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The JCB Academy is thrilled to continue its partnership with Stoke City FC, bringing to life an exciting real-time business challenge. In this academic year, our Year 10 learners are embarking on a unique journey as part of their Business studies curriculum right here at the academy. The challenge at hand revolves around the highly anticipated match against Sunderland, scheduled …
Learners celebrate their GCSE achievements and embrace an array of future pathways Renowned for its focus on business and engineering education, The JCB Academy has once again demonstrated its commitment to learner advancement. The academy’s reputation for excellence in fostering learner progress continues to be a strength, with the vast majority of learners achieving their first choice destination. This year’s …
Nurturing Exceptional Talent The JCB Academy Sixth Form has once again demonstrated its commitment to nurturing exceptional talent, as learners celebrate another year of outstanding results, opening doors to an array of promising career opportunities through prestigious university courses and degree apprenticeships. Mrs McGuirk, Principal of The JCB Academy, shared her joy in stating, “Congratulations to all our Y13 learners. …
On Friday, 12 May, The JCB Academy staff played apprentices in a fundraising football match to raise funds for the ‘Let’s help Levi walk again’ appeal. We are pleased to announce that we raised a total of £2,037 from the fundraising event. Thank you to everyone who kindly took part and donated. Let’s help Levi walk again! Donate now at …
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Fantastic news from our JCB Academy U15 football team! We’ve won 3-2 against Clayton Hall in the Staffordshire County Cup, securing our place in the semi-finals! Shoutout to our amazing players Zak and Ibraheem (Man of the Match) for their outstanding performance! Zak scored a crucial goal, while Ibraheem netted two, leading our team to victory! We’re incredibly proud of …
Toyota have recently started our Y11 Toyota Challenge, a set of engineering-based tasks that involve constructing an engine within a limited timeframe, creating a fuel rail spacer on lathes, designing and constructing a wind-powered car, as well as practicing LEAN manufacturing and production. Mandy-Jayne Evans, Toyota’s Senior Specialist for Young People Education, provided LEAN manufacturing and production instruction to Year …
As part of the T Level curriculum, learners participate in three challenges enriched with industrial partners over a six-week period. The three challenges designed by Bosch Rexroth, St Modwen and JCB combine nine of the seventeen curriculum units. The JCB Challenge was launched in January by Georgia Turner, a Senior Quality Engineer at JCB. Georgia is not only a former …
It was great to see Mark Gould, Training and Development Officer from Pentaxia Ltd here at the The JCB Academy today. Mark came in to talk about composites and apprenticeships at Pentaxia, and also to give our Y10 learners a lesson in employability skills including writing their CVs and covering letters. Pentaxia, one of the leading composite companies in the …
We’ve recently played three matches on the same evening, our new U15 girls football team won 3-2, U15 boys won 3-2 and the U16 boys won 4-0. Goal scorers for the U15 girls Tyler Georgina x2 Goal scorers for the U15 boys Aldrick Ibrahim Kade Goal scorers for the U16 boys Tino Sam x2 Fin
