What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Cockburn School and Cockburn John Charles Academy are celebrating the results of their Year 11 leavers who have achieved at the highest level categorised by the Department for Education as ‘Well Above Average’. Students at both schools achieved over half a grade higher in each qualification on average, compared to
Cockburn School (Specialist Status in Performing Arts) offers unique opportunities in the Performing Arts for 2023 admissions. Cockburn School offers a specialist programme for students who display a talent within the Performing Arts. The training supports a vast and varied curriculum with over 7 hours of additional coaching in Drama,
Everyone in the Cockburn School community, joined by members of Kyle Asquith’s family and over 20 of his school friends, paid tribute in late July to Kyle and celebrated 10 years of the charity. Kyle, a Cockburn School student, died tragically from a brain haemorrhage in 2013 when he was
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