An award-winning careers course for Wrexham Glyndwr University students will run again this year – and has been adapted to help them find jobs during…
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Moreton Hall, one of the UK’s top performing co-educational independent day and boarding schools, are inviting prospective pupils to join them for a virtual Taster…
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Despite the challenge that lockdown is posing to arts organisations across the country with theatres in darkness for the foreseeable future, plans continue to be…
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A stage school near Oswestry continues to provide exciting opportunities for its young performers, despite the lockdown restrictions. The Face2Face performance academy which is based…
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The Marches Academy Trust is evolving the world of education with thanks to their ‘agents of change’ programme. Key staff have been working on projects…
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Turn the clock back to January and with mock examinations looming and GCSE and A Levels examinations on the horizon, year 11 and 13 students…
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Researchers at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) have volunteered to join a team of highly qualified experts driving the UK’s effort…
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The restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic can be particularly difficult for children. It can be even more challenging for the children of key…
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Moreton Hall Sixth Form student, Verity Carryer is yet another of the school’s students looking to support our front-line workers. A passionate student of Art…
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A former Ellesmere College pupil, who owns and runs a successful international business, is offering its sixth form students the opportunity of an internship with…
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A sunny May morning with the trees in blossom and the Moreton Hall grounds in their full spring glory would ordinarily have provided the perfect…
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An Ellesmere College student has earned one of only 20 places on an international footballer’s mentoring programme after being chosen from more than 20,000 applicants.…
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A local mother and son have completed 100 miles on their bikes and raised over £400 inspired by the wonderful NHS. Ashlea Allen said: “As…
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Four young siblings from a Weston Rhyn family have taken part in a garden marathon, all to raise money for the NHS. The children’s mother,…
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With the Easter chocolate already a distant memory, it’s back to school this week for pupils at Moreton Hall, the independent boarding and day school…
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Key workers tackling the coronavirus pandemic are staying in accommodation provided by Wrexham Glyndwr University – one of a series of support measures the university…
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Moreton Hall Sixth Form Student Molly Creaser Ogden is fundraising for St. John Ambulance by running a sponsored marathon. Molly has a long association with the…
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Moreton Hall has creatively responded to the challenges posed by national lockdown to ensure that a warm welcome awaits prospective pupils and their parents at…
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Keeping children occupied in the holidays is challenging enough but add in prolonged time at home outside of the holidays, now that can be tough.…
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Ivy Bradford a Year 13 student from The Marches School has demonstrated a huge level of commitment to her photography studies. Earlier in the year,…
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One week down, lots, more to go. As it sinks in that schools probably won’t re-open until September, parents of young children are finding it…
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More than 30 staff from Derwen College, near Oswestry, are signed up to face a challenging charity climb up Snowdon. The group of intrepid walkers,…
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Moreton Hall Pupils Hannah Legge aged 15 and Iris Downes aged 14 have been selected to represent Wales’ U19A team at this year’s Home Internationals…
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Young carers were straight up the wall the other day as Borderland Rotary had arranged an evening of fun at the Oswestry Climbing Den on…
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A nine year old Whittington schoolgirl has been throwing herself into a whole host of fundraising activities to help seriously ill local children. Carys Gaskill…
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International Women’s Day was marked at Moreton Hall this week with the school’s second Moreton Means Business Mini Conference. With their decades long track record…
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Derwen College celebrated National Careers Week, from 2nd to 7th March with a host of fun and informative activities to support students towards future employment.…
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Derwen College students are urging the local community to sign up for the College’s annual Sponsored Walk and Fun Run to raise vital funds to…
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This year’s Face2Face production, Beauty and The Beast, had everything you’d expect from a professional company: stunning costumes, bold characters, impressive scenery and spine-tingling music.…
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Moreton’s annual Careers Fair continues to be a leading provider of post Sixth Form advice for students at the school and beyond. With exhibitors from…
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Moreton First, the preparatory school of Moreton Hall in Weston Rhyn, one of the UK’s leading independent schools, is opening its doors on Saturday 7th…
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A creative writing workshop for young people from across North and Mid Wales – linked to one of Wales’ premier cultural festivals – has taken…
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Marches Sixth Form leads the way in Shropshire and makes significant investment in student facilities The Marches Sixth Form has recently opened 5 new study…
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Moreton Hall’s Leiths Cookery School students were in the audience this week when not one but two top chefs and cookery writers came to town! …
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Cylch Ti a Fi Croesoswallt is a bilingual playgroup which meets in Oswestry every Thursday morning during term time. Children from birth to school age…
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Re-enactment groups across the country are gearing up for a living weekend at Park Hall Farm’s WW1 trenches in Oswestry. Troops will be taking park…
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A beautiful Victorian fire appliance which was stored in one of the outbuildings at Oswestry Fire Station will soon be on public display at the…
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The Rotary Club of Ellesmere has announced that the main beneficiaries of their 2020 Bell Boat Regatta will be two charities with strong local links.…
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Pupils from Shropshire primary schools – which have been forced to close due to flooding – can enjoy two Ironbridge museums for free for the…
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A high-profile Crime Scene Day learning simulation has been held for the second time at Wrexham Glyndwr University – drawing together students and lecturers from…
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Moreton Hall’s Year 8 artist Lucy Nelson has won Oswestry Youth Music Festival’s annual competition to design the 2020 festival logo. Lucy’s entry was selected…
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Derwen College will be celebrating National Careers Week, from 2nd to 7th March with activities planned for students across college, and the official launch of…
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A new volunteer at Citizen Advice Shropshire’s Oswestry office has urged others to get involved if they are looking for a fulfilling role in their…
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A raft of 49 swimmers from local swimming club Oswestry Otters attended the 2020 Shropshire County Championships in Wolverhampton, with one of the largest teams…
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Over 250 pupils from primary schools across the region joined Moreton First for a Science Extravaganza day. Budding scientists from seven schools across Wrexham and…
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The Marches School recently received some fantastic news upon taking part in the annual Rotary Club Young Writer’s Competition. The students were tasked with writing…
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The world faces many challenges in the 21st Century; from disease and drug resistance to species extinctions and climate change. Many of these challenges are…
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Every year 16 million ewes give birth in the UK. Lambing takes place anytime between November and May, but at Park Hall Farm in Oswestry,…
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Shropshire based company, School Shop Direct, have partnered with Oswestry charity The Movement Centre to help support their work, supporting children with movement disabilities to…
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Wrexham Glyndwr University is set to hold its first Postgraduate Open Evening of 2020 next week to welcome potential students looking to develop their learning…
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