Education

Tributes have been paid to talented trumpeter, Don Blakeson, who played with top orchestras, on the records of superstars such as Shirley Bassey and Rod Stewart and on soundtracks for Hollywood movies before teaching Melton schoolchildren how to play instruments in his retirement.

A programme of activities will be held in Melton on Thursday to support the mental health of residents.

Melton schoolchildren poignantly sang patriotic Polish songs at a service at Saltby Airfield to honour paratroopers from Poland who flew from there to fight in the Second World War.

The death of a 20-year-old Tilton on the Hill man in a university initiation-style bar crawl almost three years ago is being used as a warning to freshers about the dangers of drinking too much.

Two schools in Melton and five from nearby villages have joined a scheme designed to make drivers park more safely and considerately on roads outside their gates.

Boys at secondary schools across the Melton borough are this week, for the first time, being given a vaccination which protects against various forms of cancer.

Around 200 descendants of a brave band of Second World War paratroopers gathered at Burrough on the Hill on Saturday to see the unveiling of a lasting memorial in their honour.

Parents and carers across the Melton borough with children due to start secondary school next year are being encouraged to apply for a place ahead of next month’s deadline.

Melton’s first ever ‘climate change teacher’ has started teaching pupils this term about the key environmental issues which will affect their lives.

Parents interested in enrolling their children at Melton’s Oasis Pre-School are invited to an open afternoon next week.

Almost half of all GCSE grades achieved by students at Ratcliffe College this year were between seven and nine - the eqivalent of the old A* and A standard.

Among a ‘phenomenal’ set of GCSE results at Priory Belvoir Academy today (Thursday) was the eight top grades and A* distinction in further maths attained by Hannah Trigg.

Students at Long Field Academy achieved GCSE results this year which were described as ‘fabulous’ by principal Chris Haggett.

A beaming Oliver Nash celebrated with his family after getting a clean sweep of nine top-grade GCSE passes when he picked up his results at Melton’s John Ferneley College this morning (Thursday).

A Melton schoolboy has helped raise nearly £3,000 for charity by taking part in a swimming relay challenge across the English Channel.

Students and staff at Ratcliffe College are celebrating excellent A-level results with a 99 per cent pass rate and more than half of the pupils getting places at top-rated Russell Group universities.

Hundreds of students nervously opened envelopes at Melton Vale Sixth Form College this morning (Thursday) and many of them soon had big smiles on their faces as they finally saw the results from their A-level exams.

A Melton man who champions town causes and who has campaigned to tackle issues such as littering and dog fouling has been shortlisted for a prestigious county honour.