Easton and Otley College today launches a public consultation, encouraging views from across the East Anglian community on its proposed merger with City College Norwich and Suffolk New College. The three institutions have been in talks to work together following a review led by Further Education Commissioner Richard Atkins, which has proposed the colleges complete…
SIX Suffolk apprentices, bidding to become the winner in a special business competition, are to face their latest challenge this week. The Suffolk Apprentice contest arrives at Riduna Park in Melton on Friday 23rd August, where stage five of eight takes place under the scrutiny of business judges. A challenge has been created by the…
A national fundraising campaign is set to “Make Ship Happen” for a £1 million project to build a full-size reconstruction of the 7th-century Sutton Hoo ship. The scheme has been launched to pay for the venture, which will bring together archaeologists, historians, experts in construction and shipbuilding and many other skilled volunteers to reconstruct the…
Ipswich technology company IJYI has announced it will again be supporting Suffolk Library in giving young people access to programming training. Ipswich Library will run two ‘CoderDojo’ days in the summer holidays, allowing those between seven and 17 to try out programming. It might be the start of their path into a career in the…
Happiness is at the heart of everything we do here. That’s the message from Lisa Finch, the new head of Prep School at Ipswich High School (IHS), who joined at Easter. Mrs Finch, previously the headteacher at Stanway Fiveways Primary School in Essex, said she is passionate about taking what the school does well and…
Easton & Otley College is announcing a dynamic new collaboration which is set to secure the long-term future of land-based education in the region. Its board has entered into a memorandum of understanding to facilitate a merger with two other colleges in the region, marking the start of an exciting new era of co-operation to…
The new director of sport at a Suffolk school is prioritising the happiness of all pupils in PE lessons. Peter Taylor initially joined Ipswich High School in September 2018 as head of boys PE and games but has now taken on the role of director of sport. He started at the Woolverstone school at a…