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Thursday, May 9, 2024
Journeys made on foot, by bike and scooter during Sustrans Big Pedal event could have created 1,600kg of CO2 and 31kg of NOx if pupil’s journeys to school had been made in cars. The walking and cycling charity Sustrans’ Big Pedal event saw over 4,900 children take part in Dorset...
Racial injustice is "baked into our curriculum", a teacher who complained about a history textbook has said. Hannah Wilkinson, who mentors A-level pupils in Durham, objected to a question about Native Americans, which asked if their "treatment" had been "exaggerated". She stated it was "problematic" because the "starting premise" was an...
Schools and keeping children at home From tomorrow (Monday 23 March) our schools will only be open for those children that absolutely need to attend. We appreciate that this will be hard for many families, as many parents work or have other caring responsibilities. We also know that school is such...
A Dorset sixth-former has led a drive to support a pioneering medical research programme that is helping to find a cure for Coronavirus. Tristram Waters, an 18-year-old Computer Science student at Bryanston School near Blandford, researched and developed a plan to capitalise on the School’s computing resources to support...
West Dorset student Marina Parker has been awarded this year’s Kitson & Trotman bursary to study Law at university. Marina, 18, was a student at the Sir John Colfox Academy, Bridport, where she has passed A levels in Government & Politics, English Literature and History. She has won a place to study Law...