• Full list of school closures - Okehampton and district

  By Richard_Penny at 11:19 on 29/11/11

  

  Devon County Council have issued a full list of all school closures in the County as a result of industrial action on Wednesday As previously reported, Okehampton College will be completely closed. Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit will only be partially closed. The following classes will be affected:  Feather Tor, Hawkes Tor, Kes Tor, Kitty Tor, Rook Tor, Roos Tor, Yes Tor, Yar Tor. The following will be schools...

• Okehampton College will be closed by strike

  By Richard_Penny at 11:52 on 27/11/11

  

  Principal of Okehampton College, Daryll Chapman, has announced that the college will be closed for the day on Wednesday (30th November) as a result of industrial action. With the majority of his staff belonging to one of the unions taking action, he has found it necessary to close the college to all pupils on Health and Safety grounds. You can read the full text of his letter to parents and students here. The area's primary schools...

• Exam results statistics show (yet) 'another record year'.

  By Richard_Penny at 11:04 on 18/08/11

  

  Devon teenagers are this morning opening the post or checking their emails to find out their A-level results. Figures this morning show students across the country have scored another record-breaking year of A-level results, with one in 12 exams achieving an A* grade. With the release these statistics, the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) somewhat predictably reported that overall this year, the pass rate rose for the 29th year...

• School Holidays? Plenty to do in and around Okehampton

  By WalterShort at 13:46 on 18/07/11

  

  If you child goes to school, pre-school or nursery in Okehampton, they should bring home West Devon's Holiday Activity and Play Directory before they break up.  The directory is a free guide packed full of activities, events and places to visit during the holidays for children and young people of all ages and their families and  contains over 40 activity listings, many of which are free or low cost to attend and most are in...

• Teachers' strike will close Okehampton College

  By Richard_Penny at 11:11 on 27/06/11

  

  Striking members of the NUT and ATL unions will force the closure of Okehampton College  to students this Thursday (30th June). Although staff who are members of other teaching unions will go to work as normal, they will not cover for their absent colleagues involved in industrial action. With the exam season finished for the summer, the closure is not expected to cause undue disruption, and the college will re-open as usual on...

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