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Today our Year 13 A-Level Business Learners had a fantastic time at PWC as they demonstrated the way they as a company are diversifying the products and services they offer to their clients. Learners visited their experience centre where they are working in particularly innovative ways to solve the problems that their clients have and designing state of the art …
Today our Year 13 A-Level Business Learners visited Buchs, the home of Switzerland’s leading chocolate producer – Chocolat Frey. Whilst there it provided the perfect opportunity to do some first hand research into this year’s pre-released exam context – “The market for chocolate confectionary and the businesses operating within the UK and or internationally”. They were able to see how …
Score: JCB Academy 19 vs Tettenhall College 21 Tries: Tommy Cheadle x2, Alex Scullion. Conversions: Alex Scullion x2 A great game to finish on, a game we pushed right to the end, sadly an easy interception in open play allowed Tettenhall a lead that we just ran out of time to combat. A last play try gave us the opportunity …
Score: JCB Academy 0 vs Queen Mary 28 Our hardest fixture of the afternoon. Whist in midfield the boys competed well, with some good hard tackling and pressure on the ball. We were unable to put points on the board. QMGS on the other hands used the full width of the pitch and a right wing with outrageous pace. However, …
Score: JCB Academy 24 vs Queen Mary 7 Tries: Tommy Cheadle x2, Dom Ward, Danny Thompson. Conversions: Tommy Cheadle x1, Alex Scullion x1 Following on from the positive start, the boys got stuck in straight away and dominated the opposition, a crashing run from Oli Beardmore certainly let the other team know our intentions. A lack in concentration allowed Queen …
JCB v Abbotsholme Score: 12 vs 5 Tries: Jamie Wain x2, Conversions: Alex Scullion x1 A quick warm up in the brutal wind and snow showers saw the lads ready for the first fixture against our hosts. A tight game that saw Abbotsholme cross the whitewash first. The boys continued to probe with lots of opportunities with Jamie Wain finally …
Score: Lady Manners – 17 JCB Academy – 14 Tries: Jamie Wain x1, Penalty Try Conversion: Tommy Cheadle x1 Wednesday 27th September saw JCB Academy U16 rugby team travel to Lady Manners School in Bakewell for the first match of the season. Overall, a fantastic effort from the boys, many of whom were playing out of position, alongside people that …
The University of Derby are hosting their 4th and very popular ‘Women in Engineering’ event, held on International Women’s Day, 8 March, 2018 from 6-9 pm. This event is especially helpful to students and parents to help them to understand the broad subject area of Engineering and the many rewarding careers that are available under the engineering umbrella. It is …
We are open as usual today. Bus routes 1, 4 & 12 are not operational due to road closures.
It’s World Book Day at The JCB Academy and we’ve got lots going on: Staff and learners can dress up as their favourite book character. Learners can share their book reviews with others, to inspire others to read. Blind date witha book – learners get to choose a book by reading our custom made descriptive labels which wrap around the …
