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Exmouth students – tell us about your GCSE results

By ExmouthPeople at 08:04 on 25/08/11

STUDENTS ACROSS Exmouth and East Devon are anxiously awaiting the announcement of their GCSE exam results today... If you're one of them, or know someone else who is, why not get in touch with Exmouth People to tell us about your experiences? Whether you're going on to higher education, looking into getting an apprenticeship or still deciding, we want to hear from you. Were your results as expected What's next for you? Email exmouth@the...
St Peter's School raise over £1000 for charity!

By St Peter's School at 13:10 on 03/06/11

St Peter's School held their annual summer fete on Friday 27 May. A total of £1202 was raised, including £100 raised by our Heads of School for the Orpheus Centre which provides opportunities for young disabled adults to promote personal development through performing arts. The remaining money will be used to sponsor a teacher in the Watoto Village in Uganda. Watoto is an holistic care programme...
No reason to be bored this Easter

By Exmouth People at 11:00 on 22/04/11

WELL it is that time of year again – Easter. It's a time where you have two weeks off from school or college. If you are religious you can celebrate the resurrection of Jesus but for many it is a time when you don't have to have an excuse to eat a lot of hot cross buns or chocolate. But what is there to do when you have such a long time off school or college? Do you often find yourself trying to think of ideas but you can't...
No more space at Exmouth's primary schools

By FutureExmouth at 23:39 on 19/04/11

EXMOUTH'S PRIMARY schools are facing a shortage of space as pupil numbers increase to exceed the places available. But the crisis isn't unique to Exmouth; it's part of a much larger national problem... In March, the Daily Telegraph reported that councils were suggesting that without a major cash injection some children could find themselves without local school places within the next three years. If this happens, parents could have to...
Kerpow! Hero pupils are a real knockout!

By Exmouth People at 11:00 on 19/02/11

HUNDREDS of little heroes arrived for school and it was more than their superpowers that were tested. The event took place at Bassetts Farm Primary School in Exmouth yesterday. The Heroes and Superheroes Day was the culmination of seven weeks of learning based on the theme. All 310 pupils dressed up, either as superheroes such as Batman, Spiderman, and the Power Rangers, or as modern-day heroes such as doctors, nurses, soldiers or...

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Exmouth students celebrate strong GCSE results

By Rostow1

Pity the results (English and Maths) have gone down when nationally they have risen. Clearly the...

By ExmouthPeople at 12:19 on 25/08/11

THEY MAY HAVE BEEN dodging the showers, but students and staff at Exmouth Community College were this morning delighted to be celebrating another good year of GCSE results... Following on from last week's strong A-level achievements, this year's GCSE results reached a new high of 70% of students gaining five A* to C grades, slightly above the national average of 69.8%, and a big increase from ECC's 57% pass rate of four years ago. In...
Exmouth students – tell us about your A-level results

By dimondbabe

Best of luck everyone!!! We're all proud of you!!!

By ExmouthPeople at 18:42 on 17/08/11

STUDENTS ACROSS Exmouth and East Devon are anxiously awaiting the announcement of their A-level exam results today... If you're one of them, or know someone else who is, why not get in touch with Exmouth People to tell us about your experiences? Whether you're taking a gap year before packing up for university, heading into the world of work or still deciding, we want to hear from you. Were your results as expected? Will you be going...
Secondary schools mark conversion to academies

By Rostow1

“As an academy, not only can we maintain the status quo ...” Graham Allen. Isn't that...

By Exmouth People at 11:00 on 09/04/11

FOUR more schools converted to academies this month, bringing the total number of secondary academies in the Devon local authority to 12. This represents nearly one in three mainstream secondary schools, a proportion which places Devon 24th out of 150 local authorities in secondary school academy conversions. Clyst Vale Community College in Broadclyst, Exmouth Community College, Queen Elizabeth's Community College in Crediton and The...
Youngsters’ reveal their hopes and targets for year ahead

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alissia is a special person and she will make any one happy love dad

By Exmouth People at 11:00 on 29/12/10

As the world gets ready to welcome in 2011, Echo reporter Fran McElhone has quizzed children at Bassett's Farm Primary School and Marpool Primary School in Exmouth about their new year wishes and resolutions. Youngsters at Bassett's Farm School have high hopes for their town this year as well as wanting to excel as academics. Aaron Humphries, 7, said he was keen to prove himself as a mathematician: "My new year wish is for the...
Academy agreement triggers consultation

By rostow

"The Public Accounts Committee report said the mechanisms to check that the schools' finances...

By Exmouth People at 11:00 on 31/01/11

GOVERNORS at Devon's largest school have entered a period of consultation to decide whether it will become an academy this spring. Exmouth Community College, which recently became a specialist maths and computing school, is the latest in the county to receive confirmation that the Secretary of State for Education has approved a change of status. A period of consultation has now begun, giving parents and staff the chance to have...