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Three students from The King Alfred School Academy have received firm offers to study at Cambridge and Oxford universities next year, with other students receiving offers from Cardiff, St Andrews, Queen’s in Belfast, King's College in London, Durham, and Sheffield.

Eleven things only Notre Dame School pupils will know What life was really like at the only Catholic, all-girls school in Plymouth The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss a big story in Plymouth again with our daily newslettersInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer...

SIXTH-form college bosses in Bolton say they have had to cut bursaries for over half of its students. Bolton Sixth Form principal Stuart Merrills says the college’s bursary funding has dried up due to a number of factors, including taking on more students with its recent expansion and the pandemic, meaning students need more support for remote learning. The college’s bursary funding, between £9 and £20 a week per student, for this year is based on the previous year (2019) before the...

Herts Ad Property team The Coronation Fountain, Parkway. Picture: Andrew Brookes - Credit: Archant Shredded Wheat, John Lewis and Alesha Dixon are just three of the things that may spring to mind when you think of WGC. We found out more about England’s second garden city.   Howardsgate, Welwyn Garden City. Picture: Danny Loo - Credit: Picture: DANNY LOO Welwyn Garden City was founded in 1920 by Sir Ebenezer Howard, the father of the garden city movement. Only the second garden city in Eng...

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson and North West Durham MP Richard Holden AN MP has launched a campaign to prevent the formal closure of Wolsingham Sixth Form. Richard Holden, MP for North West Durham hopes to keep Wolsingham Sixth Form suspended so it can be enjoyed by future students. The Sixth Form was formally moved to a suspended status in 2019 due to low pupil numbers – to be financially viable, the Sixth Form would need 100 pupils in each academic year. Two years after a sus...

by Charlie Spargo The Educate North Awards are set to go virtual on April 22nd, celebrating the region’s university and higher education, FE and Sixth Form sectors and their talent. Originally postponed to March 3rd 2021, they were formerly planned for April 2020 and will now take place online, giving attendees the chance to recognise success in their industry and celebrate their peers. The ceremony will take place at 7:30pm on April 22nd, so attendees can join from wherever they’re based. ...

Pupils at The Mount School York have adapted quickly to online learning It has been three weeks since The Mount School York returned to remote learning and girls and staff are once again outperforming expectations.  The Mount’s hugely successful and innovative online delivery of teaching demonstrates why The Mount School York continues to be a leading light in educational excellence for girls.  Junior School girls at The Mount enjoy their Explore, Discover, Create curriculum, wh...

But, according to Mr Millward, "people in left-behind towns feel the decline of local institutions and civic engagement", and as a result are less likely to believe that education will improve their life chances. Its not all bad news, however, and according to one sixth form head teacher, is the opposite of her experience. East Norfolk Sixth Form College in Gorleston routinely gets 7-10 Oxbridge offers year after year - Credit: Nick Butcher Catherine Richards, principal at East Norfolk (EN) Si...

published : 26 Jan 2021 at 10:58 64 Shrewsbury Invests in Excellence: Project 2021 Close To Completion In August 2021, Shrewsbury International School Bangkok Riverside will complete an ambitious 1.1 billion Thai Baht building project.   Project 2021 dramatically increases the provision for Science, Mathematics, Computing, Innovation, Sixth Form, Higher Education counselling, Dining and Sport at Thailand’s leading independent international school.   Central to the...

County Durham MP backs campaign to save sixth form college threatened with closure Wolsingham Sixth Form would need 200 pupils in its sixth form college to be financially viable Get the latest County Durham news and updates delivered straight to your inbox - sign up for free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for ot...