Billy Elliot The Musical
Here’s our video report from Cockburn School‘s production of Billy Elliot The Musical which runs from 6-9 December 2016.
Cockburn School pays respect on Armistice Day
Students and staff at Cockburn paid their respect on Armistice Day with a dignified ceremony at the school war memorial. Cockburn students who are cadets from across the armed forces wore their military uniform to school. Led by Year 11 student Davina Nattrass, they marched along the school corridors leading
Join in and feel good at the Green Gym
If you don’t fancy exercise bikes and weights rooms, have you thought about getting your exercise by gardening at a ‘Green Gym’? As well as (gentle) exercise, going to the Green Gym is a great way to learn new skills and meet new people. Working on an allotment plot you
Love Where You Live in Middleton and Belle Isle
The next generation of police officers, the West Yorkshire Pioneers together with local councillors Kim Groves and Paul Truswell embraced the spirit of the Belle Isle and Middleton ‘Love Where You Live’ project last week at a bulb planting morning at Middleton Park Avenue. The ‘Love Where You Live’ project
Parents encouraged to apply for secondary school places
Are you the parent of a year 6 pupil? Don’t forget that the deadline for you to apply for a secondary school place for September 2017 is midnight on Monday 31 October. Go to www.leeds.gov.uk/schooladmisisons and click on secondary admissions. Leeds City Council have also produced a video on secondary
White Rose honours community heroes
The winners of the fifth annual White Rose Shopping Centre Community Awards, celebrating local Leeds heroes, were announced in a ceremony this Thursday 20 October. Winners include: Hannah Begum, Children’s Mayor of Leeds, who has worked to promote community cohesion during her year in office Dale Dixon of A E
New school to be named after Cockburn’s VC hero
The decision by the Cockburn Multi-Academy Trust to name the proposed new free school after Laurence Calvert was one that came easily. Former Cockburn School pupil Sgt Laurence Calvert was awarded the Victoria Cross in September 1918 after he rushed a German machine gun post. That action was re-enacted on
New Free School for South Leeds
The Cockburn Multi-academy Trust has submitted an application to open a new free school to address the need for more secondary school places in the inner south of Leeds. Many primary schools in South Leeds have seen expansion in recent years to accommodate the bulge in school age children. Now
Cockburn celebrates excellent exam results
Pupils from Cockburn School in Beeston achieved excellent results this summer against a national and local backdrop that saw exams get harder and a fall in the number of students achieving the top grades. The school is celebrating getting its highest ever exam results with almost 58% of students achieving
Beeston 20mph zones to be extended
Leeds City Council have published plans to extend the 20 mph traffic zone to the residential streets in the Parkwoods, Southleighs and Allenbys around Cockburn School. The zone forms part of the Council’s plans to reduce the speed limit on all residential streets in Leeds to 20 mph. The work,