Thomas Clarkson Academy to benefit from £6m of Fenland funding
Published 19/01/17
The Brooke Weston Trust is delighted that schools across Fenland and East Cambridgeshire will now benefit from £6m worth of newly announced Government funding.
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Read MoreBW students on the cutting edge of science
Published 19/01/17Brooke Weston students scrubbed up for a realistic medical experience when the school hall was transformed into an operating theatre.
Read MoreBrooke Weston Academy teacher shortlisted for $1m global education award
Published 14/12/16Brooke Weston computer science teacher Ray Chambers has been named as one of four UK teachers to be included in the top 50 shortlist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2017. Now in its third year, the US $1 million award is the largest prize of its kind.
Read MoreTop performing students congratulated by local MP
Published 05/12/16High achieving Sixth Formers at Thomas Clarkson Academy have been presented with congratulatory notes from local MP Stephen Barclay following their exceptional GCSE exam results this summer.
Read MoreBWA teacher interviewed by national media
Published 18/11/16
Mr Ray Chambers, a computer science teacher at Brooke Weston Academy, is being interviewed by national media about the imminent release of an educational version of Minecraft.
Read MoreMax overcomes odds to achieve Scout award
Published 08/11/16Congratulations to Brooke Weston Academy student Max Oram, who received his Gold Chief Scout award at a ceremony attended by the Mayors of Corby and Kettering.
Read MoreStudents recreate school in Minecraft
Published 24/10/16Two Year 9 students from Corby Technical School have built an accurate Minecraft model of the school building. Nathaniel Tew and Courtney Daniels used the program, which allows users to build using 3D blocks, to create a digital representation of the school, gathering data from real life research and photographs.
Read MoreOfsted reports ‘significant changes’ and ‘positive impact at TCA
Published 21/10/16Ofsted has reported that ‘significant changes’ implemented at Thomas Clarkson Academy over the past six months ‘are having a positive impact on standards across the academy.’
Their report focused on staffing, quality of teaching, off-site provision and the support given to the academy by the Brooke Weston Trust.
Read MoreCBA's Librarian wins School Librarian of the Year title!
Published 03/10/16Congratulations to Corby Business Academy's amazing librarian, Amy McKay, who has been named School Librarian of the Year 2016!
Read MoreInspirational athlete at CBA's achievement awards
Published 03/10/16Athlete Claire Lomas spoke about the amazing sporting challenges she has completed since being paralysed from the chest down in a freak riding accident. Claire completed the London Marathon in 17 days, lit the London 2012 Paralympic cauldron, finished the Great North Run and rides motorbikes at speeds of up to 90mph. She has also raised over £500,000 for spinal injury research.
Read MoreBW students' expedition to Borneo
Published 13/09/16Taking part in a jungle camp and learning to dive were just a couple of the highlights of this year’s expedition to Borneo. A handful of intrepid students made the month-long trip which had been two year’s in the planning.
Read MoreBBC Click Team films at Brooke Weston
Published 02/09/16A film crew from BBC News’s Click filmed at Brooke Weston for a ‘back-to-school’ educational feature that will be broadcast this Saturday. Presenter Spencer Kelly and director Talia Franco interviewed our Year 10 students who have used Minecraft in their technology lessons to bring abstract concepts, such as logic gates in programming, to life. IT teacher Ray Chambers, who has been invited by Microsoft to become an Innovative Expert Educator, was also interviewed about technology in the classroom.