Schools & Colleges

Brine Leas pupils in Nantwich celebrate “great” GCSE results

Brine Leas pupils in Nantwich celebrate “great” GCSE results

Nantwich pupils have celebrating their GCSE results, with 99% of Brine Leas students achieving 5 or more GCSE’s at A* to C. A massive 32% achieved A or A*’s at the Audlem Road school, and 34 students achieved 10 or more A* or A’s.

August 27, 2012
Reaseheath College keepers in national rare spider project

Reaseheath College keepers in national rare spider project

Keepers at Reaseheath College’s zoo in Nantwich are fostering minute offspring of one of UK’s rarest and most spectacular spiders. Four hundred fen raft spiderlings are being hand reared at the college for three months until they reach a suitable size for release.

August 23, 2012
Picture special… Brine Leas students celebrate A level results

Picture special… Brine Leas students celebrate A level results

These are the delighted Nantwich students enjoying after picking up their A level results at Brine Leas High School. Around 100 students from the school’s first ever sixth form cohort were caught in camera as they opened their results.

August 22, 2012
Nantwich school launches “buy-a-brick” scheme for new classroom

Nantwich school launches “buy-a-brick” scheme for new classroom

A Nantwich school  is laying the foundations of a successful future by launching a Buy-a-Brick scheme. Work on a new classroom at Sound and District Primary School starts in September.

August 21, 2012
Young Malbank School pupil scoops AS Level three years early

Young Malbank School pupil scoops AS Level three years early

A brainy Nantwich pupil is celebrating a top grade in an exam she took – three years ahead of schedule! Alex Leigh, a student at Malbank School and Sixth Form College, picked up her A grade from her Maths AS level with hundreds sixth formers this week.

August 18, 2012
Nantwich student cut above rest in national forestry awards

Nantwich student cut above rest in national forestry awards

A Nantwich college student has scooped a national forestry award. John Tunstall is the first Reaseheath College student to win a Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Silky Fox Handsaws Award.

August 17, 2012
South Cheshire College celebrates 99.6% A level pass rate

South Cheshire College celebrates 99.6% A level pass rate

South Cheshire College is celebrating after announcing its second best ever set of A level results. Crewe and Nantwich students at the institution celebrated an overall A level pass rate of 99.6%.

August 16, 2012
Brine Leas School in Nantwich celebrates A Level success stories

Brine Leas School in Nantwich celebrates A Level success stories

Brine Leas High School students in Nantwich are celebrating a milestone today as the first cohort of A level results were released. Around 100 students at BL6 picked up their results as the first sixth form cohort in the school’s history.

August 16, 2012
Nantwich teenagers offered new Wulvern apprentice scheme

Nantwich teenagers offered new Wulvern apprentice scheme

Nantwich housing provider Wulvern has launched an apprenticeship scheme to help young people onto the career ladder. Wulvern wants to recruit eight apprentices, from both business and trade areas, to start in October 2012.

August 11, 2012
Reaseheath College and National Trust celebrate course success

Reaseheath College and National Trust celebrate course success

Trainee countryside wardens and gardeners graduated from The National Trust’s Academy at a ceremony at Reaseheath College. The trainees, who work at NT properties nationwide, completed a three-year programme run in partnership with the Nantwich college.

August 10, 2012
Little Angels to open new Nantwich nursery on Regents Park

Little Angels to open new Nantwich nursery on Regents Park

A Nantwich childcare provider is expanding into additional premises in the town. Little Angels is to open a day nursery in the former Gingerbread House facility on Regents Park, London Road, Nantwich.

August 9, 2012
Former Nantwich school pupil tackles Kilimanjaro Challenge

Former Nantwich school pupil tackles Kilimanjaro Challenge

A former Nantwich school pupil is gearing up for the climb of his life next month. Ex Brine Leas High student Jonny May is teaming up with Shavington’s Ellie Hill to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa in aid of Childreach International.

August 3, 2012
Shavington pupils raise funds for Age UK Cheshire

Shavington pupils raise funds for Age UK Cheshire

Youngsters at a Shavington school helped to raise £100 for Age UK Cheshire. Staff and pupils from Shavington Primary collected the money from several events, including a Christingle service and nativity show.

July 30, 2012