Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Fundraiser As part of their business course, Lorena Ionescu and Bobby Hilton arranged a sixth form charity football match today to raise funds for the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. The game, which took place at Rocester F.C. resulted in a 2-2 draw at the final whistle. A penalty was missed in the first 10 minutes but …
PlayStation F.C. Schools Cup FIFA 22 Championship Semi-final
It’s the semi-finals tonight of our PlayStation F.C. Schools Cup FIFA 22 Championship. The winners will go through to next weeks final, with the overall winner representing the academy at West Brom’s football ground in the national finals in May.
English Half-Term Challenge
Your Challenges Over half term, we are challenging you to either write a short story or write a review of book or magazine you have recently read. All learners who enter will receive 15 house points. Entries will be put on display in the Academy to show off your creativity, and to also encourage others to read for pleasure. All …
Apprentice Plant Maintenance Technician – Vacancy
Job title: Apprentice Plant Maintenance Technician Department: Workshop Responsible to: Workshop Manager Based at: Common Road, Stafford, but will be require travel to client’s sites throughout the UK Job Type: Full Time Salary: Applicable National Minimum Wage Job summary Plant fitters repair, service and maintain light and heavy plant equipment. This includes machinery such as bulldozers, …
F1 in Schools Challenge
Learners at The JCB Academy are competing in the F1 in Schools Challenge. F1 in Schools is a global competition in which teams of learners deploy CAD/CAM software to collaborate, design, analyse, manufacture, test, and then race miniature compressed air powered cars made from a variety of materials using the most modern of manufacturing methods, such as 3D Printing. The …
FIRST Lego League Robotics Challenge
Nine of our learners have recently taken part in the FIRST Lego League Robotics challenge at Newcastle College. Learners competed against 18 other schools and won the Best Engineered Robot award. The learners programmed their robot to navigate a course on a challenge table and complete missions/obstacles along the way to score points. Academy learners have experience in programming robots …
First Session of the PlayStation FIFA 22 Championship
It’s the first session tonight in the PlayStation F.C. Schools’ Cup FIFA 22 Championship at The JCB Academy. The academy are one of 32 schools that have been selected to compete from 100s of entries. Learners at The JCB Academy will compete against each other in a tournament based at the academy with the overall winner going forward to compete …
Michelin Apprenticeship Vacancies
Michelin – Engineering – Level 3 Apprenticeship The Engineering Apprenticeship on offer is designed to develop the successful candidate towards joining the Site Engineering Maintenance Team servicing this plant. For further information please click here
Bri-Stor Apprenticeship Vacancies
Bri-Stor Systems – Mechanical/Electrical Engineering – Level 2 Apprenticeship Studying towards a Diploma qualification, students will gain experience and understanding of electro-mechanical principals: through work experience and theoretical knowledge. For further information please click here
Alpha Manufacturing Apprenticeship Vacancies
Alpha Manufacturing – Engineering Technical – Level 3 Apprenticeship Studying towards a Diploma qualification, apprentices will gain experience working on CNC laser, punching machines, CNC press brakes, fabrication and welding. You will work towards a Level 3 Engineering Technician apprenticeship standard. For further information please click here











