• Catmose College students perform Christmas Concert at All Saints' Church, Oakham

  By nora_hs at 13:29 on 18/12/12

  

  Catmose College students performed their annual Christmas Concert at All Saints' Church, Oakham, Rutland The concert featured music directed by Director of Music Matt Sammy and drama by Director of Drama Leanne Mitchell. Students performed a medley of Christmas songs ranging from Silent Night to Merry Christmas Everybody and included a drama performance of 'Bethlehem Rhapsody'. The College Choir sang carols with members of the public...

• Langham Primary School in The Sunday Times Top 200

  By nora_hs at 12:45 on 26/11/12

  

  Langham CofE Primary School, near Oakham, Rutland is featured 147th in The Sunday Times Top 300 state primary schools list published at the weekend. This is an amazing achievement for a small village school, which to the best of my knowledge, has not appeared in the list before. Ranking was based on results for schools in England taking SATs at key stage 2, level 4 and number of eligible pupils fro 2009 – 2011.

• Students at Catmose College, Oakham raise money for Children in Need

  By nora_hs at 10:26 on 20/11/12

  

  Students at Catmose College, Oakham held a charity concert for Children in Need and raised a very impressive £1,540. As part of their Music BTEC award, students had to plan, organise, build and perform the concert. From singing to engineering, the sound desk, everything was run by the students. The concert lasted an hour and was held at the bottom of the Hellerup staircase in the heart of the College. Performances included beat...

• The best Independent Schools in Leicestershire and Rutland

  By nora_hs at 20:43 on 19/11/12

  

  This weekend, The Sunday Times published a list of the top 200 state and independent schools in the UK – and the top 400 if you are willing to subscribe to the Times online. Out of the top 200 independent schools, Leicestershire and Rutland claimed six places, with schools in Loughborough achieving 73rd and 123rd position, Rutland 110th and 187th and Leicester 106th, 108th. Two schools just outside the region; Stamford High...

• Deadline to apply for Oakham / Rutland Secondary School places approaching

  By nora_hs at 10:21 on 29/10/12

  

  Parents of children in Rutland who transfer from primary to secondary schools next year, are being reminded that they only have until this Wednesday 31 October 2012 to apply for their child's place. The transfer process from primary to secondary, or upper school is not automatic and is the same for local authority schools and academies.  For more information Rutland County Council has published a Starting Secondary School in...

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