Following our incredible trip to Uganda in 2018, Launceston College students visited Launceston Rotary Club to give a presentation about the experience. The Rotarians were amazed at how much we had achieved during our time there, and shocked to see the condition of some areas of the school, particularly the staff quarters. After the meeting […]
A huge congratulations to Katie Barriball who has been selected for Plymouth Argyle’s U16 after already being signed to Exeter City’s U16 Football Academy before the summer. We look forward to hearing updates on her progression over the next year, and wish her the best of luck. Keep up the hard work Katie.
Last academic year it was a real privilege to support the local charity “Jay’s Aim” in the quest to fund a new community use defibrillator for the 3G astro turf pitch down at the College playing fields. Throughout the year we have also been able to deliver CPR and AED training for around 150 students […]
Students at Launceston College were celebrating their excellent GCSE results this morning, with many students collecting a whole suite of the highest grades, as well as students achieving grades well above their own personal target. Grades 7-9 have replaced the A/A* top grades with Grade 9 set aside for the most exceptional attainment. Six students […]
Sixth Form students at Launceston College achieved excellent results again this year. Head of Sixth Form Jenn Burn said “We are delighted at the success our students have achieved and are once again impressed by the high proportion of our students choosing to move on to the most academically demanding universities in the country. […]
Last week 21 Year 12 and 13 students went to Geneva to visit the largest scientific experiment in the World. They had the chance to go 100 metres underground to visit one of the 4 detector sites on the Large Hadron Collider, the Compact Muon Solenoid. Although they neither discovered any new particles or met […]
In March 2019, Miss Bateman’s Year 10 separate science class sat the Royal Society of Biology Challenge paper, which consisted of two online tests lasting around an hour in total. These were multiple choice questions requiring fact recall and logical thinking skills. The tests really pushed the student’s knowledge and understanding, covering some content beyond […]
On Friday 5 July, the whole of Year 9 were working on a project called Kick Start to Key Stage 4. This marks the official end of key stage 3 and commencement of their GCSE and key stage 4 studies. The week has involved looking at a variety of skills that employers desire, both locally […]
On Tuesday 16 July, Café Sci hosted their annual competition for Year 12 students, and this year Launceston College students were joined by those from our MAT partner Bideford College. Each student gave a 15 minute lecture on a topic of their choice to an audience including distinguished scientists along with many of us who […]
13 Sep 2019
Following our incredible trip to Uganda in 2018, Launceston College students visited Launceston Rotary Club to give a presentation Read more →
13 Sep 2019
A huge congratulations to Katie Barriball who has been selected for Plymouth Argyle’s U16 after already being signed to Read more →
12 Sep 2019
Last academic year it was a real privilege to support the local charity “Jay’s Aim” in the quest to Read more →