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West Bridgford Junior School pupils contribute to ‘world first’ TV animation show
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Year Five and Six pupils at West Bridgford Junior School are in with the chance of seeing their creative work included in a new animated show to be aired on Sky in 2019.In a world...
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£10 million expansion for Nottingham city schools
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A Nottingham special school will officially open its new £4m expansion on 2 October – increasing its provision for children with special educational needs from 45 permanent places to 120 places.
New classrooms, offices and play...
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International School Award success for Rushcliffe School
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Rushcliffe school in West Bridgford has been awarded the British Council’s prestigious International School Award in recognition of its work to bring the world into the classroom.The International School Award celebrates the achievements of schools...
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The Nottingham Emmanuel School open days
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The Nottingham Emmanuel School in West Bridgford has announced open mornings and open evenings planned for this year. See full prospectus. At The Nottingham Emmanuel School we strive for excellence and we are looking forward to...
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Greythorn Primary School celebrates 30 years
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Greythorn Primary School in West Bridgford is now 30 years old and staff and pupils have gone back to the 80s to celebrate in style.Sarah Cox, Deputy Head Teacher at the school says, “Greythorn opened...
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Greythorn Primary School celebrates Good Ofsted result
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Greythorn Primary School in West Bridgford is celebrating as its latest Ofsted result declares the school to be Good in all areas.The report has particular praise for the school because, ‘Pupils attainment by the time...
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Applications open for Nottingham City secondary school places
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Parents of children who live in Nottingham City and who are due to start secondary school in September 2019 should now be applying for their places. Applications for children going into Year 7 – for children...
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GCSE Results: Nottingham Emmanuel School celebrates GCSE results
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There was an atmosphere of great excitement at The Nottingham Emmanuel School as students collected their GCSE results today.Analysis of the latest results show that the majority of students again gained strong passes in Maths...
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GCSE Results: Record results for Nottingham High School
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Nottingham High School students are celebrating again this week after achieving a record set of GCSE results.This year’s cohort has excelled, 51.1% of grades were secured at the equivalent of an A* (Grades 8...
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GCSE Results: East Leake Academy students celebrate results
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Students from East Leake Academy, part of the Diverse Academies Learning Partnership, were today celebrating another successful year for GCSE results.As the new, tougher GCSE grading structure was this year extended to include more academic...
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GCSE Results: Farnborough Academy’s record-breaking results
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Pupils are celebrating at The Farnborough Academy in Clifton after they received record breaking results.This year has seen the introduction of new GCSEs which are widely considered to be tougher than previous years. The old...
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GCSE Results: National Church of England Academy students celebrate excellent GCSE results
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Students at the National Church of England Academy in Hucknall, part of the Diverse Academies Learning Partnership, were celebrating this morning as they received their GCSE results.There was a hugely positive atmosphere at the academy...
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Nottingham Girls’ Academy celebrate best ever GCSE results
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Nottingham Girls’ Academy is today celebrating their best ever GCSE results.
68% of pupils achieved a standard pass in English and Mathematics and 38% of pupils achieved a strong pass. In addition to this, the academy...
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News GCSE exam grading explained
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As well as students bracing themselves for their GCSE results today (Thursday, 23 August), Nottinghamshire County Council is keen to demystify the updated GCSE grading system.Nottinghamshire County Council’s children and young people’s committee chairman, Councillor...
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Pictures: Nottingham Emmanuel School celebrates record-breaking A Level results
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Historically their best results to date with students achieving an unprecedented number of top grades and making progress significantly above national average during their courses. There have been celebrations today at The Nottingham Emmanuel School as...
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Nottingham High School A Level results
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Nottingham High School is today celebrating a stunning set of A Level Results with 64% of all passes at the highest A* and A grades. A quite remarkable 52 students have gained 3 A grades or...
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Record-breaking A Level results for East Leake Academy
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East Leake Academy, part of the Diverse Academies Learning Partnership, today saw students and staff celebrating a record-breaking year for A Level results.As the sixth form centre goes from strength to strength, students were rewarded...
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New primary school to be named ‘Hucknall Flying High Academy’
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The highest performing multi-academy trust in the East Midlands, The Flying High Trust, is to run the new school on former Rolls Royce site.Nottinghamshire’s Flying High Trust has announced today that it will run the...
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Nottinghamshire secondary school applications for 2019 open today
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If your child is due to start secondary school in September 2019, you can apply from now until the closing date, Wednesday 31 October 2018.Nottinghamshire residents, need to apply to Nottinghamshire County Council even if...
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Lady Bay Primary School wins NSPCC School of the Year 2018
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Lady Bay Primary was awarded the 2018 school of the year at the NSPCC Childhood Champions Awards in June.The award was made at a lunch ceremony in London and the prizes were awarded by...
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Rushcliffe School is top in the country for befriending care home residents
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The YOPEY Befriender scheme at a care home in West Bridgford is one of the longest-established intergenerational befriending schemes in the UK.Every year since 2014 a new group of about 30 sixth-formers from the nearby...
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Nottingham Emmanuel School student selected for both England and GB Junior Reserve Gymnastics Squads!
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Nottingham Emmanuel School student Ramiyah Kofi has achieved a string of successes in Gymnastics which has now led to her appointment to the England Squad 2018/9 and as a reserve for the GB Junior Squad.
14-year-old...
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20 new ‘gold-standard’ GCSEs will be taken by pupils this week
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Pupils across the country prepare to take new GCSE exams this week.
This week marks the start of exam season, where a further 20 new GCSEs will be sat for the first time.
The...
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West Bridgford Junior School Year 6 through to schools national football finals
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WBJS Year 6 football team has progressed to the national schools finals.Having progressed through to the schools county finals, the boys went on to play in the regional final at Grove Farm on Saturday....
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Spencer Academies Trust and Trent Academies Group agree merger
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The Directors of the Spencer Academies Trust and Trent Academies Group are delighted to announce that they have reached agreement in principle to merge, creating one of the largest multi-academy groups in the East Midlands.
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Nottingham Emmanuel School student Kinga is off to Cambridge University
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The Nottingham Emmanuel School is once again wishing well to a Sixth Form student as they land a place at Cambridge University.
Kinga Sitkiewicz said when the confirmation of a place arrived, the news didn’t sink...