Pupils at Sampford Arundel School set up their own breakfast club as part of their fundraising for the international children’s charity Unicef. Cereal, fruit pancakes, toast and hot chocolate were prepared and served by the school council raising over £70 for the charity. And because it was breakfast several children came in their pyjamas. Headteacher …
Kingsmead School, Wiveliscombe, has celebrated students achieving their Arts Awards run by Trinity College London. They were presented with their certificates by local artist Tess Armitage who works closely with the school sharing her expertise and who spent time recently with students developing Somerset landscape paintings. Head of Art Jeanette Crawford said “The Arts Award …
Three of Wellington School’s youngest fencers performed superbly in the recent South West region qualifiers for the British Youth Championships. Jessica Gundry came first in the U18 girls foil, Alex Jasper came third in the U12 and Henry Savage won fourth place U16 foil. Jade Clarke reached the final last year so will also go …
Year 10 students at Kingsmead School Wiveliscombe have reached the South West final of a Coca Cola sponsored national competition. Their task was to create a new ‘healthy soft drink’ for a target market of their choosing. They had to develop the new drink, design its packaging and create an on-pack promotion that would encourage …
The news that two local schools, Court Fields Secondary and Wellesley Park Primary, have both been judged by Ofsted inspectors as failing their pupils has generated an understandably strong reaction around the town. Few local residents are immune from the consequences – from parents of youngsters approaching school age to those with school-age children and …
Ofsted’s dismal verdict on Court Fields has attracted more comment to Around Wellington than any story since the website launched last summer. Here are the ones received so far. There has been no selection by the Editor to create either a favourable or an unfavourable view. Michelle Liggett Terrible but as we only have one …
Twenty-four hours after the publication of a damning Ofsted report on her school, Court Fields headteacher Elaine Faull is in a reflective but defiant mood. “People will read the report and say ‘Why is she still here?’,” said Mrs Faull. “I’m not in denial. There are things that we have to improve but that process …
Court Fields school has been put on special measures by Ofsted following an inspection last November. The school’s overall performance was rated Inadequate, the lowest grade available from the government education watchdog. Ofsted published its findings today online at www.ofsted.gov.uk Of the four assessed areas Achievement of Pupils, Quality of Teaching and Leadership & Management …
BBC presenter Naomi Wilkinson traveled to Kingsmead School to present languages teacher Caroline Buttivant with a £4000 British Academy award to the Wiveliscombe community school. The cheque was a recognition of Caroline’s innovative work with eight local partner primary schools, using a Skype phone/internet link to provide language lessons over the internet.
West Buckland primary school has just been given a cheeringly good report from Ofsted, the school’s inspection agency. Overall, this small village school has moved up a grade from Satisfactory to Good, with only a few minor issues preventing it being judged Outstanding – the top grade Ofsted can give. Here are a few of …
This year for the Court Fields Community School Christmas Cabaret, Year 10 Performing Arts GCSE students were in charge of organising the event for the first time. Students have been practising their performances and stage managers have been preparing the running order. Technical crews have been preparing lighting and sound and set to accompany the …
