WESC Foundation (WESC) launches The ‘Exeter’s Blind Spot’ campaign.
Since the charity’s rebrand many people know WESC as the blind school and not by their official name, WESC Foundation. This campaign is aiming to increase awareness and strengthen the association between WESC and the ‘blind school’ that it is so often referred as.
Ridgeway School has achieved its Crowdfunding target of £10,000 thanks to the local community.
The Crowdfunder.co.uk campaign has raised £10,250 towards the cost of installing a 3G football pitch on the school site that will provide a much needed all year round playing surface.
“This innovative approach to fundraising was a part of the Devon Football campaign and it was...
Ridgeway School has been awarded £2 million for building improvements.
The money has come from two Capital Improvement bids that were submitted to the Education Funding Agency earlier this year.
The first project will be to provide a two storey extension that will house a state-of-the art Performing Arts Centre. This new building will have music classrooms, practice rooms,...
Staff and pupils at St Budeaux Junior School are celebrating their latest Ofsted inspection report after inspectors judged them to be a ‘Good’ school. The progress the school has made since the last inspection particularly impressed the inspectors who noted that standards had significantly improved in the last two years and that all pupils now make good progress in all subjects. Ofsted stated “...
Public Health England (PHE) has commissioned a health service research team from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD) to model the size of the lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) population in England.
PHE is committed to providing data on health outcomes by all protected characteristics in order to understand the health and wellbeing needs of different...
Four chefs have battled it out in a cook-off to be crowned a South West School Chef of the Year.
This is the second year in a row that CATERed and Plymouth’s own Sharon Cundell, from St Edward’s Church of England Primary Academy in Eggbuckland has claimed the Lead Association for Catering in Education (LACA), South West School Chef of the Year title.
After a tightly fought contest in Year 10 with campaigns including promotional videos, posters, badges and even giving out free cake, Natasha Barber and Connor Burn have been elected as Head Girl and Head Boy at Ridgeway School.
Both students, who are actively involved in school life, beat off some stiff competition for the prestigious roles.
A primary school teacher and Plymouth University graduate has created a new app designed to improve children’s reading skills through interactive gaming.
Fonics, created by Sophie Cooper, is designed for three to six-year-olds and uses games as a means to teach basic language skills.
She believes it can be a valuable resource for teachers and students, but also enable parents...
Year 13 A level students who left Ridgeway School last year came back recently for an evening of celebration.
Around 60 guests were welcomed to the A level presentation evening by Principal Lisa Boorman and last year’s Head of Post 16, Jason Ryder. Jason spoke personally about each student as they collected their A level certificates.
