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- Channel 4 advisory panel for Plymouth College pupil - 9/7/10
Harry Ross, 17, is one of just 11 young people from across the UK to be appointed to the 4Talent Youth Advisory Panel.
- Business teacher celebrates Teacher of the Year win - 16/6/10
Plymouth College Economics and Business Studies teacher, Jonathan Shields, has won the Royal Air Force Secondary School Teacher of the Year Award in the South West final of the Teaching Awards.
- Plymouth College hosts fencing battle – Fell V Sparks! - 14/6/10
It is unclear who challenged who, but when Radio Devon presenter, Gordon Sparks, found himself agreeing to a fencing duel with Olympic silver medallist, Heather Fell, he thought it best to get some expert training as soon as possible.
- Masterclass tackles Spanish language skills - 7/6/10
Plymouth College Spanish scholars have had the chance to improve their language skills at a masterclass held at Plymouth University.
- Navy cadets take rowing trophy for second year running - 3/6/10
Plymouth College Combined Cadet Force was blessed with a glorious day for its annual rowing race.
- Plymouth College team wins chemistry challenge - 3/6/10
Year 8 pupils James Douie, Paul Vallis, Kevin Vandabona and Jeremy Eason have beaten 16 schools from across the South West to win the Salter’s Chemistry Festival Challenge.
- Leading business teacher is shortlisted for award - 25/5/10
Plymouth College Economics and Business Studies teacher, Jonathan Shields, has been shortlisted for the Royal Air Force Secondary School Teacher of the Year Award in the South West final of the Teaching Awards.
- Coast to coast walk raises more than £1200! - 20/5/10
Three Plymouth College boys, Ed Hirst, Luke Wheeldon and George Monk, all aged 16, have trekked 200 kilometres across Devon to raise £1225 for Dame Hannah Rogers Trust and The Lord’s Taverners.
- Good year for Ten Tors - 19/5/10
With no interruptions to training, despite the snowy start to the year, Plymouth College’s Ten Tors teams started the 2010 event strong, organised and well prepared.
- South West speech and drama win for Robert - 18/5/10
Plymouth College pupil, Robert Davies, 12, has won the ‘Humorous Verse Speaking’ category at the Torbay and South West England Speech and Drama Festival.
- Mufti day provides three boxes for Shelterbox - 17/5/10
Plymouth College pupils have raised £1470 for Cornish disaster relief charity, Shelterbox.
- Outstanding Achievement Award for young business star - 13/5/10
Plymouth College sixth former, Jessica Evans, has added yet another award to her growing collection of business plaudits.
- Plymouth College wins Student Investor for a second time! - 29/4/10
Plymouth College sixth formers Jess Evans, Susannah Kellagher, Bobbie Moore and Tom Watkins have won the national final of Student Investor, held in London yesterday.
- Outstanding opportunity for local students - 23/4/10
Two local students will have the opportunity to follow the International Baccalaureate Diploma at Plymouth College from September with the launch of two Exhibition Awards - each of the awards offers up to 50% of the Sixth Form fees.
- St Just gallery exhibits at Plymouth College - 21/4/10
Great Atlantic Art, based in St Just, is exhibiting the work of two local artists at Plymouth College next week.
- Hog roast at rugby tournament raises £350 - 14/4/10
A hog roast was a much welcome addition to the annual Plymouth College Sevens tournament.
- Civil War comes to Plymouth College - 29/3/10
Year 8 pupils at Plymouth College got to experience life during the English Civil war when experts from the 1646 Civil War Centre in Great Torrington visited Plymouth College.
- Drama and music awards for Anna-Marie - 24/3/10
Talented upper sixth pupil, Anna-Marie Morozow, has not only been awarded Grade 8 LAMDA Verse and Prose with distinction, but she has also picked up a Royal Church Music Dean’s Award.
- National final of business competition for ninth year running! - 19/3/10
Four pupils from Plymouth College have reached the national final of the Student Investor Challenge.
- Boys ‘swim the channel’ for Shelterbox - 18/3/10
Plymouth College Year 9 pupils, Tim Weale and Elliot Hargadon, have raised more than £500 for Shelterbox by swimming the length of the English Channel in local swimming pools.
- National final for mathematicians - 17/3/10
Plymouth College pupils James Douie (13), Paul Vallis (12), Kevin Vandabona (13) and Ali Wass (14) are through to the national final of the UK Mathematics Trust’s Team Maths Challenge.
