Local Democracy Reporting ServiceAlleah Beard-Pace, pictured with her mum Mandy Pace, says she was nervous to receive her exam resultsAn aspiring actress who is completely blind has spoken of her joy after passing her GCSEs.Alleah Beard-Pace, from Cardiff, said she was so nervous about her results that she didn’t want to go into her school to pick them up last week.Studying for her GCSEs using Braille and doing her exams
ReutersThe cyber attack means Canvey Island Infant School will remain closed for an extra day of the school holidaysAn Essex infant school says its IT system has been compromised after being hit by a cyber attack during the summer holiday.Canvey Island Infant School - whose pupils are between five and seven years old - has reported the incident to the National Cyber Security Centre.Its headteacher says it has made the
Students in the South West have been urged to make sure they are up to date with vaccines ahead of the new academic year.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) South West said new and returning students should be vaccinated against common diseases such as meningitis, HPV and measles.Dr Monica Koo, from UKHSA, said meningitis cases normally spike when the new university term starts.Dr Koo said lots of students who were
Teacher assessments show 27% of primary pupils in Scotland do not meet "expected levels" in literacy. Source link
GCSEs: The pupils sitting their Irish exam at the age of 11Think back to the day you got your GCSE results and try to remember - were you nervous, excited, confident?Now imagine that you weren't in your mid teens - like most people who sit GCSEs - but were just 11 years old.On Thursday, a class of youngsters that age picked up their grades at a primary school in Ballycastle.Every
Getty ImagesThe students opening GCSE and other Level 2 results earlier had not heard the word "Covid" when they first walked through their secondary-school gates.Most will have started Year 7 in September 2019, spending a few months getting to grips and making friends before, in the spring, most pupils had to learn from home.The length of time spent in online lessons over the following two years varied according to where
South Africans are paying tributes to their “favourite teacher", William Smith, who has died aged 85.The beloved maths and science teacher and innovator died on Wednesday morning after a short battle with cancer, his family said.The renowned teacher hosted a learning programme on state broadcaster SABC for years, which is said to have touched the hearts of many South Africans.He received many accolades in his life for innovation in learning,
Getty ImagesStudents in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive GCSE, BTec Tech Awards and other level 2 qualifications on Thursday.It is the first year that GCSE grades are expected to be similar to 2019 across all three nations.It follows a growth in the percentage of passes in 2020 and 2021, when exams were cancelled because of Covid, and a phased effort to bring them back down.Last year, fewer passes
PA MediaAn Afghan student with Lorna Norgrove of the Linda Norgrove FoundationNineteen female medical students banned from attending university in Afghanistan are to complete their studies in Scotland.They were forced to give up medicine after the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan three years ago and clamped down on women’s rights.Lewis-based charity the Linda Norgrove Foundation worked with UK and Scottish governments to arrange visas and places at medical schools.One of
PA MediaAfter results day, last Thursday, many 18-year-olds have secured a university place - including thousands through clearingUniversities asking for the highest entry grades have so far accepted 8% more students this year than in 2023. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) data suggests universities are being more flexible about students' grades. Many universities are keen to fill places on their courses, to shore up their finances as the
