Staff and students were delighted in another year where GCSE results broke school records, with 78% of the Year 11 group achieving at least 5 A*-C grades. Against the UK national trends, Court Fields also saw a rise in the percentage of students who achieved an A or A* grade. 59 students out of the …
Wellington School’s Headmaster, Martin Reader, congratulated his GCSE and IGCSE pupils for their “excellent performance”. 20 Year 11 pupils gained 9 or more A* and A grades and 48% of the total entry scored A* or A grades. Mr Reader was particularly pleased with the pupils’ success in classical languages, a subject specialism which is …
Students and staff at Kingsmead School in Wiveliscombe gave Head Teacher Geoff Tinker a rousing send-off after 11 years of devoted service. The whole school took part in an assembly which included anecdotes and messages of thanks from numerous staff and students, video messages from Kingsmead partner schools in Zambia, Germany and France, musical items …
All 35 pupils at Sampford Arundel School have left a lasting memorial to Diamond Jubilee year in the form of a tiled ceramic mural set into the wall of the main building. Each tile carries the initial of the child or teacher who made it. The artwork was made by children and staff under the …
Sampford Arundel School celebrated their annual sports day on one of the few sunny evenings of the summer. Children competed in a range of running, skipping and obstacle races culminating in the traditional school “marathon”. Parents and children then enjoyed a barbeque and refreshments organised by the friends of the school. The photograph shows Evan …
Gill Paltridge enjoys an early Summer Holiday: Outside there’s heavy cloud, wind, driving rain, drought – and the gloom of economic woes; inside the Wellesley Theatre there’s a show that reminds us of what might, just might, lie ahead. Like holidays in our dreams, ‘Summer Holiday’ is about adventure, travelling, sunshine, romance and escape. It’s …
Court Fields School is calling on the community to show its support for plans to add a £900,000 3G sports pitch to its facilities. The Headteacher, Mrs Polly Matthews, has penned the following open letter … “I wonder if you could help. As you may know, we are hoping to install a 3G pitch at …
