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New King Alfred School Acting Principal Dan Milford starts his role Dan Milford has taken on the role until January 2022 when a permanent Principal will be appointed. It comes as former Principal Nathan Jenkins has been promoted to the Head of School Improvement at The Priory Learning Trust. The appointment means that Mr Jenkins can continue to have a strong role in helping to continue to move the academy forward. Mr Milford has been Vice Principal at the school for three years, and was previously Assistant Principal at another TPLT school, Worle Community School Academy. He has tremendous e...

Lyra is releasing her third charity single on Good Friday. - Credit: Jill Dando News A seven-year-old brain tumour survivor is releasing a third charity single on Good Friday to boost mental health and wellbeing. The inspirational Lyra Cole from Somerset is releasing a cover of Toy Story’s ‘You’ve Got a Friend In Me’ to raise money for In Charley’s Memory (ICM), a mental health charity. Lyra, from Highbridge, had emergency surgery to remove a brain tumour 'the size of an orange' when she was five months old. The talented youngster hopes the song will cheer people up after such a cha...

Burnham-On-Sea singer Lyra Cole, 7, to release third charity single this Easter A Burnham-On-Sea brain tumour survivor hopes to raise spirits and boost people’s mental wellbeing at Easter with the release of a new charity single. Lyra Cole, 7, is releasing a cover of Toy Story’s ‘You’ve got a friend in me’ on Good Friday to raise money for In Charley’s Memory, the local mental health charity. Lyra, who had a brain tumour the size of an orange successfully removed when she was a baby, hopes the song can cheer up people in tough times. It will be her third charity single – her two...

Burnham history teacher wins first ‘The Masked Teacher’ contest Burnham-On-Sea history teacher Nigel Smith has been been named the winner of ‘The Masked Teacher’ competition in which King Alfred School Academy recreated the hit TV show ‘The Masked Singer’. Nigel belted out the tunes ‘World in Motion’ by New Order and ‘Roar’ by Katy Perry from his home as his alias ‘Panda’ to win. The runners-up were English teacher Torie Meredith as Pink Lady, science teacher Chelsea Atkins as The Thing, and French and German teacher Lee Disney as Angry Bird. The who...

Online learning may have caused a long-term negative impact on their children's self-esteem, more than half of parents say.