L6 Drama A Level visited the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester on Tuesday 26th March to watch the latest theatre production and participate in a career’s focused Q+A session with the actors from the show. The play was written by 18 year old Shelagh Delaney back in 1958 and is... Read More
“35 students took part in the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge on Tuesday 3rd November. This is a national competition for sixth form students testing their problem solving and mathematical reasoning skills. 5 students gained a Gold Certificate, placing them in the top 10% of results nationally. A further 10 students... Read More
Of course the best way to see our College is to attend one of our Open Days, however, if you are unable to make these then we have the perfect solution for you. Aquinas College is excited to launch our new virtual tour website. Get a feel for the layout... Read More
Stockport MP Navendu Mishra MP visited college to meet Luke Watson and Politics A Level students for an informal lunchtime Q&A session. Nav gave a brief introduction to his role as an MP and his responsibilities in Parliament and then took questions from the students present. Questions and answers were... Read More
Ken Clark from the Bank of England delivered an interesting talk to the upper 6th Economics students about the role that the Bank of England plays to try and achieve a low and stable inflation rate. Ken also gave the students insightful information about what it is like to work... Read More
Budding writer Becca Donnelly in TG6A6 was encouraged to enter the national Young Writers Award last term and her hard work and creativity has paid off! Becca was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the competition holders and her poetry will be published in the Young Writers Award 2023 Poetry... Read More
The Financial Studies teachers had an early morning Zoom meeting with finance expert and founder of the Money Saving Expert website; Martin Lewis. It was an event for teachers across the UK involved in financial education. The topic of conversation was how to inspire young people to develop an enterprising... Read More
The BTEC acting students went to see the Curious Incident of the Dog in the night time at the Manchester Opera house. The students and staff were treated to some excellent special effects, jaw dropping technical elements, talented actors and some eye-catching physical theatre. The students really enjoyed the performance... Read More
The Upper sixth BTEC Actors completed their final Performing to an audience unit the last week of term. Fifty Two Performing Arts students worked on musical theatre pieces which included acting, singing and dancing. Each group worked on a different number. We had: When I grow up and Revolting children... Read More
Some of our BTEC IT students recently went on a trip to the offices of ANS in Manchester. ANS are an IT services company that specialise in providing IT solutions and services to businesses, including cloud computing, digital transformation, cybersecurity, and managed services. They provided the students with a tour... Read More
BTEC Music students presented their ‘Band Night’ in the Aquinas Studio Theatre. It was an exciting night with all students taking part and performing brilliantly to a packed theatre. The music was very varied in style and each band performed five songs. The students demonstrated some excellent arranging skills, transferring... Read More
Aquinas college have now secured planning permission to build a new 10 classroom teaching block within the heart of the college campus. With a footprint of 681m2 including classrooms and a flexible learning space, the development will accommodate up to 250 students which will allow for the increasing demands placed... Read More
