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Wrekin College announces expansion for business networking initiative
Business

Wrekin College announces expansion for business networking initiative

A Shropshire school is set to build on the momentum of its business networking initiative in 2026, with plans to expand its programme of events and strengthen connections between parents, alumni and the wider business community.

21 Jan 2026

Shropshire school scores big as quartet of pupils selected for prestigious netball roles
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Shropshire school scores big as quartet of pupils selected for prestigious netball roles

A Shropshire school is celebrating its own fabulous foursome as a quartet of its pupils secure top new roles at national level in netball.

21 Nov 2025

Shropshire school to celebrate women as part of landmark anniversary
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Shropshire school to celebrate women as part of landmark anniversary

An ambitious new series of events is to be launched in Shropshire this year to celebrate and empower women as part of a landmark anniversary at one of the county’s leading independent schools.

11 Jan 2024

Tickets go live for the Shropshire Business Festival
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Tickets go live for the Shropshire Business Festival

Free tickets to Shropshire Business Festival 2024 are now available as organisers expect to repeat the success of last year’s event.

10 Jan 2024

Shropshire school celebrates double award win
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Shropshire school celebrates double award win

A Shropshire school is celebrating another double whammy with two more prestigious awards, as nine new members joined their ranks this year aged from just 10 to 17 years old.

18 Dec 2023

New headteacher at Shropshire school pledges to build on success
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New headteacher at Shropshire school pledges to build on success

The new headteacher of a Shropshire school has today pledged to drive forward academic success whilst being respectful of school traditions as he prepares to welcome visitors to his first full open day.

22 Sept 2023

Students across Shropshire receive A-level and vocational course results
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Students across Shropshire receive A-level and vocational course results

Students across Shropshire are today receiving their A-level and many other vocational course results.

17 Aug 2023

Student entrepreneurs launch mobile coffee shop
Business

Student entrepreneurs launch mobile coffee shop

A group of Shropshire sixth form students is steaming ahead with a brew for success as they launch their own school coffee shop - in a renovated horsebox!

18 Jan 2022

Wrekin College launches new academic year with its best foot forward
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Wrekin College launches new academic year with its best foot forward

Staff, pupils, and parents have stepped out and up as Wrekin College launched the new academic year with its best foot forward in more ways than one.

7 Sept 2021

Next generation of Telford and Wrekin entrepreneurs to be unveiled at Futures MBA graduation
Business

Next generation of Telford and Wrekin entrepreneurs to be unveiled at Futures MBA graduation

The next generation of high street entrepreneurs in Telford and Wrekin are set to be unveiled at an awards ceremony at Wrekin College.

9 Jul 2021

Besblock donates four-figure sum to school’s fundraising appeal
Business

Besblock donates four-figure sum to school’s fundraising appeal

A Telford company has served an ace after donating a four-figure sum to a Shropshire school’s special fundraising appeal.

16 Jun 2021

Course launched in Telford for entrepreneurs of the future
Business

Course launched in Telford for entrepreneurs of the future

A new course in business to create the high street entrepreneurs of the future is offering 100 free places to young people in Telford as part of a drive to address the decline of the high street.

17 May 2021

Wrekin College Backs plans for private schools to be used as vaccination sites
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Wrekin College Backs plans for private schools to be used as vaccination sites

A Shropshire school has backed plans for private schools to be used as vaccination centres amid efforts to get schools open again as soon as possible.

28 Jan 2021

Shropshire school nurse back on the frontline to fight Covid-19
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Shropshire school nurse back on the frontline to fight Covid-19

A Shropshire school nurse has stepped up to go back to the NHS on the frontline fighting the coronavirus while pupils are learning from home.

15 May 2020

Students across Shropshire receive A-level results
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Students across Shropshire receive A-level results

Shropshire students are today receiving their A-level results following a nervous wait.

15 Aug 2019

Wrekin College scoops two top teaching awards
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Wrekin College scoops two top teaching awards

A Shropshire school already ranked in the top five per cent nationally for adding value to a pupil’s education and exam results has now scooped two teaching awards in the prestigious 2015 Good Schools Guide.

5 Nov 2015

Firefighters stage dramatic “rescue” exercise at Wrekin College
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Firefighters stage dramatic “rescue” exercise at Wrekin College

Firefighters wearing special gas-tight suits and using breathing apparatus today took part of a life-like exercise at Wrekin College in Wellington.

10 Aug 2015

Telford teen an inspiration to future generation says PM
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Telford teen an inspiration to future generation says PM

A Shropshire gymnast who scooped two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games is ‘an inspiration to the younger generation’ according to Prime Minister David Cameron.

22 Aug 2014

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