College trustees hold initial meeting
The trustees of the newly formed Kingsbridge Community College Trust have held their first meeting.
Pupils get stars in their eyes
Pupils at Kingsbridge Primary School who attend the out of school club have teamed up with a local media student to film and star in their very own talent show.
An investor in people
A leading South Hams secondary school has scooped an Investors in People award.
Outstanding school with exceptional standards
A South Hams secondary has won the highest possible accolade from education inspectors who have judged it an "exceptional and outstanding" school.
School celebrating SAT success
Students from Kingsbridge Community College have again come up trumps in this year's Key Stage Three tables.
New head aims to build on success
The new headteacher of a local primary school has spoken of her vision for it to be a place where every child can fulfil their full potential and ach … more»
Top marks for South Hams primary
A South Hams primary has won the highest possible praise from education inspectors after being judged outstanding in every area of school life.
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Kingsbridge teacher lands top award
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Kingsbridge Community College's Ian Jamison has won the Guardian Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School 2007.
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Pennywell launches green school award
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Primary schools in Devon are being encouraged to enter a competition in search of the Pennywell Farm 'Green School of the Year'.
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School progress praised by Ofsted
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Staff and pupils at a South Hams primary are celebrating after the school was transformed in just a year.
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Discover family learning at your library
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Families around the South Hams are being encouraged to discover what their local library can offer during Family Learning Week (October 6-14).
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Schools funding doesn't add up
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Devon County Council is calling on the new minister for the South West, Ben Bradshaw, to press for "fair funding" for local schools.
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Students celebrate GCSE results
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Kingsbridge Community College students are celebrating a year of outstanding GCSE results.
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Record year for A-level results
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Students at Kingsbridge Community College are celebrating a year of excellent A-level results.
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Pupils set their designs on slowing traffic
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Pupils at Malborough Primary School have unveiled the winning design for an eye-catching road sign warning motorists to slow down outside their school.
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Devon primaries continue record of achievement
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Pupils in Devon's primary schools are continuing to achieve higher than average exam results, provisional figures show.
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Kingsbridge teacher scoops coveted award
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A teacher from Kingsbridge Community College has been recognised for his dedication and commitment.
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Primary headteachers 'should oppose' Exeter unitary bid
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Primary school headteachers across Devon are being advised to oppose plans for Exeter City Council to go it alone and split from Devon County Council.
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Money grows for trees in Yellow Pages recycling campaign
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Local kids have scored a double jackpot simply by recycling old Yellow Pages directories - winning hundreds of pounds for their schools and raising enough money to plant and care for 70 trees.
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Kingsbridge kids see how rubbish is recycled
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Children from Kingsbridge Primary School recently visited Newton Abbot's Brunel Recycling Centre and the Landfill site at Heathfield.
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College raises £2,000 for Comic Relief
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Students and staff at Kingsbridge Community College raised nearly £2,000 on BIG Red Nose Day on Friday 16 March.
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College scoops top health award
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Kingsbridge Community College has become only the second secondary school in Devon to win the Healthy Schools' award.
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'Visionary' leadership brings improvements at local school
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The "visionary" leadership of a South Hams head teacher has led to rapid improvements in his small village school.
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Local teachers are top of the class
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Stokenham Primary School's Maria Goodman and Charleton Primary School's Emma Peacock have been awarded important national qualifications.
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Proposals for new school at Sherford unveiled
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Proposals for an 825-pupil secondary school to serve the new Sherford community in the South Hams have been unveiled.
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US agrees with need for international nuclear ban on Iran
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Fifth of GP surgeries could close, Tories warn
Around a fifth of England's GP surgeries are under threat of closure, according to the Conservative party.
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Bush pledges $770m to ease world hunger
American President George W Bush has asked the US Congress to approve $770m in new international food aid.
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