Spotlight Careers ‘Business & Enterprise Day’
We held the first in our series of ‘Spotlight Careers’ events yesterday. The ‘Business and Enterprise Day’ was attended by Year 2 Business Studies students, participating in 4 different workshops; What can I do with a Business Degree?, Business in Action, Personal Statements and CVs and Young Women in Enterprise. The workshops, provided by The […]
Chemistry Tutor, John Luton, builds consolidation programme with the support of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s ‘Elevating Chemistry’.
Read about Chemistry tutor, John Luton, and his recent project with the Royal Society of Chemistry’s ‘Elevating Chemistry’ scheme. Elevating Chemistry builds on the Addressing Lost Learning project from 2020 and aims to support schools and colleges to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 measures on students’ learning in chemistry. https://edu.rsc.org/rsc-education-news/it-felt-like-i-had-some-backup/4014523.article
Early Years Student of the Month Award
In September our Early Years Student of the month Award went to not one, but six, students from Year 2 for outstanding practice and professionalism in a placement setting. Missi Mae Howlett, Tayla Van Lille, Gamar Ali, Magda Sochocka, Sophie Dartnell and Poppy Edwards are all in a school setting for their placements and have […]
Best Ever IB Results at Varndean College, Brighton
Whilst England are celebrating their win on Wednesday evening, students and teachers at Varndean College are also celebrating their best ever set of results in the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, with students set to attend some of the UK’s leading universities including Cambridge, UCL, Imperial College London, Bristol, Warwick, Sheffield and Leeds. Forty-one students […]
Festival of Progression
Varndean College students have been treated to a two-day ‘Festival of Progression’ this week after enduring over a year of lockdowns, cancelled exams and general Covid restrictions. A variety of local employers were able to impart their knowledge to our Year One students, after which they welcomed Q&A. These included Sussex Partnership NHS Trust, Bouygues […]
Varndean wins SFCA ‘Covid Above & Beyond Award’
We’re absolutely thrilled to win yet another award this week, the SFCA (Sixth Form Colleges’ Association) ‘Covid Above & Beyond Award’. The SFCA Annual Awards initiative represents an important opportunity to identify, celebrate and showcase exceptional practice across the sixth form sector and we are so proud of our Additional Support, Wellbeing and Safeguarding Team […]
Childcare & Early Years student awarded scholarship for university
Congratulations to Childcare & Early Years student Naomi Kerse (ex Downlands School) who has been given a full scholarship to study at Brighton University from September. Naomi said: “I have been fortunate to receive the Chubb Foundation Scholarship. Hendon Chubb established the foundation to provide scholarships to deserving students in families of qualified Chubb employees. […]
Lockdown Hero Award
We are delighted to have received a Certificate of Excellence in ‘The 2021 Lockdown Hero Award for Learner and Community Support’, part of this year’s Pearson National Teaching Awards. A huge thank you to Year 2 student, Amanda Burton, for her truly wonderful nomination and well done to all the staff involved.
Varndean College students graduate as Newly Qualified Teachers
Huge congratulations to ex-Varndean College Early Years students, Libby Heffernan, Emily Davis and Kate Smith who have successfully completed their BA(Hons) in Primary Education (5-11) with QTS. These three students became close friends on the Childcare and Education course at Varndean and went on to study and graduate together from the University of Brighton. Now […]
Sam Paterson Award 2021
This year’s recipient of the Sam Paterson Award goes to Year 2 Performing Arts student, Sami Al-kizwini. Now in its eighth year, the Sam Paterson Award was established back in 2014 to commemorate the sudden and unexpected death of Varndean College Drama tutor, Sam Paterson. Set up by Sam’s father, Ian Paterson, each year a […]