Marine Academy

Marine Academy Plymouth celebrates 'Good' rating from Ofsted after years of dedication and improvement

Marine Academy Plymouth (MAP) in St Budeaux, part of the Ted Wragg Trust, has proudly achieved a 'Good' rating from Ofsted following an inspection in April. This remarkable improvement reflects years of dedicated effort, transforming the school from an 'Inadequate' rating in November 2016 to 'Good' in all areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development...

Marine Academy makes online lessons available to all

Plymouth’s Marine Academy is leading the way with its trailblazing online learning provision – receiving plaudits in a newly-published book, and opening its sessions to all children across Plymouth.

The academy was the only school in the country to be featured in the book Teach Like a Champion Team – Teaching in the Online Classroom. Surviving and thriving in the new normal by...

Marine Academy throws open its doors

MARINE Academy Plymouth is inviting youngsters and their parents to gain hands-on experience of what is on offer at the academy during an open events.

From science experiments and rock climbing, to dancing and cookery, a range of activities will be on offer to give prospective new pupils a taster of life as a student at the UK’s first Marine Academy.

The open event, on...

Marine Academy girls team win national investing competition

A team of four girls from Marine Academy, Plymouth have made an impressive 32.3% profit in the national Shares4Schools competition.

The four year 12 students took a high risk strategy investing their entire £1,500 investment in a single AIM stock, SolGold, on the final day to win Shares4Schools, the national investment competition run by retail stock broker The Share Centre.

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Marine Academy Plymouth hosts topping out ceremony for new £9 million development

The casting of a symbolic ‘coping stone’ was the centrepiece of a special event today (Thursday 9 May) to mark the progress of the multi-million pound redevelopment of Marine Academy Plymouth.

Around 80 people, including local MPs, council officials, governors and pupils gathered inside the £9.5 million new building at the St Budeaux-based academy, to witness the stone being cast in...