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Get your DIY plumbing skills up to scratch – we’ve just put on a Basic Household Plumbing evening course at The JCB Academy. Ideal if you want to enhance your DIY skills or as a taster into a plumbing career. This is a basic course teaching you practical techniques such as pipe jointing, pipe bending, assembly of basic applications, etc. …
Twenty three learners went on a water-sports trip to Tossa de Mar in Spain during The JCB Academy’s Activities Week at the end of July. They enjoyed three days of water-sports: paddle-boarding, sailing, kayaking, coasteering, giant paddle-boarding and snorkelling. They spent a day in Barcelona and toured Barcelona FC’s amazing Nou Camp stadium; they shopped in Las Ramblas and checked …
The perfect launch-pad, The JCB Academy Josh Machin started at The JCB Academy when they first open their doors back in 2010. Josh looks back on his time there as the perfect launch-pad for his time as an apprentice. Josh said: “As a young boy growing up in Stoke-on-Trent, I was always fascinated to hear my dad talking about his …
The JCB Academy has passed its first full Ofsted inspection with flying colours. Inspectors concluded that the achievement of pupils, the quality of teaching, the behaviour and safety of pupils and the leadership and management were all “good”. In addition, the Ofsted team highlighted “outstanding” features, including progress in mathematics, engineering and vocational courses and the dedication to keeping learners …
