Education

Plans for a new 420 place school in Scarborough have been submitted by the local education authority.

Children from 11 local primary schools recently tackled Scarborough’s coastline for this year’s Scarborough College Cross Country Challenge.

Alpamare Scarborough made a splash when it held a number of activities as part of Drowning Prevention Week.

Scarborough TEC student Sarah Robson has been announced as the winner of Estuary TV’s Reality Bites competition. The contest saw eight students pitted against each other in the kitchens of some of the very best restaurants in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

A huge congratulations to Alex Hutchinson, Year 9, who has won the final of the annual Malton School cookery competition.

Pupils in Pickering helped kick start a cycling baton relay that encourages more young people to take up cycling.

ScAMPS, a unique Scarborough music group, has earned a place at the Children’s University.

A donation from the Sirius Minerals Foundation has enabled Scarborough Sixth Form College to purchase a Leica polarising light microscope for A-Level geology.

Last week saw the second anniversary of The Scalby School Shop, which sells mainly stationery.

Drama students at Terrington Hall have achieved an outstanding set of results in their Trinity College Individual Acting Exams.

George Pindar School recently took three teams of Year 8 students to the University of Hull to take part in an exciting competition organised by North Yorkshire Coast Higher Education Collaboration.

Overdale Community Primary School has celebrated a month of sporting activities with a sponsored run a mile. Children at the Eastfield-based school each ran a mile at the school in aid of Sport Relief, with prizes kindly donated by Kebbell Homes.

George Pindar School student Jess Wallace has had her great sculpture design brought to life as competition prize.

Year 2 children at Filey CofE Nursery and Infants Academy have written and performed an opera inspired by Micheal Murpurgo’s The Silver Swan at the Filey Evron Centre.

A Fairtrade Tea Party was recently held at Northstead School.

Michelin-star chefs returned to their roots to support the official opening of Scarborough TEC, the area’s newest provider of further and higher education, with a spectacular banquet.

Students at Scarborough College received an inspirational visit from an Olympic sportswoman.