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 […]
Varndean A Level Chemistry Students win awards in RSC Chemistry Olympiad
A strong team of Year Two Chemistry students once again took part in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s (RSC) annual Chemistry Olympiad and once again finished with an impressive array of awards. Designed to challenge and inspire, this UK competition is one of the leading chemistry competitions for students, providing an enriching experience and an […]
Early Years Student of the Month Award
This month, our Early Years student award goes to not one, but two students, twins, Ruby and Lily Brooks. Ruby is in Year 2 and is just about to successfully complete her Level 3 Diploma and Lily is in Year one achieving some of the highest marks for assignments in her class. Both girls are […]
Welcoming a new member to our College personnel
We look forward to welcoming a new member to our College personnel next week … meet Simba, the College Dog! Simba, a Goldendoodle and still very much a puppy in training, will be based in our International Office and will be joining the International team on a trial basis to help make the international students […]
New Student Union!
After a brilliant campaign, with hustings and voting now complete, we are delighted to announce our brand new Student Union for 2021-22. Congratulations go to the 11 students who make up the new Executive; Jack, Robyn, Maddie, Ellie, Tanusha, Ruby, Isobel, Ushika, Bruno, Matilda and Maria. Here they are celebrating in today’s beautiful sunshine.
Photography student Max Mistry secures a winning entry in ‘Show and Tell’ photography competition
Congratulations to second year A Level Photography student, Max Mistry, whose photo ‘Jumbled’ was one of the final 83 winning entries in the recent ‘Show and Tell’ photography competition. Out of over 20,000 entries from young people answering the important question ‘how are you feeling?’, Max’s image was chosen by photographic artist Daniel Regan. Winning […]
Varndean’s Film Studies students awarded a Moving Image Awards Certificate of Commendation
Varndean’s Film Studies students are delighted to have been awarded a Moving Image Awards Certificate of Commendation recently to acknowledge their high standard of work entered in the Moving Image Awards competition this year. Well done everyone involved.