East Riding secondary schools are again celebrating their success in the GCSE league tables. The news comes are the new tables were issued by the Department for Education.
Results show that 46.30pc of students studying in East Yorkshire Schools achieved grade 5 or above in English and Maths.
Before Christmas, students at Longcroft School and Sixth Form College lent their support to the East Riding Food Bank.
A large number of items were generously donated by students, families and members of staff, as part of a drive to raise awareness of this important local charity, which supports many people in Beverley and the surrounding area.
Bishop Burton College is to offer T Level qualifications in childcare. This new qualification is the equivalent to three A-Levels will on offer from September 2020.
Bishop Burton College will be one of a few colleges in the UK to offer this type of qualification. They say it provides a real alternative to A-Levels.
The Longcroft School Christmas Concert was held at St Mary’s Church in Beverley and proved to be a real hit.
Pupils from the school provide a full programme of festive entertainment to hundreds of people.
Woodmansey Primary School won Bethan Nicholls says she is thrilled after they won £2,000 in the Bags of Help scheme.
Mrs Nicholls says the money will be used by the school to help develop a learning space for the schools youngest pupils.
St Mary’s Primary School in Beverley has been pushing the Bike Smart message to students as part Road Safety Week.
Road Safety Coordinator at St Mary’s School, Wendy Copley says the week as part of their ongoing commitment to promoting road safety in the school.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb has written to St Mary’s CE Primary School to offer his congratulations.
The Minster wrote to the school as a result of their achievements in the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check.
He captured the hearts of the nation as he battled to overcome his stammer on hit television show Educating Yorkshire.
Musharaf Asghar became a TV sensation thanks to his starring roles in the series six years ago, after his teacher Matthew Burton helped him tackle his speech impediment.
Beverley Minster hosted what Bishop Burton College say is its biggest ever student graduation.
Students graduating from Bishop Burton College’s University Centre were so vast in numbers the event was split.
A Sweetheart Pin Cushion Mural, painted by local artist Emma Garness is helping young people learn the value of remembrance.
Emma painted the Sweetheart Pin Cushion Mural in July. The project was done due to Beverley being involved in Britain in Bloom.
Longcroft School says that students from the school who took part in the Festival of Words was a positive one.
In all eight of their students contributed to the event that celebrates literature. They took part in an event held at the Treasure House in Beverley.
Beverley High School pupils joined thousands of other people as they took part in Restart a Heart Day.
Restart a Heart Day was an incentive that saw over 20,000 youngsters learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Foundations Live, the region’s biggest co-located construction trade and careers event, took place for the third time this month. As an event, it attracted by far the biggest audience yet, with over 1,000 people in attendance across the day.
The event saw hundreds of industry professionals and schools visit Bishop Burton College’s equine arena, which hosted more than 70 companies exhibiting products and services and advising hundreds of students on how to gain a route into the workplace.
An LGBTQ anti-hate crime project which has involved schools and communities across the East Riding was celebrated at an event in Beverley attended by a Home Office minister.
The Right to Be project is an initiative led by children’s charity Barnardo’s in partnership with East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s youth and family support service, following a £48,000 award of funding from the Home Office Hate Crime Community Projects fund.
All Year 11 students who live in Beverley and beyond are warmly invited to Longcroft School’s 2018 Sixth Form Information Evening on Thursday 27 September. The evening starts with a presentation at 6pm in the Longcroft Theatre.
It is that time of year again, when GCSE students in Year 11 begin to consider their options for further study. This event is a good opportunity to find out what Longcroft Sixth Form has to offer and talk to individual Subject Teachers.
Beverley Grammar School, in Beverley, East Yorkshire was founded in 700 AD and is the oldest state school in England.
Notable former students include Thomas Percy and Paul Robinson. Beverley Grammar School was founded with the Collegiate Church in Beverley by St. John of Beverley c. 700 CE.