National, regional and local authority results for the phonics reading check and key stage 1 assessments have been published by the Department of Education.
The results for Plymouth show that 70% of six-year-olds in state funded schools (including academies) reached the expected level, one percentage point higher than the overall figure for schools in England. Those who did not achieve...
School uniform, proms, school trips and activity weeks - how expensive is it to send a child to school and how much does a family’s wealth affect a child’s education?
These are the questions a concerned group of Plymouth councillors will be asking during a four-month project that aims to investigate the impact of the Government’s Welfare Reform on a child’s education.
200-STRONG CAST RAISE THE BAR FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE PERFORMANCES
More than 1,500 audience members were last week treated to a spectacular display of musical theatre, as Ivybridge Community College ran five sell-out performances – from Wednesday 17 July to Saturday 20 July – of ‘the most popular musical in the world’ – Les Misérables.
Minister for Employment, Mark Hoban, and local MP Oliver Colvile were guests of honour for a behind-the-scenes tour of Plymouth’s brand new University Technical College which is set to open its doors for the first time in September.
The special guests were shown the progress of the new college on the former Parkside School site in Devonport, Plymouth. Alongside the tour, they were...
A Plymouth University lecturer has been awarded one of just five prestigious scholarships from a national education body.
Dr Suanne Gibson, who leads the University’s BA Education Studies programme, has today been awarded an International Scholarship from the Higher Education Academy (HEA).
Each of the five recipients will be given funding to undertake research investigations...
Teachers in schools across the globe are turning to a new philosophy to help improve the behaviour and well-being of students.
Mindfulness, a form of meditation, has been shown to help with a wide range of mental health conditions and improve well-being in adults. However, few trials have evaluated its effectiveness in children.
Professor Willem Kuyken from the Mood Disorders...
The number of young people being accepted into their first choice of secondary school has increased this year, as thousands of primary pupils in Plymouth will today learn which school they will be going to this September.
Plymouth City Council confirmed that 95.36 per cent of young people received their first choice of school, 3.62 per cent their second and 0.77 per cent their third...
Opening an adjournment debate into the educational achievement of deaf students in Britain last night, Alison Seabeck, Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View, highlighted some of the many challenges faced by those with hearing difficulties, and urged Ministers to look into a local shortage in specialist teachers. Ms Seabeck received praise from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for...
