We’re part of a multi-academy trust sponsored by
@coopuk
, committed to co-operative values and providing outstanding educational opportunities for our students.
This is how overwhelming opening your envelope to find you’ve achieved 3 A* grades and secured a place at Leeds University to read Medicine can be. We’re incredibly proud of you Sana 😊
Delighted to support the great work of Alyson Blakeley from
@PrinceHenrysGS
Alyson picked up 120 pairs of goggles from Priesthorpe which are now on their way to staff at Pinderfields and LGI
#ItsWhatWeDo
During a period of uncertainty, one thing that is certain is we have amazing, unforgettable and unstoppable students. We’re so proud of all our Y13 pupils as we welcome them on Results Day
#ItsWhatWeDo
Couldn’t be prouder; Staff, students, governors, and family members from Co-op Academy Priesthorpe have just cooked and served Christmas dinner to around 50 local residents who would otherwise be spending Christmas on their own. Magical times.
#itswhatwedo
We could not be more proud of our amazing Year 11 students. They’ve shown incredible resilience over the last two challenging years, and have secured our best ever outcomes as a result! Well done everyone! 😊👏😊👏
We’re incredibly proud of Zeke in Year 8 who was on Channel 4’s Junior Bake Off this week. The programme’s are available on catch-up where, amongst other things, you can see his amazing ‘Make the world inclusive for neurodiversity’ sponge cake 🎂 😊
Huge congratulations to all of our Year 13 students on their achievements this summer. We’re incredibly proud of you all and of the resilience you’ve shown over the last 2 years. You’re amazing! 😊🥳👏
Proud to share in what is a landmark moment for all our Year 11 students on their Results Day. Lots of fabulous stories, great successes and proud students, parents and staff. 😊
⭐️Huge congratulations to Ollie!⭐️
He is the international C2 Judo champion after competing in London this weekend.
This follows his recent success as he became England champion and was selected for the England squad 🙌
Over 50 Co-op Academy Priesthorpe and Co-op Academy Leeds students showed off their amazing musical and acting talents at our Winter Showcase tonight. Cooperation at its best. Well done everyone 😊
#Itswhatwedo
We can’t wait to welcome our Post 16 students for Results Day today. We have all the support and guidance you need for your next steps. You are all amazing!
Fabulous to see so many smiling faces this morning. After so much uncertainty this year, it’s great to finally be able to celebrate our students’ achievements with them. A huge ‘well done’ to everyone 👏
Congratulations to three of our Y8 students from Ms Morley’s Coaching group, who arranged and held a bake sale, raising an amazing £107.45. A fantastic achievement. Well done. Their chosen charity was
@Khalsa_Aid
.
A team of our students & staff were proud to support the Jane Tomlinson Leeds 10K
@runforall
today, as we are every year. Lots of smiles handing out thousands of bottles of water to the amazing runners 😊
What a hastily arranged but brilliant Year 11 Leavers’ Assembly today. Just because you won’t be in the building on Monday doesn’t mean we’re not right by your side for you. Take care everyone.
We’re incredibly proud that ex-Priesthorpe student, Alex Bell, has been selected to represent Great Britain in the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, in the 800m. What an incredible achievement! 😊
A staff member retired in July and organised a mobile barista coffee and cake for collegues today. This was well recived by all staff. Yum Yum!
Huge thank you Lesley Gibbons
@MrBarista
@jodiesbakes
#itswahtwedo
📚We’re ready and waiting for the first group of students to join us to start their National Tutoring Programme for a English and Science! We can’t wait to see you! 🥳
@BrilliantClub
Fairtrade Conference - Well done to our students for their amazing and confident presentation ‘Bean to Bar’ workshop experience which they have just delivered to over 130 Co-op Academy students across the Trust!!!! 😀
We're proud to receive the Computing Quality Mark! Awarded by the National Centre for
Computing Education recognising our great computing education across the school.
