Category: Education

Students at Hull’s Ron Dearing University Technical College (UTC) have once again achieved excellent GCSE and Level 2 technical results.

A team of budding florists from Bishop Burton College are preparing to compete in a student competition at the prestigious Interflora World Cup in Manchester in September.

Bishop Burton College is proud to announce the outstanding achievements of its T Level students as they receive their highly anticipated results this week.   

The University of Hull has seen impressive results from the National Student Survey (NSS 2023) and is ranked in the top 20 in the UK in the Times Higher Education’s ‘Overall Positivity’ measure.

Katy, a Preschool Room Leader at Bright Horizons Kingswood Day Nursery and Preschool in Hull, is in the running for the ‘Nursery Practitioner of the Year’ title.

Education has transformed significantly over the last few decades, focusing not merely on the accumulation of knowledge but rather on building comprehensive understanding and skills.

After a thrilling four-day International Youth Championships competition in affiliation with British Eventing, winners from amongst the best under 18 riders in the UK are celebrating.  

Emilie Nickerson, age 12, from Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College, has won the national award Best Home Usage (KS3/4) for her commitment to using the online reading development programme Reading Plus outside of school.

Feranmi Adesina, age 10, from Estcourt Primary Academy, has won the national award Most Words Read by a Pupil (KS2) for reading over a million words on the online reading development programme Reading Plus.

Bishop Burton College is celebrating successfully retaining a rating of Good from Ofsted following a four-day ‘Enhanced’ inspection in May. The college was once more rated Good overall with two Outstanding judgements – for Personal Development and Adult Learning Programmes.

A ‘magic’ national campaign to address the state of children’s oral health in the UK has been launched in Yorkshire.

School pupils Lilah Garton and Isaac Robinson, both aged 11, from Acre Heads Primary School, Hull, have inspired Reading Solutions UK to launch a new national initiative.

Award-winning publisher Sweet Cherry Publishing has acquired the first illustrated children’s book of Hull-based mum-turned-author Jodie Smith.

As a teacher or school administrator, organising a school trip can be both exciting and challenging. You want to plan an unforgettable experience for your students that they will cherish for years to come.

Rob Lambert, a highly skilled and passionate technology expert, has launched his freelance venture, offering a wide range of digital services to local businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire. With a rich background in various digital and creative roles spanning over 17 years, Rob brings a wealth of experience and expertise to support businesses’ digital needs.

The University of Hull today announces the Right Honourable Alan Johnson as its new Chancellor.

Agriculture, animal management and equine students put on an impressive show at Bishop Burton College’s 62nd annual Stock Skills competition.

After its most recent Ofsted inspection on 17 April, Bright Horizons Hull Kingswood Day Nursery and Preschool has been awarded an Outstanding result in all four categories; quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership management.

Floristry degree students from University Centre Bishop Burton are celebrating following an amazing performance at the prestigious Harrogate Flower Show.

St Mary’s College has been chosen as one of the final fifteen from over 1,500 entries across the UK to have their own illustrated bench created and displayed at the Tower of London during the Coronation celebrations in May.

Bishop Burton College is delighted to announce its residential accommodation for students at the Bishop Burton and Riseholme College campuses has once again been rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.

Following their success over 140 other schools across the country to take first prize in the Goldsmith’s Company Awards for Community Engagement, yesterday (Tuesday 7 February) Hymers College hosted visitors from Goldsmiths’ along with representatives of community action projects to showcase the work the school does in the Hull and surrounding area. 

The Yorkshire Energy Park team have joined forces with UKSTEM to roll out an education programme across the region to inspire students about the next generation of green skills coming to the Humber.

Over a decade of austerity measures, and subsequent cuts to youth work services, has led to a sharp rise in poverty and inequality in the Yorkshire and Humber region according to a report led by the University of Hull.

Year six pupils at Wheeler Primary School have become the first in the city to be visited by the project team behind Lagoon Hull, with the aim of inspiring the next generation who could be living and working in the city when it is built.

The Engineering department at Bishop Burton College is opening its doors to engineers who may be interested in a career change.  

Students and staff from University Centre Bishop Burton (UCBB), friends and family and special guests gathered at the historic Beverley Minster for a stunning Graduation Ceremony.

Bishop Burton College are pleased to announce they have been re-accredited with the Matrix Standard international quality standard for delivering information, advice and/or guidance (IAG).  

Following a visit from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) earlier this year, Hymers College has been awarded the highest possible rating in a glowing report from the inspection team.

Stemettes and The Poetry Society, in collaboration with 59 Productions, are delighted to be returning to Hull for a day of hands-on STEAM sessions for the whole family and open to the public on Wednesday 26 October, 10am-4pm.

T-Level Education and Childcare students at Bishop Burton College are celebrating after achieving a 100% pass rate.

There were lots of smiles this morning as Hymers students once again celebrated receiving top GCSE results.

Ron Dearing University Technical College (UTC) students are celebrating outstanding GCSE and Level 2 technical results as the school prepares to take on its highest ever number of sixth formers.

Sixth form students at Ron Dearing University Technical College (UTC) have spoken of their delight after achieving record A-level and Level 3 technical results, despite the disruption caused to their education by Covid-19.

Bishop Burton College has played host to hundreds of young riders and their families for a show-stopping Opening Ceremony, to mark the start of the 2022 British Eventing International Youth Championships.  

A passion for guitar is not the only thing Hull Hospitals’ Professor Andy Beavis has in common with Queen’s Brian May.

Hull City Council is determined that Hull children get the best possible start in life with the best education possible.

A Ron Dearing UTC student has become one of the youngest people in the country to secure a pilot’s licence.

Bishop Burton College will open its doors to hundreds of talented young riders and spectators next week, as it hosts the British Eventing International Youth Championships.