• Nervous times for Leek students

  By CarlyBaldwin at 10:05 on 14/08/12

  

  The annual sleepless nights and anxious days will have set in among local students waiting for their A-level results. 18 year-olds in Leek and across the country will find out their fate on Thursday morning, when schools open their doors for the traditional results day. GCSE pupils will learn their results a week later, on August 23. A-level results day is the annual trigger for students to either confirm their university places or...

• Smallest school lights the way

  By CarlyBaldwin at 10:02 on 26/03/12

  

  One of the first beacons celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee will be lit today at a school near Leek. All seven pupils at Flash Primary - the county's smallest school - will be involved in the historic launch. The children will be dressing up as princes and princesses to mark the occasion, which is being supported by Sainsbury's. Throughout the year, more than 2000 beacons will be lit all over the country to mark the Queen's 60...

• College offers free courses to unemployed locals

  By CarlyBaldwin at 13:38 on 01/02/12

  

  Leek College is offering jobless locals the chance to boost their employment prospects. The college is offering free courses - in areas such as engineering and welding, care, and business and IT - to people claiming jobseeker's allowance, employment support allowance or other benefits. Students can gain City and Guilds, BTEC and skills for life qualifications. For 16-24 year-olds, there is also a pre-apprenticeship course. Pete...

• Local school records improved results

  By CarlyBaldwin at 13:38 on 26/01/12

  

  One Leek school has been given reason to celebrate as the secondary school league tables were released today. Leek High School was named the second most improved school in Staffordshire with regards to GCSE results, after their results shot up by 16%. Headteacher John Spencer told the Sentinel today: "We are big on student support and TLC for the kids. We don't let them slip through the net." Nathan Bloor gained 13...

• Students think pink for charity

  By CarlyBaldwin at 11:29 on 21/10/11

  

  Students at two Leek schools have raised £1,000 for breast cancer charities. Youngsters from The Meadows Special School joined pupils from co-located Leek High School at the Springfield Road campus in wearing pink to mark the Wear it Pink event in October. The event was boosted by a raffle and a cake stall. Joan Wright, The Meadows deputy headteacher, said: "Students suggested they come to school wearing pink to raise...

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