@wearecomputing
#computingqualityframework
#compqf
We’re really excited about welcoming our Y10/12 students back to school w/c 15 June. A big ‘thank you’ to our Site Team & cleaners who’ve worked tirelessly to make sure it’s safe to do so.
#ItsWhatWeDo
Our staff getting ready and now on the road delivering vouchers and work packs to our Free School Meal families. Proud of what they’re doing to support our families and community.
#ItsWhatWeDo
Umayr Hewitt in Year 8 is one of only 5 students acrosss the Yorkshire region to be selected by Yorkshire CC for their Performance Pathway programme! We’re so proud!🏏
You can read more here 👉
Whilst there might still be lots of uncertainty about when schools will be re-opening, one thing that is certain is how much our staff are missing our students. Take care and stay safe.
It has been a busy week for our newly appointed Restorative Ambassadors as they embark on new training involving role play and also for our restorative hub students doing their bit, filling up our plant beds
#itswhatwedo
Teacher Miss Booth has won 1st prize in the Priesthorpe Bake Off! What an amazing cake creation...so much talent! The inspiration was taken from a notebook with the same positive message 🌈
Well done Miss Booth🌟
Two of our amazing students in Year 7, Madeline Rhodes & Zuha Siddique have been raising money on an enterprize project. They sold decorated cakes for Halloween. They raised £26! This has gone towards MND. Well done girls
#doingwhatmattersmost
The first of our staff donations to share with our vulnerable families next week along with the £20 Co-op vouchers. What a brilliant team.
#ItsWhatWeDo
A Huge Thank you to
@TrumanBooks
for your amazing contribution to our mini library at our Restorative Hub
@cooppriesthorpe
. We are passionate about reading & so are our students.
We look forward to working with you more in the future 📚 🏫
Today our amazing Year 11s shared stories, songs and memories of time spent at Priesthorpe. They’ve been one of THE most inspiring year Groups, lead by Ms Gowan and Mr Foster. They will be deeply missed by all! ❤️
#promtomorrow
#signthoseshirts
#itsnotgoodbyeitsseeyousoon
We've had a fantastic morning celebrating with our Year 11 students, as they collected their exam results. We're proud of each and everyone of them. Amongst lots of amazing stories were twin sisters Harleen and Hasneet who, between them, achieved 18 Grade 9s! 😀👋
We were thrilled to receive this letter from our Local Authority, congratulating us on our excellent Year 11 exam results in the summer. We’re incredibly proud of our amazing students and the staff that supported them on their learning journey 👏👍
This morning we were delighted to have a visit from our group CEO
@Steve_Murrells
. It was a huge privilege to have the time Steve put aside to visit lessons and meet with our student council. The students have been immensely inspired.
#beingcoop
Our first in-person Presentation Evening for 3 years. Great to celebrate the resilience and achievements of so many of our students. A big ‘thank you’ to our Guest Speaker, local Rugby League legend, Jamie Peacock 👏
Hana, Anya and Aqsah, 3 of our lovely Year 12 business students have entered the Leap Business Enterprise Project! They have created a business selling handmade notebooks! Contact the girls to place an order ☺️lunaleapbusiness
@hotmail
.com
@leapleeds
We’re incredibly proud of all our students and staff who were involved in planning and delivering what was a fantastic production of ‘Oliver’ yesterday evening. What a night! 😊
We’re so proud of the Priesthorpe students that completed the Reach project!
Today they attended a celebration event at
@CoopManchester
and received certificates from
@coop_tomlinson
They took part in local work experience and mentoring! ⭐️🙌
We were proud to host the 'Reach' careers event, bringing together students from different academies in our
@CoopAcademies
Trust - inspiring our young people to future success 🚀
Our Year 7 Science students have worked incredibly hard on their homework -All about Volcanoes!
