• Partnership between St Michael's and St Catherine's Primary School s yields high praise

  By newtonnews at 10:07 on 15/12/11

  

  Two South Devon primary schools - St Michael's Primary, in Kingsteignton and St Catherine's at Heathfield - which joined together in a pioneering federation this year have both received high praise from education inspectors for their rapid improvements. St Michael's Primary in Kingsteignton has been judged outstanding – the highest rating the schools standards agency Ofsted can give. St Catherine's at Heathfield has been judged...

• Rydon Primary School, Kingsteignton wins environmental awareness competition

  By newtonnews at 12:13 on 14/12/11

  

  Local primary schools have been sowing the seeds of environmental awareness with their pupils thanks to a competition run by the district council in partnership with Tesco. The competition sought out schools with sustainable garden aspirations, asking teachers to work with pupils to come up with new ideas for sustainable school eco-gardens and descriptions of how sustainable any existing gardens were and how they could improve.   ...

• Record A-Level Results at Newton Abbot College

  By newtonnews at 15:35 on 18/08/11

  

  Newton Abbot College students were today celebrating a fourth consecutive year of record A-Level results at the College. The pass rate was 100 per cent, for the first time in the College's history, with 75 per cent of all grades at A-C grade - an increase of well over three quarters in the number of higher grade passes at the College over the past four years. Principal Gareth Davies commented: "This is a fantastic set of results...

• A-Level results for Teign School, Kingsteignton: Head teacher Viv Game "Very Happy"

  By newtonnews at 11:33 on 18/08/11

  

  A-Level results for Teign School, Kingsteignton. Pupils at Teign School, Kingsteignton were celebrating after achieving an overall pass rate of 97 per cent. About 60 per cent of students gained A* - C grades – with 80 per cent of students getting the grades to get to the university of their choice. Head Viv Game (pictured) told Newtonabbotpeople.co.uk that he was very pleased with today's results. "I'm very happy,"...

• SOS to pupils for school’s 100th birthday

  By NewtonAbbot People at 10:00 on 12/05/11

  

  A PRIMARY school in Newton Abbot is having a party to celebrate a massive milestone. Decoy Primary School is putting on a day of fun to mark its 100th birthday. The school's major family event will take place Saturday, June 18, from 4pm. Ahead of the event, the school has sent out an SOS for any former pupils or teachers to get in touch with their memories. A school spokesman said: "The day will be fun for everyone, but we want...

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