What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
Last Thursday (7 July 2022) Councillors on the South & West Plans Panel considered the application to create a new 3G rugby pitch and three tennis courts at Cockburn School and it is far from clear that the application will eventually be approved, at least in its current form. The
The last few years have brought many challenges for the Year 11 students at Cockburn School. They have worked tremendously hard and this was recognised as they played their part in the school securing the Ofsted ‘Outstanding in all areas’ judgement in February 2022. This year has seen exams going
The controversial planning application to build new sports pitches on land that formerly part of South Leeds Golf Club will be debated by Councillors on the South & West Plans Panel on Thursday (7 July 2022). The application has been referred to the panel by Cllr Sharon Burke (Labour, Middleton
I would like to respond to a post by the Chair of Trustees of Cockburn School about the objections to the proposed development on Middleton Park land of a new 3G sports pitch and tennis courts, and would like to take the opportunity to respond and refute the points made.
I am writing with reference to Cockburn School’s recent planning application (made on behalf of the school by Leeds City Council) regarding the building of a new playing field and tennis courts on a part of the old, private South Leeds Golf Course. As usual with the school, whenever an
Cockburn School ‘overwhelmingly proud’ of Ofsted report: Outstanding in all areas! Cockburn School in Beeston has been judged to be ‘Outstanding’ in all areas by Ofsted who inspected the school in February 2022. During the inspection, inspectors judged the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and
Students and staff from the three Cockburn Multi-academy Trust secondary schools have been busy raising funds for Ukraine. Students at Cockburn School, Cockburn John Charles Academy and Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy wanted to do something to raise funds for children in Ukraine and had a non-uniform day where many students
Year 11 student, Tian Cai, has successfully been elected to represent Leeds at the UK Youth Parliament. The UK Youth Parliament is a youth version of parliament and is a platform given to young people between the ages of 11–18 to represent their constituency at a local, regional, and national