What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Having raised £1,547 before the Easter holidays for the Kyle Asquith Foundation, Cockburn School are now focussed on their next round of fundraising to mark the 10 year anniversary of the charity. Big Summer Raffle! To mark the 10-year anniversary of the Kyle Asquith Foundation, the charity is planning a
Year 9 students at Cockburn School spent a day working with Leeds United Football Club on their Positive Choices Program. The program is a 1-day experience that offers interactive, discussion-based workshops, that sees up to six guest speakers deliver 50-minute sessions across the school day. The purpose of the program
Students at Cockburn School spent the week before the Easter holidays raising funds for their school charity, the Kyle Asquith Foundation. They raised £1547! This included £300 from the Keldon School of Dance who performed at Cockburn School over the weekend before the fundraising week. The charity was set up
Children across south Leeds were informed of their secondary school place earlier this month, with a record 8,230 of pupils offered their first preference school, up from 7,825 last year. Leeds City Council made a total of 9,877 place offers for September 2023; a decrease of 15 from the offers
Leeds City Council has given formal notice that it intends to divert the old cobbled path that runs along the side of the current Cockburn School site. The diversion of this path was included in the planning permission of the new 3G pitches being built on some of the former
Students at Cockburn School have had an excellent start to 2023. Highlights have included: Year 11 Art and Design students starting their GCSE exam projects with a trip to the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield for inspiration. Year 9 and 10 Drama students visited Wakefield Theatre Royal to see John Godber’s
Work has started to create a new rugby and football pitch and tennis courts for Cockburn School in Beeston. The project, on land next to the school that was formerly part of South Leeds Golf Club, has proved controversial with residents objecting to the loss of wildlife habitat and the
Students from Stagecoach Leeds Morley stepped into the spotlight last weekend when they got the chance to perform a junior version of the hit show Grease at Cockburn School in Beeston. Stagecoach Performing Arts Leeds Morley Principal, Mark Heslop says: “The children have been rehearsing this show weekly since September
King Charles III admired the amazing art work and poetry of students from Cockburn School as part of The World Reimagined project on his recent visit to Leeds. The King’s visit to the Leeds Art Gallery showcased their work and one student gave King Charles a signed copy of the
I had the privilege of sitting in on the dress rehearsal of Cockburn School’s production of Rock Of Ages and spoke to some of the leading actors afterwards. I started by asking about the show and how they would sell it to someone who was thinking about coming to see