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How Online Finance Training Courses Can Accelerate Career Growth

The finance industry has changed dramatically over the past few years. Employers are no longer looking only for degrees or years of experience. They want professionals who can adapt quickly, understand modern financial tools, and bring practical skills into the workplace from day one.

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Plympton Academy has its own defibrillator thanks to local charity

Plympton Academy now has its own defibrillator thanks to a local charity.

HeartSWell South West is a registered charity committed to supporting heart patients, their partners and carers across the Westcountry, and has donated a defibrillator to the secondary school.

It’s recommended that schools have a defibrillator on site, and four members of staff at Plympton Academy are...

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GCSE awards evening at Plympton Academy

Plympton Academy held its GCSE Certificate and Awards evening recently to celebrate the class of 2017’s exam results. The students were presented with their GCSE certificates and awards in front of family and friends, by former student and current Plymouth Albion player, Dean Squires. Principal Lisa Boorman gave the closing speech and the evening was hosted by Head of Sixth Form, Martin...

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Plympton Academy delighted as works start on new all-weather pitch

Work has started on a brand new all-weather pitch at Plympton Academy, thanks to a grant from the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund. The new pitch is part of a larger project for the school, including the refurbishment of their multi-use games area. The grant is enabling Plympton Academy to install a new third generation (3G) artificial grass pitch (AGP). This will support not only...

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Adventurous Plympton Academy students

Rock climbing, caving and canoeing were just some of the activities that Plympton Academy students took part in recently.

The Year 7 students were on a residential trip at Adventure International in Bude. Accompanied by their tutors, teaching assistants, Head of Year and Pastoral mentor, the aim of the trip was to encourage independence, team building, taking up new challenges, to...

Plympton Academy students create remembrance wall

History students from Plympton Academy have created their own remembrance wall inspired by local fallen soldiers or family members who were involved in World War 1.

The Year 7 and 8 pupils then made a poppy for them and put it on the display in the school’s Learning Resource Centre. Each poppy had its own personal message attached. “I think making the poppies showed a lot of respect,”...

Police appeal after stabbing in Plymouth park

Police are investigating an attempted robbery in Plymouth in which a man was stabbed.

The incident happened in Victoria Park, Millbridge, sometime between 7.35pm and 7.45pm on Sunday 29 October.

The victim, aged 30 and from Plymouth, was walking through the park just before Polruan Terrace. As he approached the steps which lead up to North Road West inside the park, he was...

Major networking career opportunity for young women in Plymouth

A major networking opportunity for young women seeking a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) is due to be held at Dartmoor Zoo in November.

Organisers, Women in STEM Plymouth (WISP), regularly hold meetings for women working in STEM at the prestigious Plymouth Science Park (PSP).

They are keen to promote the crucially important role women play in the...

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New chair of governors at Plympton Academy

The new chair of governors at Plympton Academy says it’s a great time for parents to join the governing body.

Sue Dann, who took on the role recently, said: “We need a strong governing body to be able to support the school and we can't do it without parents, we need parents who can bring skills, every day skills, to the group.”

Sue, who moved to Plymouth 20 years ago, has...

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Get your secondary school applications in by the end of this month

Parents whose children are due to start Year 7 at secondary school or Year 10 at Key Stage 4 in September 2018 have until the end of this month to express their preference of which three schools they would like their child to attend.

The deadline for secondary school and Key Stage 4 schools admission preferences is Tuesday 31 October and Plymouth City Council is urging parents to get...

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