A teenager who missed months of school after being diagnosed with a brain tumour is due to collect his GCSE results tomorrow.
Jacob Coldman , from Winkleigh in Devon, was in Year 7 when he was diagnosed with an optic pathway glioma after a routine eye test in November 2018, aged 12.
The schoolboy had two operations followed by 18 months of gruelling chemotherapy, which...
Adult GCSE students from South Devon College are celebrating today as they collect their results. For many it’s the first step in the next chapter of their career journey.
35 year old Kelly Maddick from Paignton wants to be a dietician. The mum of two has worked as a health care assistant in the NHS for 15 years and decided that going back to college would open up more opportunities...
Students and staff at Plymouth High School for Girls, part of Thinking Schools Academy Trust, are celebrating today as they received their GCSE results.
This year, despite the challenges faced by students and staff, Year 11 students have excelled. Plymouth High is rejoicing in the best GCSE results the school has ever had. Average attainment is Grade 7, with 59% of passes at Grade 7...
The Ridgeway School GCSE Certificate and Awards evening was held recently to celebrate the personal, academic, sporting and community achievements of last year’s Ridgeway GCSE students.
The students were presented with their GCSE Certificates and awards. This year it included the new award of Sports Personality of the Year, which was won by Liam Weir.
As teenagers pick–up their GCSE results they are reminded that there is life after exams.
This is the first year that teenagers, up to the age of 18 are legally required to stay in education, training or get a job with accredited training- something that the Government calls 'raising the age of participation'.
More information on this can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/...
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...
Tomorrow’s scientists and engineers can now apply for places at the county’s newest school, the South Devon University Technical College in Engineering, Water and the Environment, which opens its doors to the first intake of students this time next year.
The innovative UTC has been established by the University of Exeter and South Devon College alongside key local and regional...
Theatre Centre, a theatre company which this year celebrates 60 years of touring new writing to young audiences, presented a lively panel discussion on the place of drama in the curriculum at a Plymouth school.
At Lipson Co-operative Academy in Plymouth on Wednesday 9 October, an eminent group of young people, local policy makers, arts managers and teachers gathered for a special...
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...
