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Saint Paul’s catholic High School Headteacher Wiktor Daron joined Wythenshawe FM Monday Breakfast host, Mike George, to outline the school's successes.

For the sixth year in succession, St Paul's has improved its GCSE examination results, with an increase of 11% above last year in pupils who gained 5 A* - C passes plus Maths and English GCSEs increased to an all-time high of 48%.

"We are delighted with the results which is down to the efforts of both pupils and staff over the last academic year. The results reflects our high standards in teaching together with the hard work and commitment of our pupils. It also reflects the comments of last year's OFSTED report which gave us high praise as a good and improving school."

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Shoppers in Wythenshawe Town Centre were treated to a fun packed launch day as Wilkinson, the value home and garden retailer, opened the doors to its newest store, situated in Etrop Court, off Rowlands Way.

Shoppers queued outside, eager to be the first to see the new store and grab a bargain or two. The Lord Mayor of the City of Manchester, Councillor Harry Lyons, cut the ceremonial ribbon, alongside Wilkinsons’ chief executive, Stuart Mitchell and assistant store manager, Shahnaz Miah – marking the start to a day of celebrations.

The lucky first 50 shoppers through the tills were delighted to receive a Wilkinsons own brand goody bag, packed full of products. Following the opening, Shahnaz, presented a donation of £500, to go towards The Lord...

A painting and decorating project is providing a group of people with a chance to turn their lives around.

North West based charitable company Calico Enterprise has organised a team of painters and decorators with Parkway Green Housing Trust, Wythenshawe, to decorate property exteriors across the region.

The ‘PG Gateway’ painting project, which will run for 12 months, aims to provide them with a chance to develop the skills they need to get employed, helping them to a new start.

Four trainees have been recruited from the local area, alongside a qualified painter and a supervisor through the ‘Get into Housing’ project, a group of 16 housing providers across Manchester and Salford, who developed a Talent Pool of residents who will be able to apply for and access vacancies.

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Staff and pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe were delighted to take part in Convivio 2011, the international congress for Catholic youth.

Twenty two pupils from Years 9 and 10 attended the two day congress at Loreto Sixth Form College where they joined together with pupils from a number of Catholic schools from the Manchester area. The word “Convivio” means “to get together” or “to hang out” which was exactly what the pupils did.

The theme of the congress was “What difference can you make with your life?” and this was explored in a number of ways combining talks, group work, team building, games, singing, reflection, prayer and a final concelebrated Mass led by Bishop Brian.

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Shoppers in Wythenshawe are in for a treat next week when Wilkinson, the value home and garden retailer, opens its brand new store, situated in Etrop Court, off Rowlands Way, on Thursday 15th September.

The 15,000 sq ft store will officially open at 9am, when the The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of the City of Manchester, Councillor Harry Lyons, will cut the ceremonial ribbon, alongside Wilkinsons’ chief executive, Stuart Mitchell and assistant store manager, Nathan Morrow.

The lucky first 50 shoppers through the doors will be treated to a Wilkinsons’ own brand goody bag, packed full of products from the store.

Wythenshawe’s own Polyphonic Brass Band will be attending the store to celebrate the launch and...

Tom Heywood, a long-standing Wythenshawe resident in the Brownley Green area, has reached the tender age of 100 years old.

Born on 31 August 1911, Tom proudly served his country during the Second World War in the Manchester Regiment of the British Army – 8th (Ardwick) Battalion.

During the war he was rescued at Dunkirk and taken to Gibraltar. He then served for 4 years in Malta and was subsequently wounded in the Italian campaign. Towards the end of the war and afterwards Tom served in Germany.

Tom recently celebrated his special day with neighbours from his street and Willow Park Neighbourhood Wardens, Karen and Carl. He was presented with a hamper from Willow Park and neighbours helped him celebrate by decorating his home and garden and calling in throughout the day to wish him well.

New fortnightly drop-in sessions on a Wednesday morning have recently been launched by Willow Park’s Money Matters team to help residents get some answers to their money-related queries.

The new drop-in sessions is an expansion to the service which residents have been able to access for some time ensuring that help and advice is always readily available.

You can pop in to Willow Park’s new head office on Poundswick Lane without an appointment (although in some cases a further appointment may be necessary) to discuss matters such as:

• Welfare benefits
• Increases in the cost of living
• Gas and Electricity bills
• Getting help with debt problems
• Ways to reduce expenditure...

Four pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Newall Green were presented with awards for Physicist of the Term by The Ogden Trust. The pupils were invited to receive their awards at a celebration evening held in the Alan Turing Building at the University of Manchester.

The event was organized by The Ogden Trust, which aims to encourage more pupils to study physics at university by funding physics related activities for groups of schools within one of their partnerships. Saint Paul’s is a member of the Manchester and Salford Partnership.

Saint Paul’s, the first school in Manchester to be awarded specialist status for Engineering, has a distinctive science and engineering ethos running throughout the school and is...