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Students from across Wiltshire have been celebrating success, but one principal points out that the return to normal grading may have been…

Students from across Wiltshire have been celebrating success, but one principal points out that the return to normal grading may have been…

TWO young graduates have been put on the path to becoming teachers thanks to an education bursary from the Wiltshire Community Foundation. Cassidy Hill saved for two years throughout her sixth form at Matravers School in Westbury, where she grew up, to take up a BEd degree in teaching at Winchester University. But her single mother, who has two other children, couldn’t afford to help with the extra expenses needed on top of what was covered by the student loan. The 21-year-old was awarded £1,500 for each year of the three-year course. Cassidy Hill from Westbury “The grant was a...

GEOLOGY student George Wright found himself on a life-changing field trip in Brazil after an opportunity sparked by an education bursary from Wiltshire Community Foundation. The 21-year-old, who grew up in Westbury, wanted to take up a place at either Southampton or Portsmouth to study geology but the extra burden of paying for accommodation, food and other costs were beyond his family’s budget. His step-dad had recently been made redundant and the family had three very young children to look after. He applied for the bursary and was awarded £1,500 a year for three years. After lea...

WESTBURY people have rallied round to support a local family, with more than £6,500 raised to help the Tilleys while dad Lee is in an induced coma as he battles the coronavirus. Mr Tilley, 43, is in intensive care at the Royal United Hospital in Bath after falling ill just after New Year. He suffers from diabetes and had kidney stones. His wife Karen, 40, and eldest son, Alex, 17, have also tested positive for the deadly virus. Thankfully, his disabled daughter Josselin, 14, and youngest son Dalton, eight, are so far clear. Alex said: “Dad was taken into hospital on January 2 for t...