Student makes it into County Youth Orchestra
Published 11/09/17
Year 12 student Winston Ho has succeeded in gaining a place on the County Youth Orchestra for his musical abilities with the viola.
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Read MoreYear 12 attended a Spectroscopy workshop from the University of Leicester
Published 31/08/17Year 12 students were invited to take part in a practical chemistry workshop run by The University of Leicester based around Spectroscopy using an infrared spectroscopy worth more than £17,000.
Read MoreHead boy celebrates after securing a Degree apprenticeship in London
Published 31/08/17Head boy, Sam Tran is celebrating after gaining not only a fantastic set of A Level results but also a highly sought after place on a degree apprenticeship with Prudential in London.
Read MoreFinal A Level success stories
Published 17/08/17Here’s the final instalment that celebrates the success of our A Level students this year.
Read MoreHere’s our top performing A Level students
Published 17/08/17Well done to all of our students who are celebrating their hard-earned A Level results. Here’s what a few of them are doing next:
Read MoreBrooke Weston celebrates another successful year of Post-16 results
Published 17/08/17Brooke Weston Academy is celebrating another successful year of Post-16 examination results with a significant increase in results in the harder linear courses taken for the first time this year.
Read MoreConservative parliamentary candidate visits Brooke Weston
Published 06/06/17Corby’s parliamentary Conservative candidate, Tom Pursglove, visited Brooke Weston Academy to speak to Sixth Formers about how to become a politician and why voting in the general election is so important.
Read MoreStudent fights for children’s justice
Published 20/02/17Brooke Weston Sixth Former Advone Katsande is helping shape courtroom justice for her peers as part of her role with the Children and Family Court Advisory Service.
Read MoreStudents continue to raise money for charity CRY
Published 23/01/17A group of Sixth Formers will be selling refreshments at the Sixth Form open evening on 9th February from 18:00-20:00 to raise money for the charity CRY, Cardiac Risk in the Young.
The charity supports young people with potentially life-threatening cardiac conditions and also offers bereavement support. Students and staff fundraise for it in memory of Sixth Former Miriam Lee, who died from sudden cardiac arrest last August.
Read MoreAcademy welcomes Crown Court judge
Published 19/01/17Brooke Weston Academy was delighted to welcome His Honour Judge Rupert Mayo into the school to give advice and answer questions from students interested in a career in law.
Judge Mayo, was a barrister for 21 years and took up his present position over eight years ago and he has been Resident Judge at Northampton since 2011.
Judge Mayo had a tour, hosted a Q&A with Year 13 students who have applied to do law or law enforcement and gave advice to Year 11 and 12 students who were thinking about careers in law. He said ‘I wanted to come to Brooke Weston to help students learn and understand about law. It underpins a lot of what we do and you don’t have to be a professional lawyer in order to be involved in law. Nowadays it’s very expensive to go to university and not impressive if you start on one degree and decide to change to another, so the more information students can have before they put their choices down the better.
Read MoreYear 12 students train to become reading leaders
Published 24/11/16The Reading Leader Scheme is organised by Reading Matters, in conjunction with Corby Reads. It is a registered charity which trains and supports volunteers to work with young people, helping them to become confident and enthusiastic readers.
Year 12 students are trained for six hours; upon completion they then give up half an hour of their time once a week to help a Year 7 student engage in reading activities. The mentor prepares materials from a wide range of resources, to match the ability needs and interest of the reader.
Read MoreSixth Formers go in ‘pursuit of knowledge’
Published 21/11/16A group of Year 12 and 13 students travelled to Worksop College for a two day philosophy conference.
The event, ‘in the pursuit of knowledge’ was a mixture of exciting interactive workshops and innovative seminars and lectures where ideas were challenged and explored.
Year 12 student Advone Katesande said ‘I really enjoyed this experience. It’s not something you can learn in a classroom. It was interactive and it challenged you to engage. I learnt a lot more as you can interpret the information into your own words which gives you more of an open mind.’