Longcroft School and Sixth Form College and St Mary’s Primary School will take to the stage this Week.
Both schools will be performing at The Spa in Bridlington as part of the Humberside Police 2019 Rock Challenge and J Rock.
A football team at Bishop Burton College thanks to its partnership with Hull City has helped established its self as one of the best in the county.
The college, near Beverley, is the home of the Hull City Tigers Academy. As a result, talented students are in a position to be spotted by the club and academy prospects released by the Tigers are able to continue playing at a high level with the college.
Talented female students will be given the chance to pursue a career as a professional rugby player, thanks to a new sporting partnership.
Bishop Burton College has teamed up with Darlington Mowden Park Sharks RFC to give girls on its rugby programme the unique opportunity.
Four Beverley High School students have reached the national final of the GCHQ’s CyberFirst Girls to be held in Edinburgh.
CyberFirst is a programme of opportunities and supports helping young people explore their passion for computers and technology. Also, it helps young women to the fascinating and critical world of cyber security.
Beverley Grammar School students have scored a major success with the school’s annual Mock Job Interview Day. All Year 11 students prepare for and attend a mock job interview with a local employer.
In order to make the interview process as realistic as possible, the students submitted their CV before the interview. Interviewers were also given a copy of the students’ most recent school report.
St Mary’s Ward Councillor Denis Healy has met with the Acting Head of Longcroft School, Andy Baker, together with Longcroft pupils and teachers, following last week’s publication of the national progress scores, which revealed that Longcroft had the lowest score in the East Riding for pupil progress and below the national average.
Cllr Healy had said that parents needed to “have faith” that the school could turn round its performance. That prompted Mr Baker to contact Cllr Healy with an invitation to visit the school, to see for himself the work that is going on to get Longcroft back on track.
The new deputy principal at an East Yorkshire college says she will be listening closely to the views of students and local businesses to help produce a skilled workforce for the region.
Rachel Ellis-Jones has re-joined Bishop Burton College this week, having previously worked there as an art lecturer at the start of her career.
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.