Children's author addresses budding Wyre Forest writers

Book keepers: From left, Chantry School student Ellie Clayton, Baxter College pupil Abby Lawson, Cathy Cassidy and Stourport High School student Aimee Johnson.

7:20am Monday 1st April 2013

A POPULAR children’s author has visited a Stourport school to promote and sign copies of her books for a group of nearly 400 Wyre Forest and Hagley pupils.

UN experience for Wyre Forest sixth-form students

Global gathering: Students from Stourport High School and Baxter College at the UN in Switzerland as part of a ContinU Trust programme.

9:00am Saturday 23rd March 2013

A GROUP of Wyre Forest students have returned from a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Switzerland.

Top Author Meets Hundreds of Local Young Readers

L-R: Ellie Clayton (Chantry High School), Abby Lawson (Baxter College), Author Cathy Cassidy, Aimee Johnson (Stourport High School)

3:27pm Thursday 21st March 2013

Popular children’s writer Cathy Cassidy visited the Wyre Forest to promote and sign copies of her books for a group of nearly 400 Wyre Forest and Hagley pupils, as part of a regional book promotion tour.

Wyre Forest community groups successful in bid to help families

7:40am Friday 15th March 2013

A CONSORTIUM of three local charities and community groups has been successful in its bid to provide early help services to troubled families in Wyre Forest.

Students Unite at the United Nations

Sixth Form Students from ContinU partner schools Baxter College and Stourport High School in the Conference Chamber of the Palais Des Nations

1:51pm Wednesday 27th February 2013

Fifteen students from partner schools in The Wyre Forest and Hagley’s ContinU Trust have just returned from a once-in-a-lifetime fact-finding study visit to Geneva, Switzerland, where they met agencies from the United Nations and visited the cutting edge experimental physics centre at CERN.

Wolverley celebrate best ever GCSE results

Celebrating success: Wolverley headteacher Richard North.

7:10am Thursday 31st January 2013

WOLVERLEY CofE Secondary School students are celebrating after achieving the best GCSE results in the school’s history.

District follows national trend as A-levels fall

7:10am Thursday 31st January 2013

WYRE Forest schools and colleges saw a fall in their average points score per pupil at A-level, reflecting county and national trends.

Improved GCSEs in Wyre Forest reflect progress

7:10am Thursday 31st January 2013

WYRE Forest secondary schools have seen an improvement in GCSE results in 2012, according to the latest league tables.

Secondary school league tables announced

1:03pm Thursday 24th January 2013

LEAGUE tables have been announced today showing how Wyre Forest secondary schools performed in their GCSE and A Level results.

School Pupils Get a Week-Long Taste of University Life

Students from high schools across The ContinU Trust partnership of Wyre Forest and Hagley got a taste of higher level study at University of Worcester in a tailor-made Summer School

1:26pm Tuesday 31st July 2012

School Pupils from across the Wyre Forest and Hagley Get a Week-Long Taste of University Life at University of Worcester

Young Citizenship Awards for Wyre Forest Students

Mayor of Kidderminster, Cllr John Aston, with some of the junior Neighbourhood Watch Programme partcipants from Offmore Primary School receiving their certificates

5:21pm Wednesday 18th July 2012

Local Schoolchildren & Young People See Citizenship Efforts Rewarded at Packed Event Event

ContinU Trust successful in application to establish the first alternative provider Free School for Wyre Forest and Hagley Schools and Worcestershire.

1:09pm Tuesday 17th July 2012

Press release 20/7/12 The ContinU Trust has been successful in its application to establish the first alternative provider Free School for Wyre Forest and Hagley Schools and Worcestershire.

Local Students go for Academic 'gold' at Oxford

Students Callum Jones, Evan Jones, Jess Homan, Jack Beadsworth, Anna Burley (all aged 15, from Baxter College) at Oriel

12:45pm Friday 29th June 2012

Local students go to Oxford for academic Olympics events: ‘Orielympics’ High-flying sports and science students from three local Wyre Forest and Hagley schools got their very own academic event thanks to Oriel College, Oxford – with an Olympic twist.



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