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We are delighted to announce that due to popular demand we are arranging three open events in late January 2017, each event will be dedicated to one of our pathways; Engineering, Business or traditional A-levels. This will give you the opportunity to ask questions and to speak to relevant subject staff following short presentations. Open Days: Engineering 30th January 2017 Business 31st January 2017 A …
The long school hours at The JCB Academy are more like business hours, rather than most schools but learners and staff are rewarded every Wednesday afternoon for their hard work, when they have the chance to all participate in one of the academy’s extension activities: Go-karting, Airsoft, Hair and Beauty, Robot Building, Photography, Golf, Ten Pin Bowling, Fishing, Mountain Biking, Clay Pigeon …
We are running a short evening course at The JCB Academy for over 16s in Basic Household Plumbing. It will run on Tuesday evening, 6-9pm on 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st January 2017. The course will be split into theory/practical sessions which include: Theory: Systems in domestic property Indentifying systems and components Basic plumbing techniques Practical: Pipe jointing Pipe bending …
During the past few weeks The JCB Academy netball team have participated in a number of tournaments including matches at Endon High School and The Cheadle Academy. We had recently been promoted from the B league to the A league, so this then gave us a challenge and helped us improve our teamwork and communication when playing. When we played …
At The JCB Academy on Friday 18th November we raised money for Children in Need by having a Pull a Digger event and a cake sale day. The learners and staff raised £817.58 which is a record amount for the academy, one that we’ll aim to beat next year. Thank you to everyone who took part and also United Biscuits who …
Friday 18th will be JCB Pull a Digger charity event for Children in Need. The event, organised by The JCB Academy sixth form learner, Jade Aubrey, will involve a challenge in which a group of either six staff or six learners trying to pull a digger over a set distance as fast as possible. The team that pulls it in …
As you may know, on a Wednesday afternoon we all take part in an extension activity (EA). One of those EAs is photography, yesterday we went out and about in the first session and then we set up some studio lighting in a classroom for the second session. One of the EA learners, Chloe Pickin has taken some great photographs, one of …
The JCB Academy specialise in engineering and business but you maybe surprised by our KS4 English Language results in 2016 compared with the national average.
Each year at The JCB Academy we run a trip to Paris as part of our Activities Week. The cost is £499 for 4 nights in July with a planned itinerary of: 14th Executive Coach travel via Eurotunnel to Paris 15th Day pass into Disneyland Paris (Magic Kingdom) 16th Day pass into Disneyland Paris (MGM Studios) 17th Full day sightseeing in Paris 18th …
We are now offering our learners the opportunity to take part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s (DofE) Silver Award as well as the DofE Bronze Award. The DofE Award consists of a challenging programme of activities, which will allow learners to learn new skills, help others and experience adventure. This Award also provides learners with a great sense of achievement …
