Education

Students are today (Monday 9 September) taking their first steps through the doors of a new state-of-the-art engineering and advanced manufacturing college in Plymouth – and beginning their journey towards becoming the engineers and scientists of the future.

University Technical College Plymouth, the brand new £8 million cutting-edge teaching institution in Devonport, aims to nurture...

Children from a special school in Plymouth will help to decorate a banger of a car that sets off soon on a 1,500 mile rally.

The children from Cann Bridge School will leave an impression of their hands in brightly coloured paint and write their names on the 17-year-old vehicle, in the hope their personal touch will help bring its drivers, Lee Grant and Lauren Haywood, some luck....

Marine Academy Primary (MAP2), a primary free school set up by the Marine Academy Trust, will open its doors for the first time this week.

Headed up by Aaron Meredith from Ernesettle Primary school, MAP2 was first proposed in December 2011 with the core aims to provide much needed places and to raise achievement, especially in English and Maths, and raise aspirations amongst its...

14-year-old Ivybridge Community College students achieve A*s.

There was double the excitement for one Devon family today, as twins Ella and Phoebe Middleton both achieved A* grades in their Italian GCSE exams, scoring exactly the same marks across all four units of their work.

And what made the achievement even more incredible is that the girls are both in year nine – aged just...