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Prior Pursglove College
Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College is a sixth form college with sites in Guisborough and Stockton-on-Tees. The college is a result of a merger between Prior Pursglove College and Stockton Sixth Form College in May 2016. The college is led by the Principal (Asma Shaffi) who is accountable to the board of governors. The college educates around 1,600 students on the Guisborough campus, and 700 students on the Stockton campus. History In 1561, Robert Pursglove set up a free school on the site which would later come to house Prior Pursglove College. The school existed to enable local boys to learn Latin and also served as an Almshouse for twelve local elderly residents. The school and almshouse was reformed in the 1880s to become Guisborough Grammar School, which lasted until 1971 before becoming Prior Pursglove College. Prior Pursglove merged with South Park Sixth Form College in 1997, eventually consolidating the provision of education on to the Guisborough campus. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Form College
A sixth form college is an educational institution, where students aged 16 to 19 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A Levels, Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma, or school-level qualifications such as General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examinations. In Singapore and India, this is known as a junior college. The municipal government of the city of Paris uses the phrase 'sixth form college' as the English name for a lycée (Highschool). In England and the Caribbean, education is currently compulsory until the end of Year 13, the school year in which the pupil turns 18.Previously in England, education was compulsory only until Year 11 before August 2013 and until year 12 between August 2013 and 2015.Education and Skills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BTEC National Diplomas
The Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) is a provider of secondary school leaving qualifications and further education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Whilst the T in BTEC previously stood for Technical, according to the DFE (2016) it now stands for Technology. BTECs originated in 1984 and were awarded by Edexcel from 1996. Their origins lie in the Business Education Council, formed in 1974 to "rationalise and improve the relevance of sub-degree vocational education". It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pearson plc. BTEC qualifications, especially Level 3, are accepted by all UK universities (in many instances combined with other qualifications such as A Levels) when assessing the suitability of applicants for admission, and many such universities base their conditional admissions offers on a student's predicted BTEC grades. Currently, Imperial College is the only university in Britain not to accept BTECs at all. A report by the Social Market Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faye Marsay
Faye Elaine Marsay (born 30 December 1986) is an English actress. Her notable roles include Anne Neville in '' The White Queen'' (2013), the recurring character Candice in '' Fresh Meat'' (2013), Steph in the film ''Pride'' (2014), Amy in ''Need for Speed'' (2015), The Waif in the fifth and sixth seasons of '' Game of Thrones'' (2015-2016), Blue Colson in the ''Black Mirror'' episode "Hated in the Nation" (2016), and Vel Sartha in '' Andor'' (2022). Early life Marsay was born in Middlesbrough. She moved to Loftus, North Yorkshire, where she attended the Laurence Jackson School in Guisborough. Marsay went on to Prior Pursglove College, before joining the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where she played the roles of Sissy Jupe in '' Hard Times'', First Wyrd Sister and Fleance in '' Macbeth'', Runt in ''Disco Pigs'', and Shen Te in ''The Good Soul of Szechuan''. It was during her time at the Old Vic school that she won the Spotlight Prize of 2012. As soon as she graduated, she l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katy Livingston
Katy Livingston (born 10 January 1984 in Guisborough, England) is a British modern pentathlete who has competed at the Olympic Games. Early life Whilst at school she was a member of the running club, New Marske Harriers and swimming club, Saltburn and Marske, and played netball at a county level for Cleveland. Livingston trains at the University of Bath, where she completed a degree in Coach Education and Sports Development. She is a supporter of Sheffield Wednesday football club, and says that her earliest memory of major sporting event is going with her father to watch one of their matches. Career Between 2003 and 2005 Livingston competed at three World Junior Championships, winning team gold medals in 2003, in Athens, and 2005, in Moscow and relay silver medals in 2003 and 2004. She also won team silver at the 2004 European Junior Championships. In May 2007 she won a silver at the Moscow senior World Cup event. In June at the European Championships in Riga she finished 6th i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Liddle
