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One of the leading composite companies in the UK, Pentaxia, has joined our new Employer Partner scheme as a Gold Employer Partner. Under the gold scheme, Pentaxia will offer a range of support services to our learners such as work experience and T-Level industry placements, guest speaking, attending careers events, learner workshops/challenges, and more. Two JCB Academy Sixth Form learners, …
On Saturday, 1 October we held our annual open day. Over 750 families (2,000+) people attended along with several of our employer partners. One of the main attractions of the day is the Principal’s presentation, which is supported by current and former learners. If you didn’t get a chance to attend our open day or didn’t manage to listen to …
It’s a busy day today at The JCB Academy’s annual careers fair for our academy and sixth-form learners. We’ve had a fantastic turnout from companies and also a selection of our employer partners in attendance; A.P. Webb Plant Hire, Alton Towers, Capula, Carfulan, EffecTech, Hitachi Energy, JCB, Rail-Ability, Roger Bullivant, Toyota and Unilathe. If you are interested in becoming an …
The JCB Academy Sixth Form open evening will take place at 17:30 on Wednesday, 9 November 2022. This open evening will give you an insight into The JCB Academy Sixth Form through a welcome presentation by Mr. Stanmore, Director of the sixth form, and will also provide you with an opportunity to listen to individual subject presentations with a Q&A …
The JCB Academy has partnered with Stoke City FC to develop a real-life, real-time business challenge. Year 10 learners at have been set the challenge through Stoke City FC as part of their Business studies here at the academy. Learners will be in groups of four and are tasked with selling tickets for one of the biggest games of the …
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 …
