Education

Almost 99 per cent of Devon families have won a place in one of their preferred primary schools this September.

Figures published today (Monday 17 April) reveal that 7,065 applications were made across the county.

And 6,979 families have been offered a place at one of their four preferred schools - that's 98.8 per cent.

The new figures show that 96.7 per cent of the...

The Heart of the South West LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) is calling on Government to accelerate upskilling the region’s workforce with the skills of the future.

Companies in the Heart of the South West area (Devon, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay) are struggling to recruit in growing areas including data science, cyber, robotics, machine learning and customer service. This ‘skills...

A Tiverton independent day and boarding school has upgraded and refurbished its music facility with financial support from HSBC UK.

Blundell’s School, a leading independent school in Devon, has secured a six-figure finance package from HSBC UK to transform its 410 square metre music department, enhancing student and staff experience, following a huge increase in the popularity of...

Channel 4 is challenging secondary school students across the UK to conjure up ideas for a new TV show as part of a nationwide competition.

Students are being invited to create a new show which explores how we are Altogether Different . The only other stipulation is that the show can be set at any point in time, except in 2023.

They will need to come up with the idea for the...