- Competitions inspire creative writing and poetry speaking - 9/3/10
Hot on the heels of Creative Arts Week and the visits by former Poet Laureate, Sir Andrew Motion, and novelists, Babs Horton and Tim Bowler, students in Years 7 to 10 were tasked with writing stories or poems on the subject of “Brave New World”.
- Murder in the Library! - 9/3/10
World Book Day saw a rather unusual event in the library of Plymouth College - it was the scene of a crime!
- CCF Navy section all at sea - 5/3/10
The Navy section of the Plymouth College Combined Cadet Force got the chance to take to the ocean waves by joining HMS Brocklesby on exercise in Plymouth Sound.
- Financial board game wins 2nd place in national business competition final - 3/3/10
Plymouth College sixth formers, Jess Evans and Sarah Marchant, both 18, have clinched the runners up spot and £1000 in the national final of the ‘Breaking the Mould’ Apprentice Challenge.
- Pupils celebrate Chinese New Year with lantern procession - 24/2/10
The Chinese New Year was celebrated in style at Plymouth College with a colourful lantern procession.
- Financial board game wins place in national business competition final - 16/2/10
Plymouth College sixth formers, Jess Evans and Sarah Marchant, both 18, have won a place in the national final of the ‘Breaking the Mould’ Apprentice Challenge.
- RAF band performs at Plymouth College - 12/2/10
An RAF band stopped off at Plymouth College last week as part of a tour of South West schools.
- Gold Awards for three Plymouth College sixth formers - 2/2/10
Nick Butcher, Sophia Johns and Maria Thaller have all achieved their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
- Sir Andrew Motion rounds off Creative Arts Week - 29/1/10
Plymouth College’s inaugural Creative Arts Week could not have had a more fitting finale than an evening with Sir Andrew Motion.
- Former Poet Laureate to host evening at Plymouth College - 11/1/10
Plymouth College is delighted to welcome Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate 1999-2009, to the Meade-King Hall on Thursday 28th January.
- Sixth Form Open Evening and Entrance Examination - 12/1/10
Independent school, Plymouth College, is holding a Sixth Form Open Evening on Thursday 4th February 2010. The Year 7 Entrance Examination is a couple of days later on Saturday 6th February.
- TV programme brings Italian football dream a step closer for Dominic - 8/1/10
Lower sixth pupil and footballer, Dominic Matcham, 17, is through to the last ten of a reality TV programme that will see the winner walk away with a contract with football giants, Inter Milan.
- ‘Help for Heroes’ benefits from charity music week - 15/12/09
Plymouth College House, Palmers, has raised more than £100 for ‘Help for Heroes’ after hosting a series of lunchtime music events.
- Tom is BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year - 14/12/09
Hot on the heels of winning the BBC South West Sports Personality of the Year accolade last month, diving sensation and Plymouth College pupil, Tom Daley, lifted the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award at the national event last night.
- Plymouth College team triumphs in UK’s largest enterprise competition - 14/12/09
Young entrepreneurs from Plymouth College have been announced as winners in the national final of the 2009 Make Your Mark Challenge, the UK’s largest enterprise challenge for 14-19 year olds.
- Adventurer is special guest at awards evening - 10/12/09
The first man to walk the length of the Great Wall of China from West to East, Tarka L’Herpiniere, was the special guest at Plymouth College’s Senior Awards Evening, held at Plymouth Guildhall.
- Plymouth College buys properties for expansion - 7/12/09
Plymouth College has bought two private properties adjacent to the school site on Ford Park Road.
- Chemists visit Plymouth University Analytical Department - 2/12/09
Upper Sixth chemistry pupils got to grips with the latest analytical techniques at Plymouth University recently.
- Success at Herald Sports Personality of the Year Awards - 1/12/09
Hot on the heels of winning the BBC South West Sports Personality of the Year accolade earlier this week, diving sensation and Plymouth College pupil, Tom Daley, lifted the main award at the Plymouth event last night.
- Unbeaten rugby team reunite after 50 years! - 1/12/09
In 1959 the Plymouth College 1st XV were the first rugby team in the school’s history to boast an unbeaten season.
- Dan clinches trophies in Plymouth Festival - 26/11/09
Dan Snowden, 17, has retained his Boys’ Solo title in the Plymouth Music Festival.
- South West final for business team - 26/11/09
An innovative on-line homework planner has been selected as one of the ten best product ideas in the South West in the national ‘Make Your Mark’ competition.
- Affinity win Herald Youth Award - 20/11/09
Plymouth College Young Enterprise company, Affinity, have won the Best Business category of the Plymouth Herald Youth Awards.
