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Tiverton High School students enjoy a trip skiing in France

By Lewis_Clarke at 01:13 on 13/01/12

THE following is a piece written by Tiverton High School student Nathan Hill in year 11 about a recent skiing trip to France which appeared in the school's Thursday Bulletin this week. On Friday 9th December at 2.15pm a group of 16 year 10 and 11 students left THS and accompanied Cullompton Community College to the slopes of Montgenevre in France. We travelled by coach via the Channel Tunnel and arrived at our hotel earlier than...
Tiverton schools affected by industrial action tomorrow

By Lewis_Clarke at 12:45 on 25/11/11

LATEST information on school closures due to next week's strike on Wednesday 30 November action can be found below. The Castle Primary School - Partial closure, reception classes and CAIRB classes will be open as usual. Tiverton High School - Closed due to industrial action on Wednesday 30 November. St John's Catholic Primary School - Strike action 30/11/11 Tidcombe Primary School - ASSUME THAT SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW...
Heathcoat Primary School

By DerekHerniman at 17:02 on 10/11/11

Heathcoat Primary School Children entertained the Tiverton Senior Citizens to an afternoon of Singing at the Heathcote Community Centre. It was a supertime enjoyed by us all thanks to the Teacher and all the Talented Children who sang there hearts out. We look forward to your next visit. Thank You All.
Heathcoat Primary School enjoy the fruits of their environment

By Lewis_Clarke at 08:00 on 10/10/11

PICKING apples from their own orchard and making juice was at the core of Heathcoat Primary School's environment day this week. Thousands of apples were needed to produce 328 litres of juice and children joined the Friends of Heathcoat School on Thursday 6 October in picking, processing, and bottling. The juice making was part of the school's annual environment day and pupils were dressed as farmers or farmyard animals as they learnt...
School will make apple juice from its own orchard

By Lewis_Clarke at 14:53 on 29/09/11

HEATHCOAT Primay School be busy making apple juice from trees in their very own orchard. The school will celebrate Environment Day on Thursday 6 October and be harvesting their apples thanks to an idea from the Friends of Heathcoat School committee. At 3.30pm during the day, the school will open to the public where the apple juice will be sold at £1,50 per 1litre bottle. The juice will last up to three days if kept in the...

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Campaign to stop Wilcombe, Sampford Peverell C of E and Hemyock Primary Schools becoming an Academy

By Trotboy2k

Wilcombe School Public Meeting tonight - come along, may be the last chance to save the School!

By Trotboy2k at 10:46 on 30/04/11

The Executive Head and Governors of these three Schools have sent a letter to parents and 'stakeholders' to say they are starting a Consultation to become a linked Academy. This means the Schools will no longer be under the control of the Local Education Authority, which means that they will no longer have any means of Democratic control, checks and balances by Parents or the local Community. I have started a campaign against the...
School hits back at criticism of teaching

By Trotboy2k

Randall Williams, what century is he living in? What a cock!

By Tiverton People at 11:00 on 06/04/11

A ROMAN Catholic school in Tiverton has defended itself against suggestions that exposure to other faiths could create a "risk of radicalism". Devout Christian and Tiverton town councillor, Randall Williams, said he believes children can learn about different faiths without them having to be fully immersed into practices of worship. He has criticised St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, Tiverton, for adopting "subjective...
Are redundancy talks on hold due to holidays?

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I love your profile and your comments in this (tivertonpeople.co.uk)please i will like to be your...

By Tiverton People at 11:00 on 05/08/10

A UNION representative says talks about staff redundancies at Petroc have "ground to a halt" because senior managers have gone on holiday. But managers at the college hit back at the claim, saying it was "simply untrue" — and talks had been ongoing throughout the summer. In May, the college announced it was planning to make about 90 members of staff redundant in a drive to save £2 million over the next two years. ...
VIDEO: Tiverton High School celebrate record breaking GCSE results

By JohnNorfolk

Lets not get carried away here. Anything less than a grade C at GCSE is the equivalent of a fail...

By Lewis_Clarke at 13:36 on 24/08/10

IT was another record breaking year for results at Tiverton High School with those achieving five or more A-C grades reaching 60 per cent. Of those A-C grades 45 per cent included maths and English equalling it's best performance, and overall 93 per cent of students passed their GCSEs with a grade G or above which is more than ever. Despite being able to find out their results online for the first time, students gathered at the...
My thoughts on the education system. What do you think?

By vardebedian

Because teachers get a London weighting in their salary to reflect the higher cost of living there?...

By photogenic88 at 00:24 on 30/08/10

As any teacher in the town will tell you Devon is one of the lowest funded areas when it comes to our schools. As you can see from our own Tiverton school results tables we're still doing quite well regardless, but is it fair that we are being left behind? Funding in Devon is at a mere £3,842 per pupil compared to the most well funded in London with £7,603. Another point to note is that every pupil in Devon is...