13.11.2024 Ambulance Experience for Future Medics Students On Wednesday 13th November, Penrice Academy students who are enrolled on the school’s Future Medics Programme were given the opportunity to board a real ambulance. Emilie Rowe and former Penrice pupil Jody Ford visited from Role 1 Medical to deliver an insightful classroom session before heading outside to showcase the ambulance to students. The classroom… Read more »
23.05.2024 Medical Mentoring Programme to Launch in September We are delighted to announce that we will be launching a Medical Mentoring Programme, starting in September 2024. Interested students attended an introductory talk in the Assembly Hall yesterday (22nd May 2024) to learn more about the offering. The programme will increase awareness of what it takes to study Medicine and Healthcare subjects through fun,… Read more »
24.11.2022 Hundreds Attend Joint-School Careers Fair Thank you to all of the exhibitors who gave their time during last night’s Joint-School Careers Fair, hosted at Poltair School. Open to Year 10 & 11, this was the first Careers Fair since pre-Covid in 2019 and the Poltair School Hall was full of hustle and bustle as families attended in great numbers. The… Read more »
23.08.2018 Year 11’s ‘Sensational’ GCSE Results 2018 It has been a sensational morning for our Year 11s, opening some of the best results Penrice has ever seen. In another year of uncertainty with the new grading system, Year 11 should be immensely proud of their determination to achieve the highest positive progress grade ever recorded at Penrice – smashing last year’s outstanding… Read more »
06.07.2018 Mrs Selley Wins National Award! We are delighted to announce that longstanding teacher and Careers Lead at Penrice, Charlotte Selley, has been recognised as National Careers Leader of the Year by the Careers & Enterprise Company. The CEC annual awards ceremony, held at Newbury Racecourse in Berkshire on Wednesday 5th July 2018, celebrated the work of schools, colleges, businesses, and… Read more »
05.06.2018 Leila Selected for Cornwall Food Foundation Apprenticeship Former student Leila Faulkner has been selected as one of the final five for the apprenticeship at the Cornwall Food Foundation! Leila was selected from 150 candidates down to 15 for the first three months, before receiving her place last month. “The dream of being accepted into the Cornwall Food Foundation kept me going through my… Read more »
03.05.2018 Penrice Live on the WOW Show Penrice Academy takes part in pilot episode of brand new careers show On Wednesday 2nd May 2018, Penrice Academy was one of only two schools in the country who took part in a Google Hangout, as part of the pilot of a new careers information initiative. The interactive magazine show – the WOW Show –… Read more »