What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
All pupils in Year 8 at Cockburn School in Beeston received CPR training as part of Restart a Heart Day. Yorkshire Ambulance Service marked Restart a Heart Day with events designed to improve cardiac arrest survival rates – including providing CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) training sessions to secondary schools. 33,000 students
Cockburn School’s controversial planning application to build a new full size 3G artificial football/rugby pitch and tennis courts was approved by Councillors on the South & West Plans Panel on 29 September 2022. This was the third time the proposal had come to the Panel after Councillors had insisted that
Creative young people from schools across Leeds have seen a series of stunning globes they crafted in the classroom go on display to the public. As part of a spectacular cultural education project, pupils from 13 schools around the city, including Cockburn School and Cockburn John Charles Academy, designed and
The planning application to provide new sports pitches at Cockburn School in Beeston looks set to be approved, albeit with strict conditions, as it returns to Plans Panel for a third time on Thursday (29 September 2022). The controversial proposal to build a new full size 3G rugby / football
Leeds City Council are currently proposing a number of plastic rubber crumb 3G football pitches on public green spaces in Leeds including on the former golf course land in Middleton Park. The council believe they are the best playing pitches available. Unfortunately their judgement is clouded by this multi-million pound
In recent months, the art departments at Cockburn John Charles Academy and Cockburn School have been working alongside Year 8 and Year 7 to design and decorate sculptures exploring Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africa. The World Reimagined is a UK-wide art education project featuring globally-recognised artists which aims to transform
Cockburn John Charles Academy (CJCA) Year 10 Boys competed in the Leeds School’s Athletics Final earlier this month, finishing Runner’s-up in the school’s best-ever performance at the championship. After finishing among the top 8 of 32 to qualify for the final, the boys then produced an outstanding performance to win