Kate Sharp, Surbiton High School's Head of Examinations, relates her top advice for parents with children awaiting the impending 11+ entrance exams in January.

Staff and students at The Regis School are this week celebrating a highly positive Ofsted report.  Following a two-day visit to the Bognor Regis school during which inspectors observed lessons and spoke to students, staff and parents, the school has received a fantastic report.

Northampton Academy has been awarded Champion School status by the NCS EM1, the regional provider of the National Citizen Service (NCS), a flagship youth programme for 16 and 17-year-olds. The status has been awarded to those institutions who, like Northampton Academy, have excelled in promoting the programme and recruiting young people to take part over the last academic year.

William Hulme’s Grammar School (WHGS) has received official recognition for its work with young carers.

Last Thursday, as this year’s competitions continue to get underway, the UnitedApp and United Ideas winners for 2017 launched their winning creations.

Sustainable power was top of the agenda when Carter Community School students created their own eco-friendly wind turbine as part of an engineering challenge.

Year 9 student Courtney from The Regis School has been unveiled as the winner of United Learning’s annual Christmas design competition.

This week over 1,000 students and staff from United Learning schools across the country sang in premiere performances in Southwark Cathedral in London and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.

Last week, at three events around the country, over 80 pupils from United Learning’s primary academies and prep schools gathered to learn about becoming leaders in their own communities.

Accrington Academy and The Hyndburn Academy are helping students to plan for life beyond school with a special careers event on Monday 4^th December.