- Tom is BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year for the third time
Published: 20 December, 2010Diving sensation and Plymouth College pupil, Tom Daley, has been awarded the BBC Young Sports Personality title for the second year running.
- Geography students are ‘Worldwise’
Published: 16 December, 2010Plymouth College pupils Sahila Kellett, Jeremy Eason and Jay Warner have won a Geography competition held at the University of Plymouth.
- Plymouth College triumphs at Sports Awards
Published: 9 December, 2010With links to five of the seven categories at the Herald Sports Personality of the Year Awards, it was inevitable that Plymouth College wouldn’t come away empty-handed.
- Eco bird feeder wins national enterprise challenge
Published: 8 December, 2010A team from Plymouth College have beaten more than 27,000 students nationally to win UK Enterprise’s Entrepreneurship Challenge.
- Rave reviews for school production
Published: 3 December, 2010“Best school production, ever”, “Quality performances all round”, “An emotional rollercoaster”, “Totally gripped from beginning to end”... these are just some of the audience comments about Plymouth College’s latest production, ‘Blood Brothers’.
- Festival trophy for Calais
Published: 30 November, 2010Plymouth College pupil, Calais Goord, 14, has won the Raleigh Cup in the Plymouth Music, Speech and Drama Festival.
- Expert brings the world of wildlife alive for Plymouth College pupils
Published: 12 November, 2010Adventurer and TV presenter, Steve Backshall, gave Plymouth College pupils a fascinating insight into the weird and wonderful world of wildlife in his talk to Years 7 to 10.
- Business teacher up for National Teaching Award - 21/10/10
Published: 21 October, 2010Plymouth College Economics and Business Studies teacher, Jonathan Shields, travels to London next week for the National Teaching Awards.
- Band ‘rocks’ Plymouth College students - 21/10/10
Published: 21 October, 2010Rock Band, Two Spot Gobi, have held a series of concerts and workshops at Plymouth College.
- Stoke Damerel pupils join Plymouth College Combined Cadet Force - 19/10/10
Published: 19 October, 2010Pupils from Plymouth College are forging mutally beneficial academic and social links with Stoke Damerel Community College through a pioneering initiative.
- Plymouth College to open its doors for the morning - 29/9/10
Published: 29 September, 2010A 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 9th October.
- Six Plymouth College students gain at least ten top GCSE grades - 24/8/10
Published: 24 August, 2010There is much to celebrate at Plymouth College this morning with more than a quarter of pupils gaining at least seven top GCSE grades.
- Plymouth College celebrates new A Level top grade achievement - 19/8/10
Published: 19 August, 2010Plymouth College is celebrating this morning after more than a quarter of its students achieved at least one of the new elite A* grades – two students, Ed Knight and Tom Li, secured three A* grades each.
- Channel 4 advisory panel for Plymouth College pupil - 9/7/10
Published: 9 July, 2010Harry 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
Published: 16 June, 2010Plymouth 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
Published: 14 June, 2010It 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
Published: 7 June, 2010Plymouth 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
Published: 3 June, 2010Plymouth College Combined Cadet Force was blessed with a glorious day for its annual rowing race.
- Plymouth College team wins chemistry challenge - 3/6/10
Published: 3 June, 2010Year 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
Published: 25 May, 2010Plymouth 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
Published: 20 May, 2010Three 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
Published: 19 May, 2010With 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
Published: 18 May, 2010Plymouth 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
Published: 18 May, 2010Plymouth College pupils have raised £1470 for Cornish disaster relief charity, Shelterbox.
- Outstanding Achievement Award for young business star - 13/5/10
Published: 13 May, 2010Plymouth 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
Published: 29 April, 2010Plymouth 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
Published: 23 April, 2010Two 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
Published: 21 April, 2010Great 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
Published: 14 April, 2010A hog roast was a much welcome addition to the annual Plymouth College Sevens tournament.
- Civil War comes to Plymouth College - 29/3/10
Published: 29 March, 2010Year 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
Published: 24 March, 2010Talented 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
Published: 19 March, 2010Four pupils from Plymouth College have reached the national final of the Student Investor Challenge.
- Boys ‘swim the channel’ for Shelterbox - 18/3/10
Published: 18 March, 2010Plymouth 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
Published: 17 March, 2010Plymouth 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
Published: 9 March, 2010Hot 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
Published: 9 March, 2010World 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
Published: 5 March, 2010The 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
Published: 3 March, 2010Plymouth 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
Published: 24 February, 2010The 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
Published: 16 February, 2010Plymouth 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
Published: 12 February, 2010An 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
Published: 2 February, 2010Nick 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
Published: 29 January, 2010Plymouth College’s inaugural Creative Arts Week could not have had a more fitting finale than an evening with Sir Andrew Motion.
- Sixth Form Open Evening and Entrance Examination - 12/1/10
Published: 12 January, 2010Independent 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.
- Former Poet Laureate to host evening at Plymouth College - 11/1/10
Published: 12 January, 2010Plymouth College is delighted to welcome Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate 1999-2009, to the Meade-King Hall on Thursday 28th January.
- TV programme brings Italian football dream a step closer for Dominic - 8/1/10
Published: 8 January, 2010Lower 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.