Education

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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An event aimed at linking local businesses up with potential employees who are autistic is to be held this Friday. The Autism: Future Employment conference…
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Before Christmas Year 9 students at The Marches School, as part of the terms focus on the topic of ‘kindness’ launched an appeal for donations…
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A new programme of landscape maintenance and volunteering at Old Oswestry hillfort will be the focus of an open meeting next month. Members of the…
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A group of Ellesmere College pupils have been welcomed to Wrexham Glyndŵr University for a creative media taster day. During the day, on Monday this…
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Holly Dempster-Edwards, 22, of Gobowen, has recently graduated from the University of Oxford with a First-Class Honours Degree in Modern Languages, achieving spoken Distinctions in…
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Join walkers, runners, and fancy dress fundraisers at Derwen College sponsored walk and fun run on Sunday, 5th April. The college, near Oswestry, in Shropshire,…
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Happiness is spreading across Oswestry and Shropshire in 2020, thanks to local woman Katie Millard. Katie who trained with Jo Howarth, founder of The Happiness…
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Shrewsbury Town in the Community are giving one lucky person the once in a lifetime opportunity to be the match day mascot when Shrewsbury Town…
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Inspired by one of the largest creatures to ever roam Shropshire, the British Ironwork Centre are excited to announce their latest project – a life-size…
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A member of the team on the dedicated children’s ward at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital has been crowned the winner of…
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Ellesmere College swimmers feature strongly in the latest Swim England international squad for a prestigious competition in France viewed as a stepping stone to future…
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Nexus Electrics a local, family run electrical contractor have signed up to support local Football Academy & Development Centre, DragonADC. Dragon ADC are a football…
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The children’s menu at Oswestry’s specialist orthopaedic hospital has had a redesign, thanks to input from students at Llanfyllin High School. The Catering team at…
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The Marches School and BT have joined forces to offer students in year 10 a real life job application experience. BT are offering work experience…
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Curlews and Lapwings, once a familiar sight, are vanishing from our countryside.  In Shropshire, the breeding population of Curlew has fallen from approximately 700 pairs…
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Moreton First Prep School in Weston Rhyn have raised a staggering £1,200 in sponsorship during their inaugural Santa Run, held within the 100 acre grounds…
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Students and staff from across The Marches Academy Trust came together on Tuesday 17th December 2019 for their annual Cross-Trust varsity competition. It was a…
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David Hayes, 56, from St Martins, has just successfully completed a 230 miles bike ride from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Angkor Wat in…
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Students at Wrexham Glyndwr University have rowed the length of Wales to raise funds for charity – without leaving their student union. The charity fundraiser…
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A creative student from a specialist college has won a Christmas card competition to have her design featured on the Association of Colleges’ (AoC) official…
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It was a night of a thousand stars as surrounded by fairy lights and cradling candles, five choirs, an orchestra made up of musicians from…
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