• Students in Scunthorpe, Brigg and Crowle celebrate GCSE results with staff

  By Nigel_F at 11:47 on 23/08/12

  

  Sixty-three per cent of students at the Axholme Academy in Crowle got five GSCE grades A*-C including English and Maths – which puts the academy in the top 25 per cent of schools nationally. Axholme Academy student Jack Scorer, 16, of Crowle, said: "I passed all my nine GCSEs. I got two As in English and another A in PE. I'm happy, really pleased. I'm going to John Leggott College to study English, Law, Physics and Economics. I...

• Wrawby St Mary's C of E Primary School is 'Outstanding'

  By MisterBrigg at 08:22 on 14/12/11

  

  Wrawby St Mary's C of E Primary School in North Lincolnshire has been highly praised after its recent Ofsted inspection. The report highlighted that the school is outstanding, as leaders have driven it forward exceptionally well in recent years. The pupils feel very safe because they behave extremely well and the school takes excellent care of them. Also community cohesion is promoted extremely well – through partner schools in...

• Memorial service for Briggensians' president

  By MisterBrigg at 06:53 on 24/11/11

  

  There will be a 'Celebration of Life'/Memorial Service for those wishing to pay their respect to Roy O'Neill, well-known to many during his years as president of the Briggensians' Association and chairman of governors at Sir John Nelthorpe School. The service will be held at St. John's Church, Bigby Street, Brigg, at 2pm on Friday, December 9. Donations will be divided between Cancer Research and the British Heart...

• Breaking Barriers option open to Brigg kids

  By MisterBrigg at 07:14 on 03/11/11

  

  Brigg area youngsters who have not progressed on to further education, or into employment, are being offered the chance to join a new course. John Leggott College, in Scunthorpe, is encouraging young people to join Breaking Barriers - a two-day-a-week programme aimed at equipping 16-17 year-olds with the skills they need to secure their first job or improve their skills ready to move on to an apprenticeship or other training. Latest...

• Brigg area pupils make £5 Blossom

  By MisterBrigg at 07:00 on 13/07/11

  

  Children from the Brigg area will be involved in a celebration event on Friday (15 July) to mark the final stage of an exciting enterprise project in North Lincolnshire. Make £5 Blossom was launched in April by North Lincolnshire Council as part of North Lincolnshire Ready enterprise initiative. The council were able to run the Rotherham Ready project thanks to funding from Young Persons Enterprise Forum. It saw ten local...

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