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Cranbrook’s new primary school will be officially opened today (26 February). The £3.6 million St Martin’s C of E Primary , which serves the new Cranbrook community in East Devon, will be officially opened by the Bishop of Exeter, the Rt Rev Michael Langrish, and the Chairman of Devon County Council, Jerry Brook at 9am this morning.

St Martin’s will grow with the new community and will eventually accommodate 420 children with a 26-place nursery.

Every classroom is equipped with the latest Apple technology and has its own outside space. There is a purpose-built Foundation...

It is so sad to hear of the potential demise of St Margaret’s School; sad for the Staff; sad for the pupils; sad for the parents. But, can you balance commercialism with upbringing – financial figures with academic statistics – results with manners? If you cannot, then the future of St Margaret’s has been written in the sand years ago.

As a father of three St Margaret’s daughters who are enjoying successful careers and lives after school and the husband of a former pupil and long standing teacher at the school, I can tell you without fear of contradiction – St Margaret’s stands for...

The governors of West Exe Technology College have appointed acting head Vicki Carah as the school’s permanent new headteacher.

Mrs Carah was one of six candidates for the post who were interviewed in a three-day process. She has been acting head since last summer.

Chair of Governors Peter Scott said: “We were extremely pleased by the quality and calibre of candidates.

“A rigorous and transparent interview process, over three days, culminated in the decision to appoint Vicki by the panel of seven governors.

“The panel had tough and challenging decisions to...

Citizen journalists have captured dramntic images outside the school in the US where an horrific shooting took place.

It has been reprted that 27 people are dead including 20 children.

And these pictures were taken by people near the scene soon after.

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An East Devon sixth former is being honoured this week for what is thought to be a unique attendance record.

Mel Ayres did not miss a single day of lessons in the five years she spent in the main school at Axe Valley Community College.

Mel is now in the first year of the college’s sixth form studying for ‘A’ levels.

Attendance officers at Devon County Council cannot find another single instance of 100 per cent attendance over five years at a secondary school and so Melissa’s achievement may be unique in the county.

This Thursday (6th December) at 2pm, Mel...

200 children aged between five and 15 years of age from across 20 Exeter school’s came together recently to celebrate the world of wildlife around them.

The conference, organised by Devon Wildlife Trust, was staged at the city’s St Peter’s Church of England School and took place on Friday 9th November. Its theme was ‘the bigger picture’ and asked students to think about how taking small, local steps to help wildlife can lead to big and impressive results.

The conference featured TV naturalist Nick Baker, who gave an inspirational launch address spelling out just...

Where oh where did the first half of term go? Half term always catches me by surprise, but thankfully lots of people in Exeter have been busy thinking ahead and planning a host of half term activities to entertain your children and at the same time probably give you a bit of a breather. This coming week is, of course, also Halloween, providing even more opportunities to get active in and around the city.

We will have daily updates next week, but to get the party started, here is a selection of fun things to do during half term and for Halloween.

HAVE A...

The Student Room, the largest online student community in the world, which receives around 5.5 million unique visitors a month, launched a design update at the beginning of October as part of a brand refresh for the UK’s largest online student community. Among the elements unveiled are a new logo and a new strap line ‘where students connect’. This is accompanied on the website by a clearer and more user-friendly navigation bar.

Jamie O’Connell, Marketing Director at The Student Room, said: “Over the past few years we’ve grown from an idea in a student’s bedroom to become the...

The Earl of Wessex will officially open Exeter’s Greenest school later this month.

His Royal Highness will visit Montgomery Primary in St Thomas which has been formally certified as England’s first zero-carbon school.

The Devon County Council school is one of the Greenest buildings in the UK and generates all its own electricity – and a surplus – from an array of solar panels on the roof.

The innovative, air-tight Passivhaus design means it doesn’t need a boiler to provide heating.

For most of the time, the building is warmed by the body heat of pupils and...

Following a monitoring visit from Ofsted inspectors on the 4 and 5 of July, staff at Exeter Deaf Academy have been given an end of term boost as the official report highlights a number of significant improvements in the education and care of Deaf young people at the Academy.

Her Majesty’s Inspectors have pointed to Executive Principal Arnet Donkin’s “no nonsense approach” and “high expectations” of himself and his staff as key factors in the progress made.

With much of last November’s inadequate Ofsted grading focusing on safeguarding concerns, Mr Donkin is particularly...