International School Award for TGGS!

We’ve been awarded the British Council’s International School Award!

This prestigious award is a badge of honour for schools that do outstanding work in international education.

Our initiatives to bring the world into the classroom currently include a major project with partner schools in Nice, Naples and Leeds, which is looking at developing low cost devices for measuring earthquakes, as well as a range of activities with Imprezza School in Kenya, and with exchange partner schools in France and Germany. A new innovation this year is the use of an e-Twinning project with several schools across Europe, looking at the risks associated with volcanic eruptions.

International Development Secretary Justine Greening says: “I am delighted to celebrate the international work of Torquay Girls' Grammar School and the energy and passion of the young people involved.  The International School Award is a great way of highlighting how young people have the potential to change things for the better.  I’m sure that schools getting involved will be broadening the horizons of their students, which will not only help their careers but benefit their wider lives in the future.”