Education

In a display of international solidarity, four academies from Devon, part of Education South West, have partnered with Ukrainian schools to support crucial education reforms amidst ongoing conflict. Coombeshead Academy, Teign School, Kingsbridge Community College, and King Edward VI Community College (KEVICC) are at the forefront of this OECD initiative, working closely with Ukrainian schools...

Year 7 pupils from Dartmouth Academy, part of Education South West were recently trained as mentors by Future First.

The mentor-mentee relationship is a very special one, we often think of the mentee getting all the benefits of being mentored, but this is not the case. The Future First mentoring programmes place equal emphasis on both sides of the relationship.

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Year 10 3D Art students from Coombeshead Academy in Newton Abbot, part of Education South West , have taken part in a two day artist workshop funded by The Helen Foundation this month.

The Helen Foundation is a charity to enrich the experience of young people in all branches of the arts in Teignbridge, South Devon. They subsidise arts-based workshops in schools led by professional...

Pupils and staff at Wynstream Primary School in Exeter, part of Education South West , are celebrating the results of their phonics tests this term.

Phonics is an effective way of teaching children to read, high quality phonics teaching improves literacy levels. The phonics screening check is a test that Year 1 pupils in England are required to take. The check confirms whether pupils...