School news

  Heathfield Knoll School near Kidderminster has just announced that ‘Santa Sneezes’, a play written by the school’s Mrs Sidaway with music by Y10 pupil

Fordhall Organic Farm near Market Drayton is England’s first community-owned farm, and the team are constantly trying new things. Recently a free educational event was

TV presenter Clare Balding paid a visit to Wolverhampton Grammar School recently to chat about her latest book. Over 300 pupils from eight different schools

The Old Hall School in Wellington has announced a new contract with Daisy Chain Daycare. Headmaster Mr Martin Stott said they were delighted to unveil

Children at Much Wenlock Primary School took part in a range of activities to celebrate international space week. Children in Class 2 designed and built

Farmer-turned-TV presenter Adam Henson and one of the UK’s largest private landowners, the Duke of Buccleuch, were presented with honorary degrees from Harper Adams University

Sixteen girls from a variety of Bridgnorth schools had an action-packed week trying out canoeing, rifle shooting, raft building and sailing as well as a

A group of Shrewsbury College students have been successfully placed as the top talent in the region in a variety of construction trades. Six students

Much Wenlock Primary School’s Parents, Teachers and Friends Association (PTFA) held a successful summer fair back in July, featuring the school choir, a bakery contest,

North Shropshire College (NSC) recently held its annual Family Fun Day at the Oswestry Campus in aid of Hope House and Severn Hospice. NSC schools

An aspiring film-maker has been offered the chance of a lifetime with a BAFTA Directing Mentorship from an award-winning director. Cameron Brydone-Reed, 19, who studied

“I know exactly what to do now if someone in the street has a heart attack!” So said Christ Church Primary Y6 pupil Charley, who

Writing on the theme of ‘Reflection’, the winners in the Intermediate and Senior sections of the Rotary Young Writer competition were both from Oswestry School.

Prestfelde School’s Under 11s have been crowned English Schools national cricket champions – under the watchful eye of England legend Andrew ‘Freddy’ Flintoff. The school

A Shropshire teacher has retired after almost 30 years teaching classes at one of the county’s leading independent schools. Linda Tipper first joined The Old

At the end of June, Oldbury Wells pupils were treated to a visit from the RAF Cosford STEM Bus, a mobile classroom packed with resources

A Wolverhampton Grammar pupil is raising money for Cancer Research UK – and helping sick children along the way. Fourteen-year-old Natasha Sund from Penn is

Royal School swimmers Alicia Dingle and Niamh Hofland were selected to represent Team GB and the Netherlands respectively at the Gyor 2017 European Youth Olympic

Children at Kidderminster’s Little Trinity Nursery were delighted when they received swimming certificates and medals after taking part in their first Nursery Swimming Gala. Competing

Students looking to start a degree course in 2018 can gain a taste of University Centre Shrewsbury life at an Open Day taking place on

Outback2basics are offering a six-week block of fun-packed forest school sessions for children aged three and four in their woodland base at Blymhill, Weston Under

Bright young physicists from Oswestry School have achieved some outstanding results in the British Physics Olympiad Challenge. These highly demanding tests, set by Oxford University,

It’s never too late to be in education – and sometimes it can have life-changing results. Signing up for a foundation degree in early years

For this year’s annual drama production, the drama department at Shrewsbury High School made the decision to tackle the difficult but extremely topical storyline of

Pupils from Prestfelde Prep School in Shrewsbury are celebrating having claimed the Shropshire U11 Cricket crown with a convincing display that saw them go through