Education
Story and photos by Zoe, Jill Dando News A small group of students from The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset and Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare were given the opportunity to visit Exeter College which is one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University. To start off
africa
By Denis, 13, Jill Dando News @ Worle Community School Academy There is hope for millions of people as Ghana becomes first country in the world to approve a “game-changer” malaria vaccine from Oxford University There is hope for millions as Ghana has become the first country in the world to
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By Jill Dando News Five students from one sixth form have won prestigious places at an Oxford University summer school. Olivia, Taj, (pictured) Kizzie, Thomas and Freja, of The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset, have made it onto Oxford University’s prestigious Summer School Residential course. Olivia left
Climate
By Jill Dando News Two students who represented Britain at COP26 alongside Prince William and Sir David Attenborough are now inspiring younger ones at one of the country’s best sixth forms. Jack Clark and Olivia Finch featured on national TV news in Glasgow COP26 in November shortly after leaving
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By Jill Dando News Olivia, 16, of The King Alfred School Academy, in Highbridge, Somerset, has made it onto Oxford University’s MasterClasses to prepare for medical school. Olivia left Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset in September after an amazing five years including being founding reporter of Jill
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By Charlotte and Eleanor, Year 10, The King Alfred School Academy, Jill Dando News Amazing Emily is officially one of Britain’s best young mathematicians after shining at elite maths gatherings at Oxford and Cambridge. The King Alfred School Academy student won a place alongside the 59 other best women
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By Dawson, 15 Taj, 16, a Year 12 student at The King Alfred Academy (TKASA) in Highbridge, Somerset, is heading to a prestigious summer school at Harvard University. TKASA Sixth Form has a 100% pass rate, with 80% going to Russell Group Universities, and increasing numbers heading to Cambridge and
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By Jill Dando News Centre Incredible budding Einstein, aged 14, who is already being tutored by a Oxford University maths expert now joins Elite UK group of students in the final of a prestigious maths competition Thomas Duford (pictured left) is the first student ever from Worle Community School Academy