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#Bideford College Students Will Bring Red, White & Blue Theme To The Town Tomorrow

By Bideford_ppl at 11:51 on 31/05/12

#Bideford College Plans A Day Of #Jubilee Colours! On Friday 1st June, the last day before half term, it's our Diamond Jubilee Celebration. We would like to invite all Students and Staff to come to College decked out in some form of RED, WHITE & BLUE. For obvious reasons the theme is 'Royalty and National pride'. We would ask that everyone on the day pay a small donation of at least £1 which will go towards a commemorative...
£6,500 Torch Funding for Schools

By Bideford_ppl at 18:10 on 15/05/12

Torridge District Council has allocated £6,500 to go to local schools to help them organise celebrations for the Olympic Torch relay. The council has written to schools throughout the district asking for requests for funding and will be looking at each and every reply on its own merits. On May 21st the Olympic Torch Relay will be coming through Merton, Great Torrington and Bideford so there will be plenty of opportunity to...
Alarm Bells Over School Transport

By MediaMs at 07:32 on 27/04/12

When the free school for the NorthDevon/North Cornwall area was fist mooted, alarm bells went off in my head. What would happen about free school transport for children who are currently granted free bus travel to their catchment school (they use the term 'designated area') if the free school became a child's nearest school, and especially if the child lived in the rural outposts of North Devon/N Cornwall? Devon Council seemed to...
Work experience provides valuable insight for business students

By Bideford_ppl at 12:14 on 19/03/12

PETROC Thanks to the strong support network of local businesses in North Devon, all of Petroc's Extended Diploma in Business students have completed a successful week of work experience. The 55 first year students spent five days alongside employees in estate agents, solicitors, local Councils and retailers, gaining valuable skills and knowledge to assist their career progression choices in the future. By...
Budehaven in Top 100 Performing Schools in the Country

By BudePeeps at 09:49 on 05/03/12

As many pupils from North West Devon attend Budehaven, it's great news that Budehaven is officially one of the Top 100 Performing Schools in the country at GCSE. Staff and governors at Budehaven Community School were over the moon last week to receive a letter from the government's Minister of State for Schools, Nick Gibb MP. In his letter to Headteacher, David Barton, the Minister wrote: 'It gives me great pleasure to...
Half-Term Family Activities

By The Yarner Trust Charity at 21:43 on 06/02/12

The Yarner Trust - Official Partner of the BBC's Hand On History Project Tuesday Feb 14th - Forest Skills: Woodland Creatures by the Fire Thursday Feb 16th - Tudor Bread Making Friday Feb 17th - Past Rhymes For full information please visit www.yarnertrust.org The Yarner Trust is a charity that has spent the last three decades introducing families to a more sustainable and creative way of living and we aim to give our visitors...
Latest from Bideford College

By Bideford_ppl at 12:46 on 04/02/12

Video Conferencing With The Past This week the History Department have been video conferencing with the National Archives in Kew, London, to bring history to life. Harry Fairhurst, a WW1 soldier from the Barnsley Pals regiment, was beamed over live from Kew and Year 9 students were able to ask him questions about his experiences – of his Christmas spent in hospital recovering from trench foot, of...
Bideford College Reports Best Ever GCSE Results

By Bideford_ppl at 12:56 on 25/08/11

Bideford College (www.bideford.devon.sch.uk) reports its best-ever GCSE results today with the school's Principal, Veronica Matthews, attributing much of the increased success of the school to the superb new school building and facilities which have given local pupils and the teaching staff a school to feel proud to be part of. Ms Matthews reported that 13% more students achieved five A* to C grades (including in Maths and English) and...
Bideford College Students Get Their GCSE Results

By Bideford_ppl at 12:01 on 25/08/11

It was deathly quiet in the car park at Bideford College at 8am this morning - the deadline for the release of the school's all-important GCSE results. But what a difference an hour makes! By 9am the GCSE students (many with anxious parents) were filing in to the newly-built school hall pick up their exam results in person. Top scoring student was Meghan Townshend (pictured) who picked up a staggering 12 A grades; five of which were...
Hartland Primary School Library Opened by Author Nick Arnold

By dawnrw at 07:41 on 09/07/11

Yesterday was a great day for the children of Hartland Primary School. Not only did they enjoy their summer fayre but their new school library, which the children had worked hard to raise funds for, was opened by no less than children's author, Nick Arnold, the writer of Horrible Science books. Nick gave the children a lovely talk on useful things like libraries, teachers and cats - and how one should never confuse a...

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Route 39 Academy Open Day, The Milky Way, Saturday 9th March, 11am – 5pm The new state secondary school is opening this September at a...

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The #Bideford College Spring Newsletter is now available at http://tinyurl.com/6nbrube

By Bideford_ppl at 18:34 on 15/04/12
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Bideford College's latest 'Clubs and Activities' directory is now available on-line at http://tinyurl.com/5v9vumn

By Bideford_ppl at 12:22 on 06/10/11
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An Arty Crafty What's On for Creative Kids in North Devon this summer http://tinyurl.com/43w5m3k

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MEmO Training now taking bookings for the following courses.....1 day EFAW, 3 day FAW, 2 day FAWR, 1/2 day FAWU, also able to offer H&S courses...

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