Schools

Do you know where a time capsule was buried on a soon to be demolished school? Kevin Scott and his friends dating back from the Goodfellows School are sure one was put into the ground in the mid 1970s, but none of them are sure where. The Spalding Common, building, which has stood since 1871, is due to be demolished ...

Kung Hei Fat Choi! A Spalding school celebrated Chinese New Year in style with a day of events. Pupils at The Garth School at Pinchbeck Road saw in the Year of the Pig with a range of stimulating and varied educational experiences and activities. Highlights included Chinese cooking, tasting and investigating Chinese foods, tactile and sensory exploration of cultural artefacts ...

The Priory School has been awarded Gold Championship School status for its involvement in the National Citizen Service programme (NCS). During the summer term of 2018, 16 Priory School pupils took part in a bespoke NCS programme and through this developed their independence, problem solving and entrepreneurial skills, boosting their CVs in preparation for finding employment. Pupils took part in ...

A Holbeach secondary school has submitted plans in the hope of building new classrooms. University Academy Holbeach has submitted a planning application to build a new 16 classroom block that it hopes will meet a request from Lincolnshire County Council to increase its intake of Year 7 students from September 2020. A Design and Access statement says the request has ...

A cash award has been delivered to a school choir who got a Special Achievement nod at the recent School Choir Competition. Coun Jan Whitbourn visited Gosberton House School this week to hand over the award, which will be put towards buying the school a microphone. The school’s choir teacher, Amy Machin, said: “We are very proud of our school ...

The heartwarming sound of children singing filled a Spalding church during its annual choir competition. On Friday, November 30, St Mary’s and St Nicolas Church hosted the Christmas School Choir Competition and 11 schools took part singing Christmas songs. With t-shirts that spelled out a festive message from the school, St Paul’s Community Primary School took the top spot, leaving ...

Peter Burrow, the big rabbit mascot of Peterborough United football club, aka Posh, stopped off at schools in Cowbit and Spalding as part of the The Peterborough United Schools Initiative. All of the pupils at the school received a free ticket to watch the football team play. and another ticket to take along a parent or carer. Press Officer Phil ...

Spalding Children’s Centre has unveiled its latest treasure – a new pirate ship bought by a parents group. The Friends of the Spalding Children’s Centre has purchased the new outdoor play activity after several fund-raising events. It was officially unveiled and is to be named HMS Gail after Gail Tolson who is leaving after five years working at the Bank’s ...

Grandparents were invited into a Crowland primary school last week for a special breakfast. To celebrate National Grandparents Day, South View Community Primary School invited the children to bring in their slightly older relatives for a scrumptious early meal on Thurday and Friday, October 4 and 5. Headteacher Mrs Joanne Tomlins said: “We have so many dedicated grandparents who not ...

Staff have been recruited by a new academy which was to open in September, but has been delayed. The Springwell Academy Trust was aiming to open a centre in Spalding for pupils excluded from elsewhere. The former post-16 centre at Matmore Gate is being converted to accommodate the students. But delays by the Department of Education mean students are being ...

There was cake with a cherry on top for pupils and friends on Spalding Parish Church of England Day School. The annual Macmillan Coffee fundraiser was held at the venue. Staff, parents and children demonstrated their Bake-Off skills to produce a fantastic spread of cakes and biscuits. Year Six pupils, Harley and Tom, worked hard to make sure that everyone ...

The Priory School in Spalding has received a boost towards getting a new all-weather sports pitch thanks to accountancy firm Moore Thompson. The company chose the Neville Avenue school for those with special education needs as its charity of the year. Colleagues took on a host of events including a sponsored abseil down the Orbit Tower at the Olympic Park, ...

South Holland schools and nurseries can take part in a special competition to win tickets for a festive fun event. The team at Birchgrove Garden Centre is planning an online poll to pick a group to meet Santa. Local schools and nurseries could win 20 free tickets for youngsters to enjoy the Santa’s Grotto on Wednesday, November 28. The visit ...

The principle of University Academy Holbeach has praised his school’s pupils and listed a host of subjects that have this year seen improvement. Stood on the first floor stairwell and proudly overlooking the pupils opening their results, principle Steve Baragwanath said: “I’m very proud and very pleased with all the kids. “We’ve got some 8s and 9s, I’m pleased with ...

The headmaster of Spalding Grammar School has called its pupils’ achievements in GCSE exams “outstanding”, with nearly a quarter of all grades at the highest level. In a statement about this morning’s results, headmaster Mr Wilkinson said: “The school has enjoyed outstanding results this year. “Nearly a quarter of all grades were at the highest level (A* or 8/9) with ...

Pupils at a Holbeach school were positively glowing when they turned up for the school’s fund-raising “bright day”. On July 11, youngsters at William Stukeley Church of England Primary School dressed in orange to match the colour of the MAGPAS air ambulance. They were treated to a talk by MAGPAS advocate Richard Thacker and held a raffle, drawn by opera ...

Students from two Spalding schools joined forces for a prom night celebration. The Year 11 groups at Spalding High and Grammar schools held meetings throughout the year to plan their big event. With the theme of A Night at the Movies, the students dressed in their finest red carpet clothes and headed for the South Holland Centre. With Oscar statues ...

Soil found on South Holland Police drugs raids has been donated to three local schools. Unopened bags of soil seized on the raids have been donated to Wygate Academy, Spalding Primary School and St Paul’s County Primary School to be used in school gardens. The idea came from PCSO Tim Nicholls who hand-delivered the soil to the schools. It’s the ...

There was good cause for a Spalding school to celebrate at the weekend. Gosberton House Academy pulled out all the stops to mark the school’s 65th anniversary. Fun inflatables, a range of food and stalls were all on offer on Saturday as pupils, families and staff marked the special event. A school spokesman said more than £500 had been raised ...

The chief executive of an academy trust says he understands the issues raised by residents during consultation for a new site in Spalding. The results of a consultation carried out with the Springwell Academy Trust have been published. The trust is likely to be opening a school for vulnerable young people in Matmore Gate at a former post-16 centre. “We ...