey teams.

Head Girl Megan Stride achieved A*AA and goes on to...

An Exmouth man who overcame autism and dyslexia to pass three maths exams which helped turn his life around, has been recognised by Learn Devon, Devon County Council’s Adult Education Service.

Matthew Harrington, 35, was presented with an embossed glass bowl and a certificate of achievement in a presentation at Learn Devon’s Kennaway Centre in Exmouth last week. A few years ago Matthew suffered from a chronic lack of confidence. He lived at home, couldn’t work, couldn’t read and struggled with things many of us take for granted, including visiting the local shop. He decided to turn...

Exeter School pupils, parents and staff are delighted with this year's set of consistently high GCSE results.

81% of all grades were A* or A and 50.4% were A*. Seventy pupils scored 8 or more A*/A grades with 41 registering 10 or more A*/A grades.

The 7-18 independent school is also celebrating its 20th anniversary of full co-education this year.

Headmaster Bob Griffin said he shared in the pride of pupils, parents and staff on these very encouraging results.

Top achiever Emma Daly from Crediton achieved 11 A* and one A. Musical Emma plays both the piano and...

Today Exeter College is celebrating the achievement of exceptional A Level results, with this year’s students setting a new college record for achieving the very highest grades.

A record number of the top grades (A*, A, B) have been awarded to students at the college, with an incredible number - 57% achieving the very highest levels of achievement.

In July, the college’s International Baccalaureate (IB) students celebrated a 100% pass rate with an average score of 34 points, some way above world average and the best results in the college’s 19 years of delivering the IB....

Exeter College students are celebrating after achieving the college's best ever International Baccalaureate (IB) results.

Five college students achieved 40+ points - 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.

A third of the college’s IB students scored an impressive 36+ points, meaning that they achieved the very highest results, equivalent to more than 3 As at A Level. At the same time, students celebrated a remarkable 100 per cent pass rate.

The exceptional results mean many of Exeter...

One of England’s first mathematics free schools is sending record rates of students to the world’s best universities, just two years after opening.

The Exeter Mathematics School is already among the top performing state schools in the country. It is one of only two sixth forms to specialise in Mathematics and Physics, and is sponsored by the University of Exeter and Exeter College.

The sixth form offers young people in the South West who show potential to do well in those subjects the chance to study an exciting and challenging curriculum, and work with leading academics at...

As teenagers digest their GCSE results they are reminded that there is life after exams. This is the first year that teenagers, up to the age of 18 are legally required to stay in education, training or get a job with accredited training- something that the Government calls 'raising the age of participation'.

More information on this can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-polic... Gone are the days when you could walk away from education aged 16. David Allison, boss of www.getmyfirstjob.co.uk a website that matches young people to...

Exeter School pupils, parents and staff are celebrating another round of consistently excellent GCSE results which have set a new record in excellence.

A record 83.4% were A* or A grades, compared to last year’s 82.5%, and 50.6% of all grades were A*.

99.3% of grades were A* - C.

There were many high achievers across the range of 21 subjects with 78 pupils attaining eight or more A* or A grades.

Forty-five pupils scored 10 A*/A grades or more.

Among the high achievers, all rounder Eka Barker-Privalova attained 12 A*s. Talented strings musician and...

Blundell’s School is thrilled with the excellent provisional GCSE results achieved by their Year 11 students. In a year group of 101, there was a 30% increase on last year in the number of A* grades, with an A* rate of 26%. More than half the year group gained the highest grades with an impressive A*/A score of 54% and nearly 40% of the year group gained 8 A*/A or more.

Twenty pupils gained 6A* or above with the following pupils gaining a tremendous 11A* or more: George Hill, Francis Huntingford, Hannah Le Gassick, Ennea Miller-Hunt, Caspar Montgomery, Harriet Nash, Rosalie Sanders...

Over a third (34%) of current students and graduates have said they based their university choice on student engagement levels and student satisfaction, according to a new study.

Maintenance grants have now been slashed for all students and over half of the Universities in the England and Wales now charge undergraduates the maximum of £9,000 per year.

Despite this, UCAS figures reveal that over half a million students secured a place in higher education last year, there has also been a 2% increase in the total number of applicants in 2015, meaning student support is...