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‘MPQs’ for schoolchildren

Pupils from Merley First School in Wimborne experienced what it is like to be ministers, shadow ministers and backbenchers…

Bewitching time for young sculptors

Witchampton First School pupils were invited into the fabulous gardens of Abbey House, Witchampton. The owners, Mr & Mrs Hodges,…

Pupils are bewitched by farm

Badgers Class at Witchampton C of E First School had a wonderful educational visit to Launceston Farm to enhance…

Middle school celebrates ‘Star’ billing

West Moors Middle School has been awarded Dorset Council’s Education ‘STAR’ Award, after achieving a Good judgement in their…

School celebrates Ofsted report

Christchurch’s Priory CE Primary School is celebrating a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating following a recent inspection. Inspectors praised the 155-year-old Wick…

Children get building for Science Week

All the pupils at Witchampton First School, part of Wimborne Academy Trust, decamped to the village hall to mark…

Teachers in league of their own

Five football fans from Autism Unlimited in Christchurch are undertaking a whistle-stop tour of 92 grounds in 92 hours…

Charitable fund that keeps on teaching

The endlessly-fascinating Wars of the Roses are the subject of the first Mackrell Lecture of 2022. The lectures have become…

Learning the works

After weeks of seeing diggers and workmen in action outside their windows, children from Tops Day Nurseries, on Wimborne’s…

Autism school creates ‘Model Classroom’

Portfield School in Christchurch has unveiled its first ‘Model Classroom’ – an architect-designed environment for learning, created specifically around…