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Year 11 students at Cockburn School and Cockburn John Charles Academy celebrated the end of their school life with glamorous Proms at the Village Hotel in Tingley. In August there were further celebrations when they collected their exam results. News of these results will follow in a future edition of
The young people of south Leeds are achieving excellent exam results and attending schools that have been judged by Ofsted to be some of the best in the country. According to government progress data for the academic year 2022-2023, these secondary schools rank as “above average” for pupils achieving over
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
A recent examination report for Level 2 and 3 ‘technical’ plumbing qualifications at Leeds College of Building reveals exceptional results for 2023. Overall pass rates for the exam element of the City & Guilds Level 2 Technical Certificate in Plumbing Studies at the College were 100% compared to a national
The independent review into the managed area in Holbeck recently published its report. It’s worth reading, although I found parts of it rather frustrating. In particular, I was genuinely puzzled as to why there was such an apparently low response rate to the questionnaire that the independent review circulated to
We all knew that Results Day this year would be completely different to previous years. After all, we were collecting results for exams that we didn’t even get to sit thanks to coronavirus. For the first year ever, we had no control over how well we did. The unpredictable nature
As GCSE results day approaches, the NHS in Leeds is reminding young people that mental health support is available across the city. This year, the coronavirus pandemic has brought more uncertainty than ever for students. With no exams held this summer, and grades based on teachers’ predictions, anxiety is high
Only transparency about how calculated grades were arrived at can begin to fix the entirely avoidable unfairness of yesterday’s A level results, writes David Holtham, Principal at Elliott Hudson College We all know we are operating in unprecedented times and have to accept undesirable outcomes, but today’s A level results
It’s safe to say that Results Day 2020 is going to be very different to previous years. As a year eleven student myself, I understand just how different things are going to be; the polar opposite of the day we expected to have. It’s going to be strange, but we’re
Students from Cockburn School achieved excellent results this summer against a national and local backdrop that saw exams get harder with students sitting for the first time the new more challenging and rigorous GCSEs in English Language, English Literature and Mathematics and the introduction of 9 -1 grades. The school