Since new Government regulations came into force last year, 189 parents in Plymouth have been fined for taking their children on holiday during term time.
Plymouth City Council received the alerts from schools across the city highlighting unauthorised absence for the reason of family holidays from 1 September 2013 to 24 January 2014.
Plymouth Arts Centre Food – PAC Food – has won a tender to provide school meals for children at a new school in Plymouth, inspired by Jamie Oliver.
From the start of term, children at the new Plymouth School of Creative Arts, based in Millbay, will be eating home-made food cooked in the kitchen at Barbican-based Plymouth Arts Centre.
Young people in Plymouth will be supported to stay in school and achieve better results through a new scheme using one-to-one mentors as guides.
Councillor Nicky Williams, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, signed off the new Skills Aid Plymouth (SAP) scheme to support teens to stay in school and get the qualifications the city needs them to have.
On the 5th of October the streets of Truro came alive with the sound of drums as children and adults alike performed in the Samba Festival. I spent the day with Launceston Community Primary School who put on two wonderful performances despite reduced numbers. This group of 8-11 year olds are well known in Launceston itself and they had decided to share their Samba with a wider audience....
76 GYMNASTS, DANCERS AND SINGERS WOW AUDIENCE AT MOTORPOINT ARENA
Students from Ivybridge Community College were centre stage last night at the opening of the UK School Games in Sheffield, as they presented ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ – a singing, dancing and gymnastic extravaganza – to a packed audience at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield.
Ivybridge Community College has recorded exceptional A-Level results, with 100% pass rates across all subjects and one-in-five being either an A or A* grade.
This is an increase on last year’s 99% pass rate, with an impressive 181 students securing places at universities.
“These are terrific results that show exceptional progress in our sixth form,” said Rob Haring, Principal...
An exciting find in a cupboard at Sparkwell School has prompted a nationwide search to find the pupils of yesteryear and help celebrate the launch of the new school.
Sparkwell All Saints Primary, which is being created under the free school legislation, is to be officially opened on 29 August after initial refurbishments to the old building have been made.
Police have arrested a 13 year old boy after receiving a call from a Plymouth school that the student was in a classroom holding a knife.
Just after 11am this morning, Tuesday 19th March, police were contacted by the Marine Academy school in Kings Tamerton in Plymouth. At the time it was not clear if anyone had been threatened.
