Education

A national scheme, taken up by a school in Plympton to develop student’s employability skills, has its first apprentice. Every student at Ridgeway School has been registered for PiXL Edge and 13 year old Phoebe Lansley in Year 9 is the first to gain the apprentice award. PiXL Edge is a framework for schools to develop in students those personal attributes essential for employability and life....

What makes a great sports leader? This was one of the questions put to primary school pupils who attended a sports leadership conference at a Plympton school recently.

Ridgeway School held the event in their brand new state-of-the-art sports hall. Primary school pupils from across Plympton were invited along to learn new sporting skills and find out what makes a great sports leader....

Plymouth will be the first university in the world to install a new device helping visually impaired people navigate safely around disabled access toilets.

The RoomMate from ADi Access is being fitted in the disabled access toilet in the Roland Levinsky building foyer on Tuesday 15 December. The electronic wall-mounted device uses a bespoke audio recording to describe the layout of the...

Children at a school in Plymouth will be given lessons in growing vegetables and improving the ecology thanks to a donation from a leading house builder.

Pilgrim Primary School has bagged a £1,000 donation from Persimmon Homes South West to improve outdoor learning for the pupils.

The school is hoping to buy polytunnels to grow vegetables, a water butt and a composter.

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