If you are thinking about what to do when you finish school then make sure you come along to one of Wiltshire College's Further Education Open Evenings. The Salisbury campus is opening its doors on Thursday, May 9, from 5-7pm and gives you the chance to explore, get a flavour of all the courses we have to offer, talk to staff and students and find out about what it is like to study at Wiltshire College. The Chippenhan campus...

The Frome Steiner School has raised a lot of interest in the town. Some people are delighted that a new school with a different approach to education provides choice to parents, the promise of new jobs and a new well designed use for a large prominent redundant site. Others are concerned that traffic congestion on Park Road and surrounding roads will increase, that other schools in the town will lose pupils and income and that Victoria...

Prospective parents, pupils and other members of the community in Frome are being re-invited to share their views on proposals to open a new school for 4 to 16 year olds in the town. The new consultation is being held to reflect the fact that the proposed Academy's temporary location will now be four miles east of Frome. The consultation launched on Thursday 29 March and concludes on Thursday 3 May 2012. The local community will...

Schools performance league tables were published this week and here we give the results for the two Middle Schools in Frome. You can find full details via the website here. Total number of pupils on roll (all ages 9 - 13) - Oakfield 570, Selwood 648. Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals - Oakfield 19.6%, Selwood 9.4%. Spend per pupil, Oakfield £4584, Selwood £4070. Pupil / teacher ratio - Oakfield 18.8,...

I thought it might be interesting to spot a few trends (if there are to be any) of which topics our young adults are studying at GCE level. The Community College issue topics studied but not the level of attainment so this information is based on subjects passed. Of the 157 students at Frome College, the most popular subjects of study at GCE level were History (18%) & Geography (17%), with 25 studying Psychology (16%). 24 studied...

There was a happy atmosphere at Frome Community College this morning for the GCE (AS & A2) RESULTS DAY. Daniel Cooper (pictured) from Year 14 DPM confirmed that he achieved 2 'A' s and 1 'B' at 'A' Level. "I'm really pleased with the result as I can now go to my first choice university in Bristol to study Law in October" he said, but he plans to stay living with his parents in Frome and commute to Bristol to study. ...

School children at a Somerset school were being kept inside this afternoon after a fire broke out in a nearby building. Pupils at Writhlington School, in Radstock, were told it was not safe to leave the grounds after the fire started in the former school building around 2.30pm. Parents of the children have been sent text messages reassuring them of their children's safety and they are expected to be allowed to leave within the...

Staff at Sainsbury's slipped on their daps and climbed into shorts to take part in a PE lesson. Their visit to Stoke St Michael Primary School was part of this year's Active Kids campaign. Since Active Kids began in February 2005, the supermarket has helped to donate equipment to schools in the area, and nationally, more than £100 million worth of equipment has been donated to more than 40,000 organisations across the...

Where do you find information about school closures in the Frome area? Each school will have information available on its website. Here is a list of Somerset schools websites, where you can find all the First School websites. The three main schools are here - Oakfield, Selwood & Frome Community College. Listen out on the radio - BBC Somerset Sound (95.5FM, 1566AM, & online) or Frome FM online Here is the arrangement set out...

A public meeting revealing plans for a pioneering school in Frome, Somerset, is to be held tomorrow. A group of residents have joined together to start a so-called "free school". Parents and teaching staff aim to provide an alternative to mainstream schooling and their vision is to have a "small democratic community school based on holistic and ecological principles". Pupils coul to make decisions about what they want to...