Mum praises school after success of visually impaired son

By Andrew Lambert | August 15, 2024

The mother of a visually impaired teenager who’s heading to Newcastle University to study Physics said his success shows you can achieve anything if you put your mind to it. Cramlington Learning Village student Daniel Hayton, who suffers from a degenerative eye condition, received an A* in Computer Science and A grades in Maths and…

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Football author tells students reading felt like a punishment

By Andrew Lambert | February 29, 2020

The creator of hugely successful stories about a teenage footballer says his own relationship with both reading and football began badly. Dan Freedman has sold 800,000 books about Jamie Johnson and the four TV series have been watched by around 30 million people. But – he told students at Cramlington Learning Village (CLV) – he…

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