7 Academy of Performing Arts staff and students have been celebrating excellent results in their most recent examinations with the United Teachers of Dance. After six months of coaching, the school’s students proudly received a 100% pass rate. Students at the Horsehay school range in age from two to and 18 years old in a range of disciplines including Tap, Modern and Musical Theatre. Five students – Grace Marshall, Rebekah Stevenson, Bethany Williams, Hannah Marshall and Charlotte Flood – were also nominated by the examiners to attend the UTD annual scholarship competition, to be held in later this year.
Grammar school announces new head
Haberdashers’ Adams School in Newport has appointed a new head, effective from next September. Daniel Biggins will succeed Gary Hickey, who retires at the end