School news

Shropshire’s young batsmen piled on the runs in the sun earlier in the season. Will Lewin smashed an unbeaten 186 as Shropshire U14s took on

It was time to walk like an Egyptian at a Shropshire school as pupils dressed like as mummies and pharaohs for the day. Children in

North Shropshire College (NSC) Commercial Services students recently held their annual skills show at the Oswestry Campus. This year the event raised £430 for the

Shropshire bowler Dillon Pennington visited his old school after his stand-out performance for England in New Zealand. The visit to Wrekin College in Wellington also

On a recent Sunday in Cressage, over 40 members of the community forfeited their day of rest to assist the local primary with a building

Following on from last year’s Standing Tall project, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre have announced an exciting new project for this year’s pantomime Sleeping Beauty – DREAM

Class 2 at Brockton Primary recently completed two practise walks in preparation for their upcoming Snowdon challenge. The children, who were aged seven to nine

Several local schools shone during the Schools Aquathon Relays held at Wrekin College, with a clean sweep of all three age group titles. The challenging

Theatre Severn was packed to the rafters one morning last April as children, teachers, and authors gathered to celebrate work inspired by a shortlist of

The sound of thundering hooves and braying donkeys filled the air at Packwood Haugh School in Ruyton XI Towns early in May. Pupils, parents, friends

This September, a new round of degree-level courses will begin at Shrewsbury Colleges Group, which has been successfully teaching higher education (HE) courses for over

A Much Wenlock school has become one of the first schools in England to win a new national award for making a commitment to develop

Staff at Castlefields Nursery were delighted to when they won a National Sport Relief Competition to receive a visit from disco-loving Go Jetter’s star Ubercorn. Shropshire’s

Children at a local primary school’s gardening club have been enjoying seeing the fruits of their labours. Pictured are Evie, Grace, Ellie, Lily, Ellie and

 A teenage archer who first became interested in the sport after watching the Disney film Brave has scored her first international success. Penny Healy, who

North Shropshire College (NSC) has announced the appointment of Ian Peake as principal. Having been principal and chief executive of Herefordshire and Ludlow College since 2004, Ian

Children and staff from two local schools welcomed presenters Radzi and Lindsey as part of the national Sport Relief fundraiser in March. Both Much Wenlock

A Shropshire band formed by past and present Telford College students have had their music aired on BBC radio. Force of Neglect are a hardcore metal

Shrewsbury High School and SHS Dance Academy dancers took their production of Winter Dance to the Walker Theatre at Theatre Severn for the first time

The children of Brockton Primary School held their first Brockton Dionysia festival in March. Five Class 3 (Y5 and 6) groups devised their own drama,

Two Shropshire schools have gone top of the class after they were given full marks by the prestigious Good Schools Guide. Wrekin College and the Old

Ex-Worfield school pupil Jess Grimsdale returned to her former primary school last week to promote her forthcoming research expedition to Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in

Few things play a bigger part in a school’s success than its staff, and Wolverhampton Grammar School’s wide range of initiatives to improve staff development