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'St Gudula' stands by the River Swincombe on Dartmoor

Ancient Holy Well Forms Centrepiece for New Dartmoor Community Pageant

The spirit of a medieval saint will be evoked in a new community ritual for Dartmoor, which aims to reconnect people with water and the land. St Gudula’s Well in Ashburton, an ancient holy well, will be the focus of the ceremony, which will honour water as the source of all life, and also...

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Cricket success for Ridgeway School

The Year 10 Ridgeway School cricket team have had their first success of the season. The winning team along with the Year 9 team, were involved in matches against Hele’s School and All Saints Academy, hosted in the dome at Hele’s.

In the first round of matches, Ridgeway’s Year 10 team beat All Saint’s Academy, with Brandon Dawe the star of the show, taking three wickets in as many...

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Ridgeway School to represent UK in Somme education programme

Ridgeway School chosen to represent the UK in Battle of the Somme education programme

Ridgeway School has been selected to represent the UK in a special education programme to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.

As living memory of what was one of the deadliest battles of the First World War fades, the programme – designed by the British Council - aims to raise...

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Audiologist is winning career for Stoke Damerel Community College

Health Education England (HEE) is delighted to announce that students from Stoke Damerel Community College are the South West winners of the Step into the NHS national schools' competition.

Students Joe Bishop and Josh Franklin impressed the judges with their entry to promote the role of an audiologist to their peers. The boys created a video which allowed students to better understand...

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Star Wars assembly at Ridgeway School

Students in year 8 and 9 at Ridgeway School were treated to a special Growth Mind-set Star Wars themed assembly recently in celebration of Star Wars Day.

Special guest star was Darth Poveda, otherwise known as Head of Post 16, Martin Poveda.

“The message to the students was clear, “said Jim Strachan, Head of Academic Progress for Years 8 & 9 “Be one with the force and have...

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Ridgeway School teachers take part in Rat Race Dirty Weekend

Three teachers from Ridgeway School took part in the gruelling Rat Race Dirty Weekend recently.

Craig Follett (Assistant Principal / Head of Maths); Ian Hartley (Head of Personal Development & Religious Studies) and Martin Tinkler (Head of Care & Services) completed the world’s largest obstacle course as part of the school’s Staff Resilience Challenge.

“Some of the...

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Ten Tors success for the Ridgeway and Devonport High School for Girls training group

Ten Tors success for the Ridgeway and Devonport High School for Girls training group.

All four teams in the Ridgeway and Devonport High School for girls training group are celebrating success following the annual Ten Tors event. The training group comprising of combined teams from both schools all completed well within the allocated time. With teams entered at all distances for the 35...

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Ridgeway School students grow seeds from outer space

Seeds that have been in outer space are being grown by students at Ridgeway School in Plympton.

One hundred of the rocket seeds have been into outer space on the international space station. However the students don’t know which 100 seeds out of 200 they have been sent have taken this amazing journey.

The students will now grow the seeds in the school greenhouse to see if any...

Business Builder Forum at Ridgeway School

Post 16 students from Ridgeway School took part in a Business Builder Forum recently.

The event was organised by Plymouth company Business Vision, and started with a presentation from its owner, Marc Lawson on how to grow a business.

This was then followed by an inspirational presentation from former Olympic gold medallist and TV personality Kris Akabusi who charted his journey...

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Schools combine for Ten Tors event

Better together – Ridgeway School and Devonport High School for Girls combine for the Ten Tors event in 2016. Once again the combined Ten Tors training group from Ridgeway School and Devonport High School for Girls have entered a strong set of teams at every distance for this year’s event. It is now thirteen years since former Ridgeway School Headteacher John Didymus introduced the Ten Tors event...

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Devon embraces National Schools Snowsport Week

A brand new national initiative aimed at encouraging more schools to introduce their pupils to skiing and snowboarding has begun in Devon and will continue until Friday.

‘National Schools Snowsport Week sponsored by Visit Andorra’, which is being backed by former The Jump contestant Stacey Solomon and GB Snowboarder Aimee Fuller started last Friday at both Plymouth Ski and Snowboard...

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