When our new year 10 learners come to The JCB Academy one of the first things they participate in is a one week residential trip to Harper Adams University in Shropshire. It is here that learners receive an introduction to their first engineering challenge, the “Harper Adams Challenge”. When the learners arrive back to the academy they continue the Harper …
The JCB Academy and our partner school, St Patrick’s Technical College, Adelaide, South Australia are extremely excited to announce that our annual exchange programme will be taking place once again in 2018. We are currently looking for a maximum of six Y11 learners who will be moving on to The JCB Academy 6th Form who wish to participate in this once …
Engineering learners at The JCB Academy Sixth Form have just completed a two day course at the Academy of Operational Excellence which is based at the JCB World Headquarters in Rocester. The bespoke course designed by the Operational Excellence team leader, Darren Moore, focussed on Lean and Quality improvement methods applied in a practical situation to the assembly of a …
Our latest recommended book comes from Mrs Tomlinson, who has recently read Qualify by Vera Nazarian. If you liked the Hunger Games… you’ll love this series. You have two options: you die, or you qualify. The year is 2047. An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver …
Vincent Whalley, a learner at The JCB Academy who took part in the 2017 ski trip has put together this video comprising of his own Go-Pro footage and teachers’ photographs. A big thank you to Vincent.
Bri-Stor Systems Ltd have vacancies for Mechanical/Electrical Engineering apprentices. To apply and for further information please visit the National Apprenticeship website by clicking here. Open evening Bri-Stor Systems Ltd also have an apprenticeship open evening on 28th March at 5pm. Visit their website to register and for further information by clicking here
The Australia Exchange Programme is an exchange which is open to Y12 learners at The JCB Academy. In 2014-2015, Year 12 learners were invited to participate in the first Australia Exchange Programme. During this programme, in October 2014, four learners hosted four pupils, from St Patrick’s Technical College in Adelaide, South Australia for two weeks. The second part of this programme …
Day 1: Saturday 18th February 2017 After months of planning staff and learners were ready to depart for the first aspect of the Australia Exchange; ahead lay a long 24 hour journey to Adelaide in the south of Australia. Arriving at The Academy at 08:30, learners were taken to Manchester Airport where they began the first leg of their journey …
Day 2: Sunday 19th February 2017 Several films later, the long and gruelling Journey to Adelaide finally ended at approximately 20:30. Staff and learners were greeted at Adelaide International Airport by Mr Kelly, St Patrick’s Business Development Manager, who was dressed in jeans and a hoodie; complaining of cold weather! This was rather peculiar as the temperature was 22◦C! Once …
Day 3: Monday 20th February 2017 Waking at around 07:00, Miss Bailey and the learners proceeded to take a leisurely stroll along West Beach before being collected at 09:00. Even at that time in the morning, the temperature was recorded at approximately 18◦C. Again, a little chilly for the Australian’s! At 09:00 Mr Kelly arrived to collect our staff and …
