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Plympton Academy launch creative careers campaign to inspire young people of the South West

Plympton Academy, located on Moorland Road, is launching a campaign to raise aspirations and awareness of creative careers.

The campaign, ‘Unlock your Future’, is designed to raise aspirations and broaden the horizons of young people in the South West and encourage them to explore career opportunities within creative industries. The Academy, part of the Thinking Schools Academy Trust...

Plympton Academy students happy to celebrate GCSE success

Students and staff at Plympton Academy, located on Moorland Road and part of Thinking Schools Academy Trust, are celebrating today as they receive their GCSE grades.

Despite the hurdles posed by the coronavirus pandemic, students have excelled this year, and the Academy is celebrating a year of outstanding student outcomes.

Following on from the successful A level results...

Music to our ears: Plympton Academy celebrates Music Mark School status

Plympton Academy, located on Moorland Road, is delighted to become an independent member of the Plymouth Music Hub which supports, connects and influences Music Mark members in pursuit of a high quality, diverse and inclusive music education for all. In turn, the academy will see it offer many more exciting Arts opportunities to its students.

Plympton Academy is part of the high-...

Plympton Academy joins successful Thinking Schools Academy Trust

Staff and pupils at Plympton Academy are looking forward to the year ahead after formally joining the high-performing Thinking Schools Academy Trust.

The Academy, located on Moorland Road in Plymouth, is the eighteenth academy to join the Trust which leads successful primary and secondary schools across Medway, Kent, Plymouth and Portsmouth.

Comprising nearly 1,100 pupils,...

Plympton Academy student meets local MPs

Students from Plymouth’s Military Kids Club (MKC) met and quizzed the city’s three MPs at the Council House recently.

12 year old Abi Franklin represented Plympton Academy at the meeting and spoke with MPs Sir Gary Streeter, Luke Pollard and Johnny Mercer.

The meeting was overseen by Plymouth Lord Mayor Cllr Sam Davey and was attended by more than 100 local school students....

Public invited to view proposals for the rebuild of part of Plympton Academy

The Principal of Plympton Academy is inviting parents, local residents and businesses into school next week to view the proposals for the rebuild of a substantial part of the Academy site.

The school, which has 900 pupils and is situated in the heart of Plympton, is working closely with architects Stride Treglowen, contractors BAM and the Education and Skills Funding Agency to deliver...

Plympton Academy Year 11 students step out in style

Plympton Academy's Year 11 students saw the year out in style at their prom recently.

They arrived at Boringdon Golf Club in sports cars, limos and even tractors. Dressed in stunning gowns and sharp suits they graced the red carpet before spending the evening celebrating the end of exams and their five years at Plympton Academy.

Principal of Plympton Academy, Lisa Boorman...

Plympton Academy announces name of its new performing arts building: The Morpurgo Studios

The brand new performing arts building at Plympton Academy will be officially opened by Sir Michael Morpurgo in August.

The building will be known as The Morpurgo Studios and includes music classrooms, practice rooms, a recording studio, drama studio and a theatre space.

Not only is Sir Michael opening the new building but Joey, the main puppet and star of War Horse, will also...

Plympton Academy students commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day

Students from Plympton Academy have planted a cherry tree to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.

The school hosted a special day recently where students and staff from eleven city schools discussed the lessons of the Holocaust. Each school was given a tree by the Plymouth Stannator, Andrew Hill.The flowering cherry trees were funded by a grant from Plymouth SACRE (Standing Advisory...

Plympton Academy students donate gifts to Salvation Army this Christmas

Staff and students at Plympton Academy have been collecting chocolate selection boxes and toiletries to donate to people across Plymouth this Christmas.

The donations were collected by Tom Saunders from the Salvation Army.

“Throughout the year we support people in Plymouth who are struggling,” he said. “Christmas can be a very difficult time for many people and these gifts...

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