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Northlands Veterinary Hospital is holding careers information evenings for school pupils

Vet practice helps Northamptonshire pupils on path to dream career

Some of August's front pages

August 2024's big news stories for Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and Rushden

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The Bedford College Group helps hundreds of Northamptonshire students improve th...

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Oundle School (I)GCSE results

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Southfield School students have been celebrating their GCSE results

Staff celebrating students’ results. Mr Cope (left), Emily (centre) and Mr Frazer (right)

Guilsborough Academy celebrates exceptional GCSE and Level 2 BTEC results

Manor School celebrates GCSE students’ success

Lily Coles

Students at Kettering Science Academy celebrate GCSE success

Freya Lack and Kiera Burton

Students at The Ferrers School celebrate excellent GSCE and BTEC results

Students celebrate at Brooke Weston Academy

Brooke Weston Academy celebrates another successful GCSE results day

Where pupils can get free food to celebrate GCSE results day (Photo: Macus - stock.adobe.com)

Restaurants offering free food to GCSE students on results day

Single sex grammar schools took out most of the top spots across England (Photo: National World/Google)

The 15 top-rated 'super' secondary schools in England

Special measures to make sure students sitting major exams weren't unfairly impacted by the pandemic have gradually slowed down (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Do pupils still get Covid consideration in exams? All you need to know

There's still nearly two months to go until students will find out how they did in their GCSE exams (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

GCSE marking system explained as pupils await exam results

Cameron James at his University of Bedfordshire graduation.

GCSE success for Barton Seagrave resident

GCSE results day at Huxlow Academy

Picture special - GCSE results are opened at Huxlow Academy in Irthlingborough

Students taking their exams this year had been affected by the Covid lockdowns

Alison Bagley

Here’s what you can do if you fail your GCSE exams. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

How to resit your GCSE exams if you fail

NHS nurse Kelly Foster, who failed her GCSEs

Woman becomes high ranking senior NHS nurse despite failing GCSEs

Ellie Sanderson

Apprenticeships vs University: Research reveals an East Midlands generational sp...

Students are gearing up for GCSE exams

Quiz: Can you answer these GCSE maths questions

Nandos is giving out free food to students

Nando’s is giving away free food to students on results day this month

These are the areas with the smartest students in England

Nearly one in five of the county's secondary school students were absent during the last week of March, according to official figures

Teachers fears over GCSE students missing school under ‘ignoring Covid plan’

First News: A beary good idea!

Students can choose A-Level and GCSE exam topics next year - Ofqual and educatio...

GCSE results were released today

GCSE results day 2021: All the stories from Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and...

A number of big restaurant chains - including Nando’s - are offering free food deals to A Level and GCSE students this week (Photos: Getty Images/Flickr)

Where to get free food on GCSE results day 2021 - including Nando’s, Las Iguanas... Alex Nelson

MPs say terms like “white privilege” may have contributed towards neglect of poorer white pupils (Photo: Shutterstock)

Poorer white pupils suffer years of neglect due to terms like ‘white privilege’,...

GCSE and A Level grades will be decided by teachers this year, exams watchdog Ofqual has announced (Photo: Shutterstock)

GCSE and A Level results will be decided by teachers this year - despite 2020's ...

GCSE, A Levels and SATs exams in England will be replaced by teacher assessments...

'Alternative arrangements’ will be made for GCSE and A Level exams this year - w...

GCSE and A Level exams will be adapted in 2021 to help students - including adva...

Child abuse has increased during lockdown - and neglected kids are being impacte...

Wollaston School

Wollaston school partially closed as 'operational capacity' is 'significantly re...

Weavers Academy in Wellingborough

GCSEs: Weavers Academy, Wellingborough

The exam board is regrading all of the results (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why BTec results have been delayed - and how grades will be calculated

Ofqual is reviewing its process for appeals (Photo: Shutterstock)

Ofqual has suspended its criteria for pupils wanting to appeal their A levels an...

Pupils will be able to use their mock exam results as the basis for an appeal (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is how to appeal your GCSE and A level results

Grades will be decided in a different way this year due to cancelled exams (Photo: Shutterstock)

A Level students will not be awarded final grades lower than their mock exam res...

This year's grades have been marked differently due to school closures caused by the pandemic. (Shuttertsock)

Students unable to appeal exam results this year are being handed a ‘life senten...

Exams across the UK were cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, meaning grades this year have been calculated in a different way (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when GCSE results will be out in England - and how to collect grades

The sessions will be streamed online for free.

Northants students can be part of a free online operating theatre experience

Dorothy Maxwell with her book stall in Higham Road, Rushden

Rushden councillor collecting books to help children while the schools are close...

The tool features three to five minute revision videos presented in a Netflix-style layout (Photo: Shutterstock)

GCSE students can access a free learning resource while schools are closed - her...

Charlie with his Captain Tom Moore painting.

Desborough artist's Captain Tom Moore painting goes viral

Head at Manor School Sports College in Raunds Jay Davenport said prices have hiked to 17 a bottle.

Northamptonshire head teachers blast suppliers hiking hand sanitiser prices duri...

How many of these GCSE exam questions can you answer correctly? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Quiz: Can you get these GCSE exam questions right?

Could you pass GCSE maths? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Quiz: Can you pass this maths GCSE exam?

Students help prepare the feast.

Rothwell pupils raise funds with charity feast

The number of students in the county taking GCSE religious studies has dropped by more than three quarters in just two years.

Northamptonshire students lose faith in GCSE religious studies as uptake drops m...

Students and the pub team.

Corby pupils prepare a feast for charity

Progress 8 scores

Here's how each Wellingborough and Rushden secondary school ranks in this week's...

Progress 8 scores

Here's how each Corby and East Northants secondary school ranks in the new leagu...

Tony Blair

Column: It seems like yesterday, but now it’s history

Progress 8 scores

Here's how each Kettering secondary school ranks in today's new league table