Education

Bishop launches new syllabus at Crowland school

Pupils and staff at a South Holland school welcomed a very special visitor through the gates. The Bishop of Lincoln, the Rt Rev Christopher Lowsen visited South View School, Crowland, to launch a new syllabus. He was joined by his Chaplain, the Rev Jayson Rhodes and the Rev Charles Brown, of Crowland and the children were keen to meet their ...

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Turn a new page for Libraries Week

Book yourself and your families into Libraries Week with Spalding Library among those hosting a number of events. Libraries Week is the annual showcase of the best that UK libraries of all kinds have to offer. In 2018, with a focus on wellbeing, libraries across Lincolnshire will showcase how they bring communities together, combat loneliness, provide a space for reading and ...

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Adventure on high at students’ summer trek

Landslides and dynamite made a group of Spalding school pupils’ month-long Indian adventure a blast for the budding Indiana Joneses. Over the summer holidays, 21 Spalding Grammar School students embarked on the trip to northern India along with teachers and crew from Outlook Expeditions. Teacher Stephen Lane said the trip was two years in the making and the money for ...

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Wygate Park Academy’s expansion plans

A poor turn out to a meeting on the expansion of Wygate Park Academy is “often a sign that residents don’t have any significant concerns” Lincolnshire County Council has said. The Witham Road school is seeking to build two new classrooms so it can cope with future demand. A recent public information event was held at the school, but was ...

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Spalding High School pupils on cloud nine

A host of Spalding High School pupils were on cloud nine after amassing a host of top grades. In all 141 students achieved 1546 GCSE qualifications with almost of these at grades nine to seven, which is the equivalent of an A* to B in the old system. 100 per cent of students achieved a grade four or higher in ...

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Spalding Academy headteacher pleased with results

Spalding Academy’s headteacher believes this year’s GCSE results will be “way above average” building on last year’s showing. Mr Laurence Reilly was pleased with the showing from last Year’s 11s. Leading the way was Maria Pasinato achieved a grade nine in art while there were grade eights achieved in a range of subjects, including English language, English literature, mathematics, science, ...

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Celebration time for a host of Spalding High School A Level students

With an over 99 per cent pass rate and a host of A* and A grades, there were plenty of happy faces at Spalding High School this morning (Thursday) as students learned how they did. Anna Villers was one of the school’s top performers picking up three A*s. “I wasn’t expecting that,” she said next to tearful mum. “I was ...

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Spalding Grammar School A Levels round up – Amelia delivers on results when more than eight months pregnant

There was some fantastic A-Level results at Spalding Grammar School including one student who delivered more than just grades over the summer. Amelia Knight was delighted to get a BCC after taking the exams while eight months pregnant. She went to pick her exam results up with the now month-old Isla-Mae Knight on Thursday. “My last exam was two weeks ...

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Gaby beats the pain to land a university place

A teenager battling a rare disease that has left her in constant pain is planning for university ahead of tomorrow’s (Thursday) A Level results. Gaby Taylor (18), of Spalding, has been diagnosed with type two a-typical trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic pain disorder brought about by a faulty nerve. It means she has constant pain that includes daily attacks so strong it ...

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South View hits the right note

South View Community Primary School in Crowland has been named Primary Music Department of 2018 by Lincolnshire Music Education Hub. They were presented with their award in a ceremony at Stoke Rochford Hall near Grantham. It was made in recognition of the number of high quality musical experiences that have been made available to the pupils of South View Community ...

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Town library gets new home

Spalding library will move to a new location in town. The library is set to vacate its two-storey Victoria Street location and relocate to the town’s Red Lion Quarter. An agenda item for the July 24 Lincolnshire County Council Public Protection and Communities Scrutiny Committee states: “Preparation is now underway for GLL [Greenwich Leisure Ltd] to move provision of the ...

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Spalding school’s scores of sports wins

Spalding Grammar School has celebrated its sporting achievements. At the annual Sports Celebration Evening, six students delivered speeches alongside special guest Dean Headley, former England cricketer and current coach at Stamford School. The evening also paid a fond farewell to PE teacher Mr Hedges, who leaves the school this summer after five years. A new award was named in his ...

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South Holland police dish out dirt from raids

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 ...

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Spalding Primary School remains ‘good’

Spalding Primary School has maintained a good quality of education since its last Ofsted report four years ago. The government body carried out a short inspection in April and the findings were released last week. “The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection,” said a letter to head teacher Andrew Raistrick. ...

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Spalding kids get a kick out of footballer

Monkshouse School is not a footballer’s usual stop off before appearing at the Champions League Final. But that’s where freestyle football star Jamie Roberts was last weekend ahead of his trip to Kiev where he will be providing the warm-up before Liverpool v Real Madrid. Before performing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, Mo Salah and James Milner though, last week he was ...

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Fund to help learners from Long Sutton and Sutton Bridge

Young people from Long Sutton or Sutton Bridge who are starting higher education course in the next school year could be eligible for a special grant to help them financially. Anyone under 25 from those towns (or whose parents live there) and who is starting at university or college in the 2018/19 school year could be a recipient of the ...

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Spalding Grammar School pupils chosen to showcase Warhammer

Pupils from a Spalding school have been chosen to showcase the game they love. Those behind the internationally popular Warhammer game visited Spalding Grammar School’s thriving club that’s dedicated to the tabletop war game last week. The Spalding Grammar Hammers are one of the largest clubs in the country with over 30 members. They’re regulars in national competitions, finishing fifth ...

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Young boffins’ sense of fun

Scientists took over a school for a day of experiments and exploration relating to senses during “wow day” at William Stukeley Primary School in Holbeach. On Monday, February 5, pupils at the school dressed up as scientists and explored the school’s classrooms, each of which was set up to explore a specific sense. A particularly fun part was the touch ...

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Public meeting on new academy proposal in Spalding

A public meeting is to be held in town on plans to turn Spalding’s Post 16 Centre into an academy for youngsters who may have been excluded from other schools or have problems. Springwell Alternative Academy’s proposal to convert the Matmore Gate building has met some opposition with a petition having been launched opposing the move. The meeting will run ...

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Spalding’s proposed new Springwell Alternative Academy meets opposition

Plans for a new academy in Spalding have met with a barrage of opposition. Springwell Alternative Academy is proposing to convert the former Post-16 Centre at Matmore Gate. The centre is in the grounds of the existing Spalding Academy and would be used for students aged from five to 16 who may have been excluded from other schools, or who ...

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