Education

Harrogate Ladies’ College pupils turned forensic scientists to investigate a murder mystery at school recently.

A Year 6 Ashville pupil has won silver in a national schools mathematics competition for the second year running.

Starbeck School musicians have been celebrating their success at the Harrogate Competitive Festival of Music, Speech and Drama.

Pupils at Highfield Pre-School donned their Easter Bonnets for a themed parade.

MP Alec Shelbrooke has accused Leeds City Council of “pitching one community against the other” in his formal response to a consultation on the future of secondary school provision in Wetherby and Boston Spa.

Knitting has proved beneficial in more ways than one after it was introduced in a Harrogate school.

Harrogate Grammar School French A Level students Issy Murray and Amy Barrett recently took part in the first annual national French Translation Competition for A Level students.

Sherburn High School is in the finals of the Educate North Teaching Awards in the category of Sixth Form of the Year.

A gold medal winning and ten-time world champion Paralympian wheelchair racer has pitted her sporting wits against the Headmaster of a Harrogate school.

Children at Harrogate-based Willow Tree Primary had an out of this world experience in school.

Harrogate Grammar School have had reason to celebrate twice in quick succession through outstanding Chinese exam success and Chinese New Year celebrations.

Normal lessons were ‘paws-ed’ when schoolchildren in Harrogate were taught how to stay safe near housing developments by two special visitors from Redrow.

Angry parents stormed out of Wetherby Town Council’s monthly meeting during a debate on secondary school provision in the area.

Gateways School in Harewood celebrated World Book Day with their theme Love Reading during which everyone attended, dressed as their much-loved characters or books.

Storm Emma meets the Beast from the East. Emma was a nice change. Usually it’s something like Hurricane Brian, or on one momentous occasion Storm Norman. And for a brief while, we stopped the world and got off.

A Cundall Manor School musician has secured a coveted place in one of the nation’s prestigious Youth Choirs.