Education

As this year’s GCSE results are released, early indications show that Plymouth schools are getting the basics right and are in-line with National figures.

As the government rolls out a new way of measuring school performance, changes to GCSE performance measures are beginning to appear. These changes to GCSE grading are being brought in to ensure students can compete for jobs across an...

Students at Plympton Academy have been celebrating some fantastic A Level and BTEC results this year with overall student progress again increasing from previous years. A quarter of results were at the highest grades of A*, A or Distinction* in A level and BTEC, with 79% at A*- C or Distinction*/ Merit across the A level and BTEC range. This year’s overall pass rate for A Levels and BTEC...

A ribbon cutting ceremony was carried out by The Mayor of Okehampton, Jan Goffey, to officially open the state-of-the-art Third Generation (3G) sports pitch and new classroom, at Okehampton Primary School & Nursery. The £540,000 project carried out by property design and management consultants, NPS South West and built by Skinner Construction Ltd., of Sidmouth, was completed in the autumn...

A maths teacher from Plympton Academy, who hasn’t ridden a bike since childhood, is taking to two wheels to raise money for charity.

Caroline Pitcher plans to cycle from John O’Groats to Gretna Green in September to raise money for three women’s cancer charities: Breast Cancer Care, Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust and Ovarian Cancer Action.

The teacher, who turns 50 next year, will...