Our students efforts make us feel extremely proud. Well done year 7
13 girls travelled to CAG Bradford to take part in an intersport Basketball event. Year 8 Girls' narrowly losing 6-3 and our Year 10 girls being victorious with an 8-4 win. Great skills & energy being shown by all who took part. Mya yr 8 and Simra Yr 9 voted players of the match
A patient who has recovered from Covid-19 said on BBC today: “NHS staff are heroes like the Spitfire pilots of WW2”. Fitting that at our WW1 memorial a rainbow flag of hope is flying. Stay safe
Priesthorpe staff will be hand delivering £20 Co-op food vouchers to the households who didn’t collect from school yesterday. Please see our website for how we’ll be doing this safely. Thanks to all the extra staff volunteering to help. Stay safe
#ItsWhatWeDo
As part of the Performing Arts Challenge this month our students have been asked to write their own rememberance poem. Take a look at this beautiful poem written by Macey in Year 8
#RemembranceDay
At Coop Priesthorpe we have been revamping our staff space for our amazing team.
We have a swap shop. Donate clothing and take a piece of clothing, weekly fruit bowls, free tea & coffee.
A beautiful World Cup cake made by one of our talented maths teachers.
#showingwecare
We were delighted to welcome over 20 businesses, public sector organisations, charities, and FE/HE institutions to our Annual Careers Fair. All students had the chance to meet with and discuss opportunities open to them at 16 or 18, when they begin their next exciting journey.
A huge round of applause and congratulations to our students
We received 20 applications for our scholars programme. With only 6 places available competition was high!
Congratulations to our 6 students who have successfully secured their place. This will be lead by Mrs Gupta.
A lovely piece of memorabilia, a letter given to all school children - 8th May 1946 VE Day. Enjoy your celebrations today, remember social distancing and stay safe 😀
Student leaders have organised and run an amazing end of term fashion show showcasing a diverse range of cultural clothes in a community where there is real strength in differences. 😊
@priesthorpe
#culturalweek
Monday 11th Act of Remembrance, feeling very honoured to have been invited to commemorate the sacrifice of the brave military who are laid to rest within Farsley Rehoboth
@FarsleyOf
@FarsleyStore
@PoppyLegion
#beingcoop
Our team of students, staff, and family volunteers had a great time organising the water station at this morning’s Leeds 10K Run for All. Congratulations to the amazing 5,000+ runners who took part, many raising money for a long list of charities 👏👏
The second of our two Year 8 trips to London took place yesterday. Pupils had a great time at Houses of Parliament & listened to a live debate on immigration involving two of our local MPs. A great learning moment. Thanks to Mrs Cronshaw & all staff who supported trips.
Huge warm welcome to our New Year 7 students, we are so excited to meet you all. We hope you all have a fantastic first day!
#cantwaittoseenewfaces
#welcomeyear7
Amazing charity event at
@DeevaRestaurant
last night!
@PRAlearning
performed,
@alexsimmonstv
hosted our auction and raffle! We raised an incredible £2420 for Tenage Cancer Trust and Wishing Wells!
Big thanks to
@CoopFarsley
too for selling tickets and donating prizes!
We were delighted to welcome the 3 daughters of Brian Strong to the academy yesterday; the 1st Headteacher of Priesthorpe. The family gifted us significant funds to help us build our Restorative Hub. We are proud to hold the baton Brian began carrying over 50 years ago 😊
Congratulations to our Year 13 students. It was fabulous to share in your successes with you this morning. The next exciting chapter of your journey about to begin. 👋
Today we’re welcoming Year 11, 12 & 13 students back to school for their first Covid test. The student support team will be conducting wellbeing 1:1 meetings with each student 👏
#ItsWhatWeDo
Year 8 students took part in a Dragons’ Den enterprise day 💡 In teams they had just 4 hours to design a product to reduce our reliance on single-use plastics. Winning teams pitched their ideas to the whole year group and a panel of dragons!♻️
@coopuk
@CoopAcademies