- Juniors and Seniors win Linguafest challenge - 20/11/09
Keen linguists from Year 8 to Upper Sixth pitted their French, German and Spanish skills against the best in the South West to win three out of four trophies in the 2009 Linguafest.
- Pupils raise nearly £500 for Shelterbox - 11/11/09
Lower sixth pupils from Plymouth College have raised £490 for Shelterbox.
- History is brought to life during Plymouth College Open Morning - 13/10/09
Dick Turpin, a cave man, a Roman and a suffragette were just some of the characters brought to life at Plymouth College’s Open Morning.
- Diver Tom wins Telegraph sports award - 7/10/09
World Champion diver and Plymouth College pupil, Tom Daley, has been honoured at the Daily Telegraph/Aviva School Sport Matters Awards. One of three outstanding young athletes from across the country to be shortlisted, Tom won the Student of the Year (Male) category.
- Plymouth College takes delivery of two new minibuses - 29/9/08
Plymouth College pupils will be travelling in style after the College took delivery of two Trafic minibus 9-seater minibuses from local Renault dealer, Mumfords.
- Last Night of the Proms performance for musicians - 24/9/09
On “The Last Night of The Proms”, Plymouth College musicians, Clarissa Hocking and Harriet Benson, who both play viola with South West Camerata, found themselves working with the BBC and performing at the big screen event in Plymouth.
- Plymouth – Bristol – London – Toronto and back - 18/9/09
In July, five Plymouth College students represented South West England in the Young Enterprise National Final. Young Enterprise is a scheme where students set up and run their own companies. Their company – Affinity won the national final, beating 3000 other teams. This gave them the opportunity to go to Canada on an eight day business conference. Jess Evans reports...
- Plymouth College to open its doors for the morning - 16/9/09
A Euro café, interactive science displays, musical interludes, drama performances and sport demonstrations are just some of the activities on offer at the Plymouth College Open Morning on Saturday 10th October.
- Eleven top GCSE grades for Plymouth College pupil - 27/8/09
Plymouth College pupil, Ellie Hall, is celebrating this morning with the news that she has achieved a remarkable 10 A*s and 1 A at GCSE.
- Plymouth College boasts best A Level results for years! - 20/8/09
Plymouth College is celebrating this morning with nearly half of its A Level results coming in at A grade - the A grade pass rate of 46% is an outstanding 16% increase on last year.
- OPM’s book is ‘totally absorbing’ - 20/7/09
A former Plymouth College pupil, John Symons, has used his father’s life as inspiration for his first book, ‘Stranger on the Shore’.
- New venue for Lower School Speech Day - 16/7/09
Mutley Baptist Church proved to be a great new venue for Plymouth College’s Lower School Speech Day.
- Affinity is top Young Enterprise company in the country - 9/7/09
Plymouth College Young Enterprise company, Affinity, has won the national Young Enterprise competition.
- Lower sixth French linguists attend conference and revision day - 2/7/09
The AS French class have taken part in the ‘Réalités Françaises’ Conference in Bristol.
- Young Enterprise team make national final - 17/6/09
Four Plymouth College students made an outstanding presentation at this year’s regional Young Enterprise semi-final in Bristol winning their way to the London final.
- Lord Mayor reception for French visitors - 17/6/09
A reception with the Lord Mayor of Plymouth was just one of the activities arranged as part of a two week visit by pupils and staff from Lycée Amiral Ronarc’h.
- Workshop ‘breaks convention’ - 10/6/09
Korean hip-hop group, MyoSung, took a break from performing at the Theatre Royal to host a dance workshop at Plymouth College.
- University hosts maths masterclasses - 5/6/09
Are boys or girls better at maths? How can colouring a map help with decision- making? Is sculpture influenced by mathematics? Three Year 9 pupils from Plymouth College have been working out the answers.
- Top world diver, Tom Daley, joins Plymouth College - 2/6/09
Olympic diver, Tom Daley, has enrolled at Plymouth College. One of the main British medal hopes for London 2012, Tom, 15, has joined the independent HMC school after spending half term in America.
- To Auschwitz and back in a day - 28/5/09
Leaving Exeter airport at 5 a.m., pupils Zoe Noakes and Hannah Pryke, and teacher Lesley Clark, were just three of 226 sixth formers and teachers from across the South West to be invited to go on a visit to Auschwitz by the Holocaust Educational Trust.
- Good year for Plymouth College in Ten Tors - 15/5/09
This proved to be one of the best years for Plymouth College in the annual Ten Tors event.
