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Bootham School pupils perform Shakespeare's Timon of Athens

Bootham School pupils perform Shakespeare's Timon of Athens

11:51am Tuesday 16th March 2010

STUDENTS at Bootham School have given a new lease of life to a rarely performed Shakespeare play.

Easingwold School picks up GCSE achievement award

8:35am Tuesday 16th March 2010

A North Yorkshire secondary school has been recognised at a national awards ceremony for its outstanding achievement in GCSE examinations.

Stamford Bridge Primary School win several categories at the Harrogate Music Festival

Hannah Robertson, aged ten, left, with other Stamford Bridge Primary School musicians who were successful at the Harrogate Music Festival

9:14am Monday 15th March 2010

YOUNG musicians at Stamford Bridge Primary School have hit the high notes.

North Duffield CP School pupil earns place in York Minster Choir

Gabriella Commins

8:28am Monday 15th March 2010

Gabriella Commins has sung her way to a place in the York Minster Choir The six-year-old a pupil of North Duffield CP School will join The Minster School in York from September as a probationary chorister.

Puzzle Day at The Mount School

Puzzle Day at The Mount School with, from left, Ross Kessell of Tregelles School, Ben Dunlop and Nikki Merrett, of St Paul’s School, and Helen Archibold of Tregelles School

8:14am Monday 15th March 2010

PUPILS from five York schools have spent a day tackling giant puzzles, solving brainteasers and removing a ring from a set of handcuffs.

Pupils test theories at Festival of Science and Technology exhibition

Lady Mayoress of York Val Galvin looks at an interactive exhibit at the Discovery Days display

8:04am Monday 15th March 2010

PUPILS from primary schools across York and North Yorkshire have been joined by York’s civic party at the National Railway Museum to delve into the depths of science.

East Yorkshire parents face £50 fine for term-time holidays

7:56am Monday 15th March 2010

PARENTS who take their children on holiday during term time could be fined, in a move by education chiefs in East Yorkshire.

Ofsted spotlight on region’s schools

9:20am Friday 12th March 2010

MORE than half of our region’s schools received a grade of Good or Outstanding under the new Ofsted inspection regime, according to recent figures.

Former York College media student produces film for BBC

Adam Stafford, far left, and other teenagers in the Match Of The Day       studios with former    England      footballer Lee Dixon, far right

8:06am Friday 12th March 2010

A BELIEF in “living life to the max” has seen a disabled former York College media student win Olympic Gold and go on to produce his own film for the BBC.

Election fever hits Lady Lumley’s School

Howard Keal with youngsters at Lady Lumley’s School in Pickering

8:57am Wednesday 10th March 2010

TWO hundred sixth formers in Pickering caught election fever during a visit by Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Howard Keal.

York High school take up enterprise challenge

York high School pupils making smoothies at York High School

11:13am Tuesday 9th March 2010

An enterprise challenge was created by a healthy drinks bar on a visit to York High school.

Competition hots up in schools bike race

11:14am Tuesday 9th March 2010

COMPETITION is hotting up among York schools in a bike race from Lands End to John O’Groats – with a difference.

MP Anne McIntosh voices school budgets concern

11:16am Tuesday 9th March 2010

EDUCATION secretary Ed Balls called on the Conservative MP for the Vale of York to vote Labour when she asked him about school budgets.

Pupils go head-to-head in “virtual cycle race”

Christine Packer, school travel advisor, with Shaun Wilkinson, road safety training co-ordinator) and Derwent Junior School pupils

1:55pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010

A CYCLE race will take York schoolchildren on a virtual journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats Schools across the city are set to go head-to-head in a “virtual cycle race”.

York St John University boss plans farewell lecture

12:04pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010

THE woman who led the transformation of a York college into a university will reveal some of her experiences in a lecture on Tuesday.

Joseph Rowntree pupils get first glimpse of their new school

Joseph Rowntree pupils gather around the new school hub

9:07am Wednesday 3rd March 2010

IT was a new term and a new multi-million pound building for youngsters going back to the classroom at one York secondary school.

Park Grove School show off new website

Park Grove School show off new website

11:33am Tuesday 2nd March 2010

Pupil Jack Booth shows off the new website at Park Grove School watched by head teacher Andrew Calverley, left, Mike Holroyde, senior advisor for City of York Council, and other pupils.

Artist’s dash of colour for St Oswald’s CE School’s hall

Artist Debbie New with pupil Alyssa Wood, 11, and head teacher Rupert Griffiths, unveil the new wall hanging at St Oswald’s School, Fulford

11:37am Tuesday 2nd March 2010

YOUNGSTERS at a York school have helped to create a mural for their assembly hall.

Stamford Bridge Primary School pupils raise awareness of Fairtrade

Pupils at Stamford Bridge Primary School  who had the idea for the school's Fairtrade Tea Party.

11:39am Monday 1st March 2010

SCHOOL pals brewed up a successful tea party to raise awareness of Fairtrade.

Yorkshire Coast College celebrates 100 per cent apprenticeship success rate

11:43am Monday 1st March 2010

YORKSHIRE Coast College is celebrating a 100 per cent success rate in its engineering apprenticeships programme.






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