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One of our new out-of-school activities is a Caterham kit car build. Learners have a great opportunity to build a Caterham kit car, which needs to be assembled to enable it to pass an IVA. The kit car itself is a Caterham 170s worth £24,000. It has a 660cc engine with a BHP per tonne equivalent to that of a …
Our Y9 & Y10 learners have recently taken part in their induction days. Y9s went to Harper Adams University for a 3-day residential and Y10s to Standon Bowers. Photos can be viewed at: Y10 Induction – Standon Bowers Y9 Induction – Harper Adams University
Learners at The JCB Academy celebrate today after receiving their GCSE results. It’s been a morning of happy and relieved faces as learners at The JCB Academy received excellent and well-deserved GCSE results through some challenging times. Mrs McGuirk, Principal of The JCB Academy, commented, “It’s been an emotional day here today seeing many students in tears with relief that …
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The JCB Academy Sixth Form has once again enabled students to go on and pursue a wide range of fantastic careers options through university and degree apprenticeships. Mrs McGuirk, Principal of The JCB Academy, said: “Many congratulations to all of the students celebrating their results, we are immensely proud that all their tremendous effort has paid off and they have …
JCB Academy Combined Cadet Force (CCF) cadets have recently enjoyed 5-days at Nescliffe camp, where they took part in a rotation of activities. Activities included firing on a simulated rifle range, tag-archery, camouflage and concealment, the gun-run and it culminated in a night staying out in a harbour under going a staged night attack. The cadets had a great time …
Learners have recently participated in the academy’s annual sports day which is held at JCB Lakeside. The JCB Academy house teams; Arkwright, Bamford and Royce, all compete in a variety of sporting activities. The final, and by far the most exciting and competitive, is the tug-of-war! You can see the photos from the day on our Google Photos account by …
Women into Engineering at The JCB Academy Over 200 pupils from 35 primary school across Staffordshire and Derbyshire came to The JCB Academy over five days in July to participate in a variety of fun, informative and interactive challenges as part of the academy’s annual ‘Women into Engineering’ event. The event is part of ‘Women into Engineering’, a UK initiative …
On Thursday, 30 June The JCB Academy held it’s annual Awards Evening to celebrate the achievements of learners from the academy, sixth form and apprenticeship programme, for both academic and personal achievements. The awards event was held at JCB World Headquarters, where Mark Turner, JCB Chief Operating Officer, presented the awards to the winning learners. The individual awards were sponsored …
Learners have designed and manufactured a fully working pinball machine in their 3D Manufacture and Design after-school activity. The working parts were produced on laser cutters and 3D printers.
