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By Poppy, 13, Good News Room at Priory Community School Academy This year’s Children’s Mental Health Week takes place from 9 to 15 February 2026, and in the current climate it is more important than ever. With growing pressures from peers, social media, poverty and education, young people
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By Caleb, Year 9, Good News Room Clevedon Every Tuesday, students at Clevedon School, North Somerset, meet to discuss and plan their eco-projects. At the moment, these projects include planning bike maintenance lessons, improving the school’s use of solar energy, and preparing for the annual Green Shift Festival. Students
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By Isabella, 13, Good News Room at Priory School Academy In Year 10, for GCSE English, students are required to complete a Speaking and Listening exam. Students in the Edvocate Programme are chosen based on their outstanding performance during this exam. They are then given the opportunity to perform their
News
By Jill Dando News Ashcombe Primary School has successfully restarted its Good News Room six years after first setting it up, following a special training visit from Nigel Dando as part of The Good News Post’s Jill Dando News Network. The Weston-super-Mare school in Somerset originally launched its Good
Schools
By Schools Correspondent A former Weston Mercury reporter, who once worked alongside Jill Dando, has inspired the next generation of young journalists through a live school Good News Room. Janet Williams, who began her journalism career at the Weston Mercury around the same time as Jill Dando, visited Herons’ Moor
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By Asyatu Anussah, Good News Post Malawi Reporter Mnjiri Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) has embraced the government’s Free Schools Policy, which came into effect this January. Speaking on the policy, Deputy Headteacher M. Kumwenda said that while the initiative is positive, discipline among learners will be essential. “Usually,
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By Rafi, 13, Good News Room at The King Alfred Academy Students at The King Alfred School Academy recently gathered for a special event led by Mrs Omoronyia, who had organised an afternoon dedicated to two national competitions: the Cyber Girls Challenge and the Bebras Coding Challenge. Five students began
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By Schools Correspondent By Grace, 14, Good News Room at The King Alfred Academy Following their electrifying four-night run in March, students at The King Alfred School Academy have now received well-deserved recognition for their production of Grease: The Musical, with several standout nominations at the prestigious David Beach Awards.
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By Lisa-Marie C (12), Joshua E (13) and Oliver (15) Jill Dando News Reporters at Worle School, the former school of Jill Dando Teenage reporters from Jill Dando News have interviewed an inspirational 15-year-old Member of Youth Parliament (MYP) Harry Clarke, who is helping to shape decisions affecting young people
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By Ella, 13 and Josh 13, Good News Room at WCSA At the beginning of January, Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler smashed Gian van Veen 7–1 in a final full of suspense and an epic comeback, starting off the new year with a bang. The win came with a massive
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By Megan H, Year 8, Good News Room at Clevedon School Did you know the reason why some people have red hair? People have red hair because of variations in their MC1R gene, which controls the balance of two types of melanin (pigments) in their hair and skin. Specifically, a
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By Truth, Good News Post Malawi Reporter This week, Truth Gondwe, a trained journalist with the Jill Dando News Centre in Mzimba, Malawi, met three young journalists from Mnjiri Secondary School in Mzimba: Asiyatuh, Prisca and Comfort. The meeting aimed to encourage them in both their education and their journalism
Charities
By Clevedon School Good News Room, Year 13 Shoebox Appeal Team Following assemblies that focused on raising awareness about the reality of war and conflict, Clevedon School students assembled over 100 Christmas boxes for asylum seekers in Bristol. Sixth form students then met just before Christmas at the Bristol Hospitality
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By Sarah OGorman, Schools Correspondent Truth Gondwe, 28, inspired by Jill Dando and the Good News movement, is now studying Journalism at the Malawi Institute of Journalism in Blantyre, southern Malawi in Africa. Truth said: “As I embark on my degree programme, I’m excited to build on the skills
Education
By Education Correspondent A former Worle School student from Weston-super-Mare has been crowned the UK’s top young landscaper at the WorldSkills UK National Finals. Archie Matthews, who joined Worle School at 11, went on to become Head Boy and an active member of the Jill Dando News Centre — at
Animals
By Megan H, Year 8, Good News Room at Clevedon School Bats are essential to the health of our planet, and humans rely on them more than many people realise. One of the most important roles bats play is pest control. By eating thousands of insects each year, bats help