Country clothing award adds up

Schoffel, manufacturers of the finest country clothing, were delighted to sponsor an award for rural Shuttleworth College.

Lecturer in maths David Jarvis thought it would “add up” to ask the country wear company to link up with agriculture students, by sponsoring a GCSE award.

Students who fail English and maths GCSEs at school have to retake them if they join college. Success rates at The Bedford College Group, of which Shuttleworth College at Biggleswade is a part, are high because students can see the relevance of the subjects in the context of their vocational courses.

Apprentices must have GCSE English and maths as a base line of educational achievement.