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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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Plympton students among top mathematicians in Britain

Two maths students from the Ridgeway School in Plympton have won their way into the next round of a national maths competition.

Jamie Trace and Rhiannon Hughes, who are both 17 years old, achieved gold awards in the UK Maths Trust Senior Challenge putting them in the top 3,000 mathematicians in the country. The students will now go through to the next round.

“The challenge is...

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Children take part in Global Literacy Initiative

Children at Marine Academy Primary in Plymouth became published authors this week, as their school participated in global literacy initiative, Pobble.com.

Pobble’s mission is to create a more literate world, by giving teachers a means to inspire young writers and providing children with a global audience for their work. By showcasing school work on a worldwide classroom wall, Pobble....

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Is your child starting secondary school next year?

Parents whose children are due to start Year 7 at secondary school or Year 10 at a Key Stage 4 institution in September 2016 have just a few days left to tell the Council which three schools they would like their child to attend.

The deadline for secondary school and key stage 4 institutions admission preferences is 31 October 2015 and Plymouth City Council is urging parents not to...

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Devon and Cornwall set to get girls active

The ground breaking Youth Sport Trust Girls Active programme got underway in Cornwall on 2 October to help more girls across Devon and Cornwall to get involved in PE and sport.

Girls Active looks to tackle issues of lower participation, poor body image and a lack of understanding of the benefits of physical activity amongst girls. It does this by offering a simple and flexible...

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New school year means new school for Plymouth

A brand new primary school has opened its doors to pupils for the new school year

A total of £17.1m Has been invested in the schools expansion project and includes the brand new school at Derriford, the new school building for Knowle primary, the expansion of Woodford in Plympton and Holy Cross RC in the city centre. These projects will all have created an extra 135 places in the city...

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2016 school admission places now open

The school place application process is now open and Plymouth City Council is now taking applications from families whose children:

are due to start at primary school for the first time or junior school (having completed Year 2 in an infant school) in September 2016 are due to transfer from Year 6 in a primary school to a secondary school in September 2016 or who wish to move from...

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Call for more nursery teachers in Plymouth

A fresh call has been launched in Plymouth to get high quality candidates to train as nursery teachers – and help further improve early education of young children.

Across the South West more than four out of five nurseries and other early years providers (87 per cent) are rated as good or outstanding, up 16 per cent on 2010.

Tax-free bursaries of up to £9,000 plus training...

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Student support now essential at universities

Over a third (34%) of current students and graduates have said they based their university choice on student engagement levels and student satisfaction, according to a new study.

Maintenance grants have now been slashed for all students and over half of the Universities in the England and Wales now charge undergraduates the maximum of £9,000 per year.

Despite this, UCAS figures...

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Plymouth GCSE Results 2015

Early figures suggest that 53 per cent of Plymouth students have achieved 5 A* - C Grades. This is a similar result to last year, with encouraging figures for the number of students getting the grades they need in English and Maths.

Councillor Sue McDonald, Cabinet Member for Children, Young people and Public Health said: “Across Plymouth, students from local schools and academies are...

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