What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This coming weekend sees ‘Sounds Like A Storm’ – a young indie band, with their roots very firmly in south Leeds – going up a gear, performing to thousands at the major Leeds and Reading Festival. South Leeds Life caught up with them at Old Chapel Studios in Holbeck, to
It was Thursday 12 November 2015 on a winters evening. Twelve children and their families gathered together at the Civic Hall in the centre of Leeds to find out who was going to be the new Children’s Lord Mayor of Leeds. Hannah Begum from Hunslet Moor Primary school south Leeds
Atmosphere, Cockburn High School’s youth dance company, will be performing its piece ‘The Wolf’ in Plymouth this week (22-25 July 2015) representing the Yorkshire Region at a national event. U.Dance is Youth Dance England’s annual celebration of dance. It take place in a different city each year and will be
Mystery surrounds Beeston Primary School’s plans to convert from being a local authority community school to becoming an academy. The school is currently undertaking a ‘consultation’ which closes on Wednesday (15 July 2015). However, South Leeds Life has spoken to parents, councillors and the Beeston Community Forum, none of whom
Cockburn High School in Beeston has received national recognition for the value it adds to students’ achievements at GCSE. SSAT, the Schools, Students and Teachers Network, recently undertook its annual in-depth analysis of official Department for Education data on all state-funded schools in England and identified Cockburn’s success. The school
The shutters roll upwards at the PGA Academy at Oulton Hall on the evening of Wednesday 18 March 2015. Suddenly, an expanse of green land dotted with small white golf balls opens up before me. I am here to meet 14 year old Middleton golfer and Cockburn High School pupil,
More than 25 community heroes were recognised and rewarded at an awards ceremony at White Rose Shopping Centre. The third annual White Rose Community Awards saw presentations to people involved in a wide range of activities that benefit others – from charitable, environmental, historical and educational projects to initiatives that
My name is Stanley and I’d like to write about my first term at Cockburn High School. Cockburn is a high school in Beeston, Leeds. I found that it was very different than my primary school. Firstly, high school is much more bigger than primary school. Secondly the system is
Peter Nuttall from Cockburn School has been in touch to update us on preparations for next week’s World War One commemoration: Just a couple of photos showing the behind the scenes skeleton of the replica trench we are building – it will work so that visitors arrive at the
Following leafleting of the area, consultation meetings about the Beeston Plan have been arranged. The details are: Tuesday 24 June, 7-9pm at Cockburn High School Thursday 26 June, 3-5pm at Beeston Village Community Centre Tuesday 1 July, 6:30-8:30pm at Beeston Village Community Centre These meetings are for all who