Strode Economics Students Win Bank of England Challenge

Photo caption: The Strode College winning team from L-R: Haiden Watts, Hamish Ryall, Jack Squire, Jess Pate at the regional heat that was held at the Avon Gorge Hotel in Clifton, Bristol.

A team of Strode College A level students recently came first in the South West regional heat of the Bank of England’s ‘Target Two Point Zero’ economics challenge. Ten teams competed by taking on the role the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. They had to assess economic conditions and set an interest rate to meet the Government’s inflation target of 2.0%. Full story: Read more

Brookside Academy celebrate national recognition as top apprentice employer

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Brookside Academy in Street, is celebrating the new term with the news that they have been judged as highly commended at the South West National Apprenticeship Awards 2016. The Academy was the only primary school in the country to feature in the awards and gained ‘highly commended’ in the category of ‘medium employer of the year’. Full story: Read more