Education

Plymouth College of Art appoints Paul Fieldsend-Danks as Academic Dean

Plymouth College of Art has appointed Paul Fieldsend-Danks in the new role of Academic Dean, as part of the College’s continued development as a distinctive and innovative specialist Higher Education Institution (HEI), undergoing the year-long process of scrutiny on its journey to achieving Taught Degree-Awarding Powers (TDAP) and university title.

Paul will have academic oversight of...

Tags: 
arts
culture
creativity
education
appointments
Plymouth
college
Read more

Plympton Academy given Gold Award by Woodland Trust

Plympton Academy has been given a Gold Award by the Woodland Trust for its commitment to planting trees on the school site.

The students have also grown wild flowers, made bat boxes and sited insect houses. Over the past two years the school has successfully achieved the Trust's Bronze and Silver Awards and have now received the Gold.

The school was presented with an...

Read more

Public invited to view proposals for the rebuild of part of Plympton Academy

The Principal of Plympton Academy is inviting parents, local residents and businesses into school next week to view the proposals for the rebuild of a substantial part of the Academy site.

The school, which has 900 pupils and is situated in the heart of Plympton, is working closely with architects Stride Treglowen, contractors BAM and the Education and Skills Funding Agency to deliver...

Tags: 
plympton academy
Plymouth
Read more

Successful football festival at Plympton Academy

The 2018 FIFA World Cup may have kicked off in Russia but closer to home students at Plympton Academy took part in their own football competition recently.

The school held its first Girls’ Football Festival with players from four local primary schools; Old Priory, Yealmpstone Farm, Sparkwell and Mary Dean, taking part.

The event, training sessions and a football tournament, was...

Read more

Plympton Academy announces name of its new performing arts building: The Morpurgo Studios

The brand new performing arts building at Plympton Academy will be officially opened by Sir Michael Morpurgo in August.

The building will be known as The Morpurgo Studios and includes music classrooms, practice rooms, a recording studio, drama studio and a theatre space.

Not only is Sir Michael opening the new building but Joey, the main puppet and star of War Horse, will also...

Tags: 
plympton academy
Michael Morpurgo
Read more

Plympton Academy netball teams celebrate their success

It’s been a busy and very successful season for netball players at Plympton Academy and their hard work and determination has paid off again recently.

The Year 8 and 9 teams have both won trophies after coming top of their groups in the Central Venue Plymouth Leagues organised by the Plymouth Schools Sports Partnership.

Thanks to sponsorship by local firm, The Computer Cabin,...

Tags: 
Plimpton Academy
netball
Read more

Employment opportunities for Learning Disabled people

An award winning project that supports young adults with Learning Disabilities to find and keep paid employment is seeking interns for its next course starting in September.

Project SEARCH is a partnership between Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Pluss, Serco and City College Plymouth who create employment opportunities for young adults with Learning Disabilities.

They provide...

Tags: 
Project SEARCH
Learning Disability
Disabled
employment
Derriford hospital
Serco
City College Plymouth
Pluss
Pip Critten
Read more

Plympton Academy students visit China without leaving their school

Geography students from Plympton Academy have visited China without even leaving their classroom.

They’ve been studying the country as part of this semester’s focus. So the geography staff at the school decided the best way to deepen their understanding of China was to take them on a field trip…… using Virtual Reality (VR).

“We got the students to make their own VR headsets,”...

Read more

Plympton Academy students visit Britannia Royal Naval College

A group of Plympton Academy sixth form students spent the day at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth recently to find out about a career in the Royal Navy.

The students were taken on a tour of the facilities and enjoyed spending time on the bridge simulator, learning about what a ship’s navigator might encounter. They heard about the recruiting and training process fromseveral...

Read more

Success for Plympton Academy Football Academy

The first cohort of players in the Plympton Academy Year 7 Football Academy are celebrating being unbeaten in the Plymouth League.

“The team refuse to be beaten,” said Manager and PE teacher, Richard Harvey. “Every single player is helping the team stay at the top.”

The youngsters have had some fantastic cup success recently too. They came first in the Plymouth Cup and third in...

Read more
Family Law Company - Specialists have an advantage, the same is true in family law.