Dartmouth Academy

Dartmouth Pupils Make it Count with Research in to Calorie Labelling

Pupils from Dartmouth Academy, part of Education South West, have taken part in a meeting of the Young Person’s Advisory Group (YPAG) this term.

The Dartmouth Young Person’s Advisory Group (YPAG) was set up as a collaboration between the students from Dartmouth Academy and University of Exeter Medical School in early 2022.

The pupils act as invaluable advisors to researchers...

Dartmouth Academy Pupil Takes Gold at Scottish Taekwondo Championship

A pupil from Dartmouth Academy, part of Education South West, is celebrating after winning several medals at the recent Scottish Taekwondo Championship.

Alex Slade, from Paignton, practises taekwondo and has done since 2018 with Taekwondo Torbay. He began competing in 2019 at the British Championships and took home a Bronze medal at that event for his Taekwondo patterns.

He...

Dartmouth Academy celebrate European Day of Languages

Staff and pupils at Dartmouth Academy, part of Education South West, have celebrated the European Day of Languages today (26th September.)

The idea of organising something to promote the importance of learning languages to the public was proposed at the 1997 conference on Language Learning for a new Europe.

The European Day of Languages was then launched back in 2001 after...

Dartmouth Academy pupils trained as mentors by Future First

Year 7 pupils from Dartmouth Academy, part of Education South West were recently trained as mentors by Future First.

The mentor-mentee relationship is a very special one, we often think of the mentee getting all the benefits of being mentored, but this is not the case. The Future First mentoring programmes place equal emphasis on both sides of the relationship.

Year 7...

Local children taking part in sunflower growing competition

A group of children from Dartmouth Academy, part of Education South West , are taking part in a sunflower growing competition with other local schools.

This term, the pupils have grown sunflower plants from seeds up at the school and now they have planted them out at Coronation Park in the town alongside their competitors. Once they have had time to grow and bloom, the sunflowers...