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Cockermouth School
Cockermouth School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Cockermouth in the English county of Cumbria. Previously a community school administered by Cumbria County Council, Cockermouth School converted to academy status in September 2015. However the school continues to coordinate with Cumbria County Council for admissions. History In 1984, Derwent School and Cockermouth Grammar School merged to become Cockermouth School, a comprehensive school operating on two sites. In 1991, the former Derwent School site was expanded to accommodate all students. Programmes of Study Cockermouth School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs. We Will initiative The school is co-operating and following the advice given by the students in the 'We Will' initiative. These were youngsters who were failed by the local CAMHS services, who gathered tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy (English School)
An academy school in England is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. Most academies are secondary schools, though slightly more than 25% of primary schools (4,363 as of December 2017) are academies. Academies are self-governing non-profit charitable trusts and may receive additional support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financially or in kind. Academies are inspected and follow the same rules on admissions, special educational needs and exclusions as other state schools and students sit the same national exams. They have more autonomy with the National Curriculum, but do have to ensure that their curriculum is broad and balanced, and that it includes the core subjects of English, maths and science. They must also teach relationships and sex education, and religious education. They are free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Greenbank
Luke Greenbank (born 17 September 1997) is an English professional swimmer who specialises in backstroke. A medalist in the 200 metre backstroke at the Olympic Games and the World and European championships, he also swam the first leg in the 2019 World and 2020 European Championship gold medal-winning Great Britain medley relay teams. He won a silver medal as lead-off for Great Britain in the 4 x 100 metre medley relay for men at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal as lead-off for England in the heats of the 4 x 100 metre medley relay for men at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Greenbank has won gold medals as part of the 4 × 100 m Men's Medley Relay at the European, World Championships and Commonwealth Games. He won two gold medals in (200 m, 100 m backstroke) and breaking a new Junior World record in 200 m backstroke at the 2015 European Games, which doubled that year as the European Junior Swimming Championships. Greenbank has the unusual distinction of having won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary Schools In Cumbria
Secondary may refer to: Science and nature * Secondary emission, of particles ** Secondary electrons, electrons generated as ionization products * The secondary winding, or the electrical or electronic circuit connected to the secondary winding in a transformer * Secondary (chemistry), a term used in organic chemistry to classify various types of compounds * Secondary color, color made from mixing primary colors * Secondary mirror, second mirror element/focusing surface in a reflecting telescope * Secondary craters, often called "secondaries" * Secondary consumer, in ecology * An obsolete name for the Mesozoic in geosciences * Secondary feathers, flight feathers attached to the ulna on the wings of birds Society and culture * Secondary (football), a position in American football and Canadian football * Secondary dominant in music * Secondary education, education which typically takes place after six years of primary education ** Secondary school, the type of school at the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Look North (Yorkshire And North Midlands)
''BBC Look North'' is the BBC's regional television news service for West, South and North Yorkshire and northern parts of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The service is produced and broadcast from the BBC Broadcasting Centre at St. Peter's Square in Leeds with district newsrooms based in Bradford, Sheffield and York. ''Look North'' can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) from Astra 2E on Freesat channel 966 and Sky channel 956. The latest edition of ''Look North'' is also available to watch on the BBC iPlayer. Coverage area The Leeds programme covers the editorial areas of Radio Leeds and Radio Sheffield. Due to the size of North Yorkshire, the listenership of Radio York is covered by the geographically multitudinous ''Look North'' programmes from Leeds and Newcastle. Central and southern parts of the Yorkshire Dales receive the Leeds edition of ''Look North'' through various relay transmitters. The western Dales, around Settle and Ribblesdale, receive BBC North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Stamper
Judith Stamper (born 1952) is an English former television presenter, journalist and academic. Early life Stamper was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland. She attended Cockermouth Grammar School (now Cockermouth School). She graduated in English in 1975 from St David's University College, Lampeter (now the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David in 2010). She gained a postgraduate diploma in Journalism from University College, Cardiff. Career Stamper first worked for '' The Cumberland News'' for six weeks, and afterwards worked for three months in Carlisle (BBC Radio Cumbria) then for seven months in Liverpool ( BBC Radio Merseyside). She became a researcher and then worked on BBC2's ''The Money Programme''. Television In the BBC Yorkshire region she became known as the main presenter of '' Look North'', with such colleagues as Harry Gration. She presented ''Look North'' from 1985 to 1995, joining in 1980. Sophie Raworth succeeded her at ''Look North'' (her first main television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.121 billion (including colleges) , budget = £2.308 billion (excluding colleges) , chancellor = The Lord Sainsbury of Turville , vice_chancellor = Anthony Freeling , students = 24,450 (2020) , undergrad = 12,850 (2020) , postgrad = 11,600 (2020) , city = Cambridge , country = England , campus_type = , sporting_affiliations = The Sporting Blue , colours = Cambridge Blue , website = , logo = University of Cambridge logo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Mercer