- Business and Economics teacher has book published - 21/5/09
Plymouth College business and economics teacher, Jonathan Shields, has seen his name in print for the first time with the publishing of a leading GCSE text book.
- Budding thespians successfully audition for National Youth Theatre - 18/5/09
Upper Sixth pupil, Hollie Goodall, and Year 9 pupils Sebastian Slade and Luke Dickinson, have all secured places with National Youth Theatre.
- Maths lecture is ‘mind-boggling’! - 8/5/09
More than 100 pupils got to grips with probability, puzzles and the Big Bang Theory when Dr Simon Singh MBE visited Plymouth College the at the end of April.
- Affinity is top Devon Young Enterprise company - 7/5/09
Hot on the heels of winning 'Best Overall Company in Plymouth' (as well as five other trophies) at last week's Plymouth Young Enterprise Awards, Plymouth College/Plymouth High School for Girls team, Affinity, has clinched the 'Best Overall Company in Devon' accolade as well.
- Plymouth College takes Young Enterprise crown for the fourth consecutive year - 1/5/09
Working this year with students from Plymouth High School for Girls, Plymouth College Young Enterprise company, Affinity, has been presented with the trophy for the best overall company in Plymouth.
- Teacher cycles from Lands End to John O’Groats for St Luke’s - 29/4/09
Plymouth College maths teacher, Dr Andy Norris, cycled the 859 mile journey from Lands End to John O’Groats to raise £1000 for St Luke’s Hospice.
- Drama and Ballet success for Bethany - 27/4/09
Bethany Gare, 13, has passed her LAMDA Grade 5 Drama exam with distinction. She has also passed her Royal Academy of Dance Intermediate Foundation Ballet exam, the first of her Majors in Ballet.
- Hollie achieves her final LAMDA gold medal - 24/4/09
Hollie Goodall has passed her LAMDA Acting gold medal with distinction, the final exam in a series of three that completes her LAMDA Advanced Performance Award.
- Plymouth College in Student Investor final for fifth year running - 9/4/09
Four pupils from Plymouth College have reached the final of the national Student Investor Challenge.
- Current pupils sponsor former pupil’s 40-mile challenge - 3/4/09
Former pupil, Becky Tetley, took on the grueling challenge of a 40-mile running race to raise money for Help for Heroes.
- Joanna passes lifeguard qualification in five days! - 26/3/09
Joanna Symons, Year 11, has achieved the National Pool Lifeguard qualification at the pool in her home town of Totnes.
- Pupils test law firms IT equipment - 18/3/09
Nick Butcher, Huw Ayling-Miller and Shogo Usuki have had some hands-on experience in information technology by helping local law firm, Foot Anstey, test their equipment as they move into new offices at Salt Quay House, Plymouth.
- Music exam success - 13/3/09
Helen Taylor in Year 9 has recently gained Grade 8 Recorder with Distinction.
- Container for The Gambia - 9/3/09
Computers, bicycles, medical supplies, tables and books are just some of the many items donated to fill a large container destined for The Gambia as part of Plymouth College’s Gambia Aid Project.
- Acoustic evening raises money for The Gambia - 4/3/09
A fund-raising concert with music ranging from inde/rock to folk was the brainchild of Plymouth College sixth former and budding singer/songwriter, Jamie Mead.
- ‘Brim’ retires after 48 years at Plymouth College - 25/2/09
Plymouth College boarding house cleaner, Lenora Brimacombe, aged 76, is retiring after a staggering 48 years.
- Double success in music festival for singer - 13/2/09
Dan Snowdon (Year 11) has won two singing classes in the Saltash Festival of Music, Speech and Drama.
- Plymouth College Aid Project to The Gambia - 10/2/09
The school’s link with The Gambia started about 28 years ago when I arranged for my form to sponsor a child in a developing country.
- Stockbroker qualification on offer at Plymouth College - 29/1/09
The Economics and Business department at Plymouth College is adding another qualification to its portfolio - the Securities and Investment Institute’s ‘Introduction to Investment Foundation’ Certificate.
- Pupils celebrate Chinese New Year with lantern procession - 28/1/09
The Chinese New Year was celebrated in style at Plymouth College with a colourful lantern procession.
- Nina passes ballet exam with distinction - 26/1/09
Nina Jackson, 17, has passed her Grade 5 Ballet with distinction. Dancing since she was three years old, Nina trains with SJS Dance Academy in Tavistock and Stoke Climsland.
