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20 January

College at top of social media charts

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Blackpool Sixth has come fourth out of 485 colleges in the UK and Ireland for its social media output and engagement in 2020.  The Edurank league table for college social media, run by the education marketing consultancy Net Natives, shows …

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06 January

New podcast to help wellbeing

  • Categories Thrive

Blackpool Sixth has launched the first in a series of podcasts to help support students, staff and the wider community with their sense of wellbeing. The podcast is part of a wider project at Blackpool Sixth called ‘Thrive’. This project …

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Career Ready awards
11 November

Career Ready programme wins national award

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Blackpool Sixth has won both a regional and a national award for its Career Ready programme.  The programme which has been running at the college for eleven years provides students with an in-depth preparation for the world of work, including …

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Luke Bateman
16 October

Luke scoops fiction prize

  • Categories Alumni

A former Blackpool Sixth student has won the coveted Oxford Review of Books Short Fiction prize. Luke Bateman, who left Blackpool Sixth in 2019 and now studies modern and ancient history at Oxford University, won the prize for his short …

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Ethan Lees
16 October

Ethan elected to UN top job

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A former Blackpool Sixth student has been elected to the top job at the youth branch of the United Nations Association. Ethan Lees, who is currently studying archaeology at Cambridge University, is now the UK General-Secretary of UNA-YP which coordinates …

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24 September

College confirms positive Covid-19 test

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A member of staff at Blackpool Sixth has today tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently self-isolating at home. The member of staff self-isolated as soon as they developed symptoms and has not returned to college since.  We have taken …

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16 September

College confirms two positive Covid-19 tests

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Blackpool Sixth confirms that two students have tested positive for Covid-19. Both students self-isolated as soon as they developed symptoms last week and have not returned to college since.   The local health protection team has been informed and are contacting …

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18 August

Update on A level and Vocational Results 2020

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Update from the Principal on A level and Vocational Results 2020 Dear students, As you will likely be aware, Ofqual yesterday made the decision to award students the centre assessed grades (CAG) for Summer 2020 which were submitted to the …

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13 August

Brilliant Results for Blackpool Sixth Students

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Blackpool Sixth students and staff are once again celebrating a brilliant set of A level and BTEC level 3 results. 50 courses had a 100% pass rate and overall high grades for Level 3 subjects have increased yet again. Furthermore, …

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25 June

Blackpool Sixth is BTEC College of the Year 2020

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Blackpool Sixth has won the national BTEC College of the Year award at today’s Pearson BTEC Awards.  Additionally, two students from the college won Silver Awards, acknowledging their excellent achievements in their BTEC courses. The 2020 BTEC Awards comprised of …

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