Neil Mercer is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge. Mercer grew up in Cockermouth in Cumbria, where he went to Cockermouth Grammar School before studying psychology at the University of Manchester. He has a PhD in psycholinguistics from the University of Leicester. His research explores the role of dialogue in education and the development of children's reasoning. Biography He is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge, where he is also Director of the study Centre Oracy Cambridge and a Life Fellow of the college Hughes Hall. Prior to moving to the University of Cambridge, he was Director of the Open University's Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technologies (CREET). and a member of the Centre for Language and Communications. He was previously co-editor of the journal Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, editor of the journal Learning and Instruction and the International Journal of Educational Research. Rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Carter (surgeon)
Sir David Craig Carter (born 1 September 1940) is a surgeon who was Chief Medical Officer for Scotland from 1996–2000. Early life and education David Craig Carter was born on 1 September 1940 to Mary Florence (née Lister) and Horace Ramsay Carter. He attended Cockermouth Grammar School, and went on to study medicine at the University of St Andrews, graduating with an MB ChB in 1964 and continuing on to receive his MD. Surgeon He was St Mungo Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow from 1979 to 1988. He then became the Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh. He was appointed the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland in 1996 and continued in this role until 2000, when he was succeeded by Mac Armstrong. In 1984 Carter was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as President in 1998. In 1987 he was elected a member of the Aesculapian Club. Carter was the Honorary President of the British Medical Association from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Alderson
Christine Alderson (born August 1967) is a British film producer, and the director of the production company Ipso Facto Productions. Early life Alderson was born in Stone, Staffordshire, in August 1967. She was educated there at St Dominics Convent School a Catholic convent independent schooland later at Cockermouth Grammar School in the Lake District. Life and career Alderson co-founded Ipso Facto Films with Jacqui Lawrence in Newcastle in 1993. Ipso Facto Films ceased to exist in 2013 and Alderson now runs Ipso Facto Productions as sole director. Among Alderson's more than 20 films as producer, co-producer or executive producer are ''The Banksy Job'', ''This Beautiful Fantastic'', ''Snow in Paradise'', ''Valhalla Rising'', ''Soulboy'', ''Irina Palm'', ''School for Seduction'' and ''Nasty Neighbours''. Alderson is a graduate of EAVE, ACE and Inside Pictures. She is a member of both BAFTA and EFA. Personal life Alderson married Adam Page in 2001 and they separated in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Trafford
James Harrington Trafford (born 10 October 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Burnley. Early life Trafford grew up in Greysouthen in a farming family. He was a Chelsea fan. He attended Cockermouth School and St Bede's College. He learned to drive on a tractor and in his early career he would return to help out on the family farm in the off-season. Club career Manchester City Trafford began his career with Cockermouth and Carlisle United, signing with Manchester City in August 2015 at the age of 12. At Carlisle he began as a midfielder but volunteered to become a goalkeeper at age nine. He moved on loan to Accrington Stanley in July 2021. This loan was later described as "challenging" due to injuries and losing his first-team place. Trafford signed on loan for Bolton Wanderers on 13 January 2022, until the end of the 2021–22 season. He kept four clean sheets in his first four games, the first time a goalkeeper had done so in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Stokes
Benjamin Andrew Stokes (born 4 June 1991) is an English international cricketer who is the captain of the England Test team and plays for the England Twenty20 International (T20I) team. In domestic cricket, he represents Durham and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including the Indian Premier League, playing for Rising Pune Supergiant and Rajasthan Royals. Born in New Zealand, Stokes moved to England as a child. He made his T20I debut in 2011, his Test debut in 2013, and played for England's One Day International (ODI) team from 2011 before retiring from the format in July 2022. He was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup, top-scoring in England's innings in the final before batting in the tied Super Over, winning the Man of the Match award. He was named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2019 and 2020, and won the ICC Award for Best Men's Cricketer and BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in 2019. He was appointed captain of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Pickford
Catherine Ruth Pickford ( Packer; born 5 July 1976) is an English Anglican priest. Since September 2020, she has served as Archdeacon of Northolt in the Diocese of London, Church of England. She had previously been in parish ministry in the Diocese of Newcastle since her ordination in 2000, serving as Rector of St James' Church, Benwell (2009–2015) and priest-in-charge of Stannington, Northumberland (2015–2020). Pickford is a member of the General Synod of the Church of England. Early life and education Pickford was born on 5 July 1976 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. She is the daughter of John Packer, retired Bishop of Ripon and Leeds. She was educated at All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield, Stainburn School, Workington, and Cockermouth School; all state comprehensive schools. She studied theology at the University of Nottingham, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1997. She then attended Westcott House, Cambridge, a Liberal Anglo-Catholic theolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
