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...
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...
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...
Plympton Academy now has its own defibrillator thanks to a local charity.
HeartSWell South West is a registered charity committed to supporting heart patients, their partners and carers across the Westcountry, and has donated a defibrillator to the secondary school.
It’s recommended that schools have a defibrillator on site, and four members of staff at Plympton Academy are...
Plympton Academy held its GCSE Certificate and Awards evening recently to celebrate the class of 2017’s exam results. The students were presented with their GCSE certificates and awards in front of family and friends, by former student and current Plymouth Albion player, Dean Squires. Principal Lisa Boorman gave the closing speech and the evening was hosted by Head of Sixth Form, Martin...
Work has started on a brand new all-weather pitch at Plympton Academy, thanks to a grant from the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund. The new pitch is part of a larger project for the school, including the refurbishment of their multi-use games area. The grant is enabling Plympton Academy to install a new third generation (3G) artificial grass pitch (AGP). This will support not only...
The new chair of governors at Plympton Academy says it’s a great time for parents to join the governing body.
Sue Dann, who took on the role recently, said: “We need a strong governing body to be able to support the school and we can't do it without parents, we need parents who can bring skills, every day skills, to the group.”
A maths teacher from Plympton Academy, who hasn’t ridden a bike since childhood, is taking to two wheels to raise money for charity.
Caroline Pitcher plans to cycle from John O’Groats to Gretna Green in September to raise money for three women’s cancer charities: Breast Cancer Care, Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust and Ovarian Cancer Action.
Classmates of a Performing Arts student at Plympton Academy have rallied to her support and helped her raise funds to attend a prestigious summer school.
Seventeen year old Jess Cooper has been selected to attend the Youth Music Theatre UK, a national theatre company for young people, for two weeks in the summer holidays. The project, ‘First Ladies’, covers all aspects of music theatre...
Young people from across Plymouth have been awarded prizes in the city’s annual Sir Patrick Moore Astronomy competition. Lord Mayor Cllr Wendy Foster and her Consort Cllr Ken Foster attended the event which was hosted at Plympton Academy. Each year, Plymouth students can submit their drawings, paintings or photographs of the moon in an annual event in memory of the astronomer Sir Patrick Moore...
