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Shebbear College was delighted to have a visit from award-winning author Tanya Landman. Tanya is acknowledged internationally as a superb writer of books for young people. Her book Buffalo Soldier won the Carnegie Medal in 2015 and a number of her other titles have won awards too. Tanya gave an entertaining and informative talk to pupils in Forms 1, 2...

Molly O’Hara and Katie Webb who represent Rockport’s Elite Team have won the Irish Ladies’ Junior Schools Championship. The duo was successful in winning the Ulster Schools Junior Cup which qualified them to compete for the title of Irish Champions. The Rockport Golf Academy – the only one of its kind in Ireland – is a high performance sports programme...

Since 2004 Kingswood has had strong links with Open Arms, a charity in Malawi. Open Arms has two children’s homes which provide shelter, nourishment and care to orphaned and abandoned infants. The aim is to get the children healthy and back in their own communities with their extended families. If this is not possible they go to a foster home...

The school received the RIBA Client of the Year Award for 2017 for its new Art & Design building, having been nominated by the architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS). The first school to win the award, Bedales was chosen ahead of four other award winning shortlisted projects including Tate Modern’s Blavatnik building, Enfield’s Dujardin Mews and two innovative Forestry...

Felsted's Ben Waring, age 18, from Hertfordshire has been named the Wisden Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year, an honour based on his outstanding performance in school cricket. He received his award at Lords’s Cricket Ground last night from England Cricketer Jonny Bairstow. Last season, Felsted's Ben Waring won Cricket World's Performance of the Week in July 2015 after breaking the Felsted School record,...