Roderick E. Liddle (born 1 April 1960) is an English journalist and an associate editor of ''The Spectator''. He was an editor of BBC Radio 4's ''Today'' programme. His published works include ''Too Beautiful for You'' (2003), ''Love Will Destroy Everything'' (2007), ''The Best of Liddle Britain'' (co-author, 2007) and the semi-autobiographical ''Selfish Whining Monkeys'' (2014). He has presented television programmes, including ''The New Fundamentalists'', '' The Trouble with Atheism'', and ''Immigration Is A Time Bomb''. Liddle began his career at the ''South Wales Echo'', then worked for the Labour Party, and later joined the BBC. He became editor of ''Today'' in 1998, resigning in 2002 after his employers objected to one of his articles in ''The Guardian''. He currently writes for ''The Sunday Times'', ''The Spectator'' and '' The Sun'', among other publications. Early life and radio Liddle was born in Sidcup, Kent, the son of a train driver. From the age of eight, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Jackson
Johanna Atkinson (née Jackson) (born 17 January 1985) is a British race walker, and Commonwealth champion from New Marske in Redcar and Cleveland. Johanna's mother Maureen Jackson, a professional sporting coach, coached Johanna and supported her throughout her Olympic journey. Johanna Jackson married Dave Atkinson in St Thomas's Church in December 2012. Johanna acted as a batonbearer when the 2022 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay came to Redcar Redcar is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located east of Middlesbrough. The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdivision had a population of .... Achievements References * 1985 births Living people People from Redcar Athletes from Yorkshire British female racewalkers English female racewalkers Olympic female racewalkers Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Halliday
Bradley Halliday (born 10 July 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for League Two club Bradford City. He previously played for Fleetwood Town, Cambridge United and Middlesbrough, and had loan spells with York City, Hartlepool United and Accrington Stanley. Early and personal life Halliday was born and raised in Redcar, North Yorkshire. He attended Prior Pursglove College in Guisborough, North Yorkshire. Career Early career Halliday had been playing for Redcar Town's youth team for 10 years when joining the Middlesbrough academy in 2010. He later returned to Redcar although Middlesbrough continued to monitor his progress. Halliday was spotted playing for Redcar by a Newcastle United scout before joining the club's academy in early 2013. He rejoined Middlesbrough after impressing their manager Dave Parnaby during a trial, signing a professional contract with the club in August 2013. Having played regularly for Middlesbrough's under- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonny Cocker
Jonathan Cocker (born 24 August 1986) is a British racing driver. In 2012 he won the ELMS GTE Pro Championship. He competed in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) for Drayson Racing, a team run by Paul Drayson. Career Cocker, who was born in Cheshire, began his racing career in T Cars in 2001, aged 14. In 2003, he progressed to the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, finishing fourth in the standings. He also competed in a Porsche Supercup event at Silverstone Circuit in support of the British Grand Prix. In 2004 he became the youngest driver to win the British GT Championship, aged 18. In 2005 he won the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. In 2006, Cocker began racing an Aston Martin DBRS9 for Barwell Motorsport in the FIA GT3 European Championship and British GT Championship. In 2007, he shared the bio-ethanol powered car in British GT with United Kingdom Minister Paul Drayson, the pair finishing second. In 2008, Cocker graduated with Drayson-Barwell Racing to the American Le Mans Serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Borwell
Sarah Leah Borwell (born 20 August 1979) is an English former professional tennis player who enjoyed her greatest success in doubles. She was the British number one in doubles. Her career-high doubles ranking is 65, set on 9 August 2010 and her career-high singles ranking is 199, which she reached on 10 July 2006. Early life Borwell was born in Middlesbrough. She attended Nunthorpe School, where Jonathan Woodgate and Liam Plunkett were fellow students, she even shared a class and school football team with Woodgate who is a year her junior at The Avenue Primary school, where dual year classes were present. She was a regular player for the Schools boys football team, more than holding her own and deserving her place in the team. and Prior Pursglove College in Guisborough. She won a tennis scholarship to the University of Houston, where she was ranked as high as #8 in the NCAA and completed a business degree. Her father is a scout at Aston Villa F.C., and her mother coac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abi Alton
''The X Factor'' is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The tenth series began airing on ITV on 31 August, and finished on 15 December 2013. Dermot O'Leary returned to present the main show on ITV and Caroline Flack was back to present spin-off show '' The Xtra Factor'' on ITV2, along with comedian Matt Richardson, who replaced Olly Murs. Flack also presented backstage segments during the live shows. Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger returned as judges for their respective tenth, third and second series, with Sharon Osbourne returning to replace Tulisa after five series away. This was Barlow's final series as a judge. Osbourne and Scherzinger also departed the series, but reprised their roles as judges with Walsh again in series 13 and series 14. Auditions for the series started in March 2013 with mobile auditions taking place in 23 towns and cities. After this, open auditions in front of producers took place in April and May in London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
