A credit to the school…
Pupils at King Alfred’s Academy celebrated top marks despite a ‘challenging’ climate of change, according to the school. Teachers at the Wantage school waited in anticipation to see how their students...
View ArticleGreat Celebrations for Super Exam results across county
Pupils’ sighs of relief could be heard all round Oxfordshire as they lined up to hear how they fared in their GCSEs. Scores of secondary school pupils found out their exam results after five years of...
View ArticleWe did it! Pupils jump for joy at results
Pupils at Wallingford’s Cranford House jumped with joy as they collected their ‘exceptional results’. The youngsters gathered to hear their long-awaited grades at the school last Thursday. Seventeen...
View ArticleWiper’s Times comes to Oxford
A STAGE adaptation of the BBC film, The Wiper’s Times, a satirical newspaper created in the mud and mayhem of the Somme, opens in Oxford next month. Set in Ypres in the First World War, this...
View ArticleMake a Buddy and stay safe, advise NSPCC
A scheme that empowers children as young as four to stay safe from abuse reached almost 21,000 primary school pupils in Oxfordshire last year, new figures reveal. The NSPCC’s Speak Out Stay Safe...
View ArticleSchool scoops award for work in community
A school for children with special education needs has been recognised for its work in the community. Wantage-based Fitzwaryn School won school of the year at the Against Breast Cancer Achievement...
View ArticleHospital school overjoyed at its improved grade
A special hospital school that provides education for children admitted to hospital is celebrating after improving its Ofsted rating from inadequate to outstanding in nine months. Oxfordshire Hospital...
View ArticleYoung apprentices show skills
The new series of The Apprentice hits our TV screens next week – but there’s not a chance this group of Oxfordshire school kids will hear the words ‘you’re fired’ any time soon. While a group of...
View ArticleSuper students!
Business savvy students were recognised with awards after an exciting Dragons’ Den-style event last week. Students from Abingdon & Witney college’s business, accounting and travel courses spent the...
View ArticleA school of research vessels
Blood vessel tunnels, a heart rhythm dance and learning about blood clots through volleyball – who knew learning about science could be such fun? More than 250 captivated Didcot school kids jumped into...
View ArticleSafety Steve shares advice
Pupils from a Deddington primary school buddied up with Safety Steve to learn about keeping safe while living close to a building site. The Deddington CofE Primary School youngsters donned hard hats...
View ArticleFond memories of school days as old building set to become homes
HUNDREDS of pupils attended their former school for a nostalgic farewell before the building is demolished to make way for new homes. King Alfred’s Academy’s East Site, formerly known as Icknield...
View ArticleParadise Papers: Oxford University ‘invested tens of millions offshore’
Leaked documents have revealed the multi-million pound offshore investments made by Oxford University. Known as the Paradise Papers, an investigation into more than 13.4million files released by two...
View Article‘Hearing glasses’ win competition
This dedicated primary school pupil has won global recognition for an invention idea that assists people with hearing loss by helping them see things they can’t hear. Rye St Antony School youngster...
View Article£6.8m school to open next year
A new £6.8million primary school that has been lying empty for months is gearing up to open its doors to pupils next September. Gagle Brook Primary School, which has been built at Bicester’s eco town,...
View ArticleCollege scoops award for action in the community
A COLLEGE praised for developing a moral and social code has won a national accolade for a ‘forward-thinking’ community project. Abingdon & Witney College has collected the Edge Award for Practical...
View ArticleStudents’ coats campaign to help homeless keep warm this winter
Caring college students are hoping to warm up winters for the homeless by delivering 100 coats and jackets to those in need within the community. Business students at Abingdon & Witney College’s...
View ArticleCampaigners’s hard work pays off as under-threat school saved
A school’s future has finally been secured after months of uncertainty following a damning Ofsted report. The decision to save Chiltern Edge school in Sonning Common comes after months of campaigning...
View ArticleStudents pick up life skills at The Shop
Students with special educational needs are now running on-campus shops at local colleges to gain valuable life and employment skills. The shops at Activate Learning’s City of Oxford College and...
View ArticleGraduates seeking jobs to make a contribution
GRADUATES in Oxford are looking for “emotional rewards” and “personal fulfilment” from their jobs, new research shows. A survey by the Department for Education’s Get into Teaching campaign talked to...
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