Author: Samantha Lauren King

A student that turned down a sixth-form place at a grammar school in favour of staying at his local secondary modern earned an A* and two A grades at A-level today. Martin Lynch (pictured), a student at St Joseph’s Catholic High School, received an A* in business, and two As in economics and history, after […]

An A-level student has become the first in Accrington Academy’s history to win a place at Oxbridge. Natalie Whitham (pictured above, left) earned four A* grades in law, psychology, maths and religious studies at A-level, and will now go to Oxford University to read law. She isn’t the only one with her sights set on […]

St Martin’s School in Brentwood, Essex, is celebrating its best ever results, with more than a quarter of the grades awarded coming in either at A* or A. A total of 60.2 per cent of A-level students achieved A* to B grades, with 86.9 per cent securing A* to C. A whopping 99.4 per cent […]

The Children’s Global Media Summit is looking for original education research to help shape how digital and broadcast media can be developed for children in the future. Established in 1995 and taking place every three years, the conference, which will be held in Manchester this year, looks at ways to improve children’s media, and the […]

Pupils from a special school in Hampshire have won £10,000 for their ICT department after creating a prototype badge that helps people on the autistic spectrum to communicate. The team of three pupils from Southlands School in Lymington, a specialist Asperger’s and complex needs independent school, came up with the idea for the badge to […]

A Wellingborough School pupil has set a new 200m record at the national preparatory schools athletics finals. Etienne Maughan (centre), a year 7 pupil at the Northamptonshire school, won both the 100m and 200m, breaking the 200m record with a time of 27 seconds, making her the fastest girl of her age group across the […]

A group of 175 schoolchildren created their own cities at a STEM event at Roehampton University in south London. The pupils, aged 8 to 14, came from seven schools across London, forming small, inter-school teams to create their idea of a perfect city from cardboard boxes, straws and sticky tape. The winning designs received awards […]

A competition searching for the nation’s happiest schools has opened for nominations. The National Happiness Awards, run by Laughology, is looking for the happiest school, employee and pupil. Entrants have to fill in a nomination form and submit evidence that shows how happiness, mental health and wellbeing are at the heart of school life. The […]