Education

A new report commissioned by Exeter-based IMP Software has highlighted “very opposing views” among Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) leaders around centralising functions, GAG pooling and top slice mechanisms as trusts are directed to step up their efforts to expand.

The 2030 MAT Growth Challenge: Effective Strategies and Systems offers expert insight on how trusts can grow effectively to at...

A Totnes independent day school is celebrating after its pupils all received outstanding results in their LAMDA examinations.

Children at St Christopher’s Prep School and Nursery at Staverton in South Devon, which accepts children between the ages of three and 11, all achieved either a merit or a distinction for their exams.

LAMDA, which stands for London Academy of Music...

An outstanding Independent School in South Devon is offering a bursary of up to 100% of the school fees.

St Christopher’s at Staverton will offer this opportunity to local children who embody the ethos and values of the school, but who, for financial reasons, would not normally be able to attend St Christopher’s.

The bursary is in memory of Gregory Kenyon who established St...

A Devon college is hoping to reel in commercial fishers of the future with its new apprenticeship scheme.

South Devon College , based in Paignton on the English Riviera, has recently launched its ground-breaking Fisher Apprenticeship:

Working alongside regional employers the apprenticeship will train the next generation to sustainably harvest fish and shellfish as well as...