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Schoolboy to collect exam results amidst brain tumour battle

A teenager who missed months of school after being diagnosed with a brain tumour is due to collect his GCSE results tomorrow.

Jacob Coldman , from Winkleigh in Devon, was in Year 7 when he was diagnosed with an optic pathway glioma after a routine eye test in November 2018, aged 12.

The schoolboy had two operations followed by 18 months of gruelling chemotherapy, which...

Olivia Moth outside South Devon College

T Level Trailblazers: South Devon's Debut

South Devon College T Level students are celebrating today as they collect their results – the first cohort of students to receive results at the College for these new qualifications.

Across two subject areas - Education and Early Years and Digital Production, Design and Development - there was a 95% pass rate with a fantastic 40% of students achieving a distinction.

T Levels...

Students at Plymouth High School for Girls are celebrating after receiving their GCSE results

Students and staff at Plymouth High School for Girls, part of Thinking Schools Academy Trust, are celebrating today as they received their GCSE results.

This year, despite the challenges faced by students and staff, Year 11 students have excelled. Plymouth High is rejoicing in the best GCSE results the school has ever had. Average attainment is Grade 7, with 59% of passes at Grade 7...

Fantastic A Level results at Plympton Academy

Students at Plympton Academy have been celebrating some fantastic A Level and BTEC results this year with overall student progress again increasing from previous years. A quarter of results were at the highest grades of A*, A or Distinction* in A level and BTEC, with 79% at A*- C or Distinction*/ Merit across the A level and BTEC range. This year’s overall pass rate for A Levels and BTEC...

Don't panic over confirmation and clearing at Plymouth University

Prospective students receiving A-level results this summer will be guided through the Confirmation and Clearing process by trained advisers at Plymouth University.

Thousands of applicants will receive their grades on Thursday 13 August and call the University’s special hotline to confirm their place or find out about spaces still available in September.

They will get through to...

Marine Academy Plymouth's "A" Team

Another set of record-breaking A-Level results and their equivalents were celebrated by students at Marine Academy Plymouth (MAP) as they collected their exam results today.

MAP has seen a surge of 6th Form students completing A-levels and their equivalents this year. Last year, 31 students completed these exams; this year it’s a whopping 53 students. MAP saw 100 per cent pass rates in...

100% A-Level pass rate for Ivybridge Community College

Ivybridge Community College has recorded exceptional A-Level results, with 100% pass rates across all subjects and one-in-five being either an A or A* grade.

This is an increase on last year’s 99% pass rate, with an impressive 181 students securing places at universities.

“These are terrific results that show exceptional progress in our sixth form,” said Rob Haring, Principal...