- More LAMDA gold medals for Hollie - 19/1/09
Having completed the LAMDA Advanced Communication Award (achieving gold medals in Verse and Prose Speaking, Reading for Performance, and Public Speaking) and winning the national championship, Hollie Goodall, 17, is now working towards the LAMDA Advanced Performance Award.
- Photographs win ski trip for Harry - 13/1/09
Harry Ross, 15, has won a ski trip to Switzerland in a photography competition run by First Eleven magazine.
- Sixth Form Open Evening at Plymouth College - 7/1/09
Independent school, Plymouth College, is holding a Sixth Form Open Evening on Monday 26th January.
- 1st XV captain gains Oxbridge offer - 7/1/09
Plymouth College 1st XV captain, Phil Beak, 17, has received a conditional offer to read medicine at St Catherine’s College, Oxford.
- Former pupils are special guests at awards evening - 11/12/08
Two former pupils were the special guests at Plymouth College’s Senior Awards Evening, held at Plymouth Guildhall.
- Lower School Drama Club give a ‘bewitching’ performance - 1/12/08
On the 25th and 26th of November, the lower school drama club treated us to their version of the enthralling tale of Roald Dahl's 'The Witches'.
- Former BBC journalist conducts workshop and judges Spoken English - 28/11/08
Andrew Barr, former Head of Education and Religious Broadcasting BBC Scotland, put the sixth form through their paces in a lively hands-on session, which saw them write, edit and broadcast a series of news bulletins.
- Music and drama success in City of Plymouth Festival - 26/11/08
Sixth form pianist, Aidan Law, took joint first place in both his open classes winning the Worth and Gordon Dyer Cups with pieces by Mozart and Chopin.
- Economics and business pupils win marketing and investment challenge - 26/11/08
A team of Year 11 students from Plymouth College have won the Plymouth Business and Enterprise Challenge event.
- Plymouth College teacher passes RAF Officer Training - 18/11/08
Dr Angela Hawker, teacher in charge of Plymouth College’s Combined Cadet Force (CCF) RAF section, has been presented with her Officer Scrolls by the oldest World War 1 veteran, and the oldest man in Europe, Henry Allingham, aged 112.
- International qualification on offer at Plymouth College - 3/11/08
Plymouth College has been awarded accreditation to run the globally-recognised international Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) from September 2009.
- Plymouth College teams win SW Linguafest - 15/10/08
French and German students from Plymouth College have won the intermediate and advanced sections of the South West Linguafest competition.
- CCF Inspection - 10/10/08
The Plymouth College Combined Cadet Force has had its biennial inspection. Aged between 14 and 18, the male and female cadets were inspected by Wing Commander Guy Bazalgette RAF, Senior British Officer, Joint Maritime Facility St Mawgan, on the school’s parade ground.
- Plymouth College to open its doors for the morning - 25/9/08
A Euro café, interactive science displays, musical interludes, drama performances and sport demonstrations are just some of the activities on offer at the Plymouth College Open Morning on Saturday 4th October.
- Excellence Award for Financial Diploma - 19/9/08
Plymouth College has won £1000 from the ifs School of Finance for the second year running.
- National LAMDA Win for Hollie - 16/9/08
It was third time lucky for Plymouth College pupil, Hollie Goodall, 17, who has won the Advanced Communication category of the LAMDA National Finals, held in London.
- GCSE Results - 21/8/08
Plymouth College pupils are celebrating this morning with ten gaining at least ten A or A* grades at GCSE. One pupil clinched 12 top grades and another came away with 11.
- A Level Results - 14/8/08
Plymouth College pupils are celebrating this morning with nine picking up at least three A grades at A Level – four of these students gained four grade As. The overall pass rate for Plymouth College is 96%, with an A/B pass rate of 59%. Nearly a third of passes were at grade A.
- Former Plymouth College pupil secures place in Olympics
Cassie Patten, 21, a former swimming scholar at Plymouth College, has received official notification of her place on the GB team for 800m freestyle in Beijing. She qualified after coming second in the required time in the Olympic trials for 800m freestyle a couple of weeks ago.
- Inspection
The Senior and Junior Schools of Plymouth College are celebrating the ‘outstanding’ results of a rigorous inspection carried out by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI).
- Linguafest
Young linguists from five independent schools in the south west demonstrated their modern language skills in a competition that involved sketches, songs and presentations.
- National Children's Orchestra
Plymouth College pupil, Harriet Benson, has gained a place in the National Children's Orchestra GB.
- National Symphony Orchestra
Plymouth College trumpeter, Sophie Brown (Year 9), has successfully auditioned for a place in the National Symphony Orchestra.