Magnus Mackay from Fortrose Academy, Ross-shire, Scotland, Alexander Mills from Newport Free Grammar in Newport, Essex, Jenny Norris, Little Heath School, Reading, Berkshire, Jonathan Perrin, Southlands School, Lymington, Hants.

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This week, for instance, Douai School in Berkshire, set up in 1615 by Benedictine monks, announced its closure.

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Ms Smiga had been head of music performance and performing arts at LVS Ascot School in Berkshire for the past three years.

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Primary school children from Berkshire and Oxfordshire will get a taste of different languages, cultures and histories.

BBC: More primaries teaching languages

Ms Caddick-Adams, from The Downs School in Newbury, Berkshire, will next week stage an event called "Around the world in a day".

BBC: More primaries teaching languages

Springfield primary in West Berkshire is a "typical" primary school.

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The number of free school meals taken by children across Berkshire has risen by a third over two years, Department for Education figures reveal.

BBC: Berkshire free school meals numbers on rise