York College is proud to announce a phenomenal 100% A Level Pass Rate for York College this year.
Well over half of our A level students studying A Levels have attained high grades (A* - B), out of more than 900 A Level entries. ๐ ๐
#AlevelResultsDay
#ALevelResults2019
We are launching the York College End of Year Fashion Collection, featuring designs from level 1 โ level 6 College students. ๐
Check out the video for a look into the amazing work our incredibly talented students do:
Big thanks to
@YorkStJohn
who have kindly let us use some rooms while we repair the flood damage here on the York College campus.
We are all ready for students here at YSJ, see you all soon. ๐
#Thankful
#HelpingHand
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Great video of the York College
#RemembranceDay
silence including a play of The Last Post for Remembrance. ๐บ
Thanks to all of our student and staff for observing the silence and taking part in the College Atrium.
#LestWeforget
#ArmisticeDay
Well done to Sport student Jess Holder on her selection to be part of the 2018/19 English Schools Football Association (ECFA) national squad.
Full story:
@York_CollegeSDC
York College and
@YorkKnightsRLFC
have joined forces to provide an innovative education pathway, due to start in September 2019, and will launch the York College Knights Rugby Development Centre.
Full story:
Congrats to former York College bricklaying apprentice Lewis Greenwood, who won a Medallion of Excellence in Bricklaying
@WorldSkillsKZN
, and to his
@worldskillsuk
Training Manager Mike Burdett (also a bricklaying tutor
@york_college
), who trained and mentored Lewis.
@Darran_PDS
Today we say goodbye to Dr Alison Birkinshaw as she retires as Principal of York College. We thank Alison for providing exceptional leadership to colleagues and students, as well as across the region and nationally.
Thank you Alison! ๐
@DrAJBirkinshaw
We have decided to change our logo during this period of uncertainty to include a rainbow.
This is to remind us all that there is light and hope to follow even after dark times.
We hope you see the rainbow in our logo and feel a sense of positivity about the future. ๐
What a penalty,
@RachelDaly3
! So proud of our former Level 3 Diploma in Sport student smashing in her shoot-out spot kick against Nigeria to help
@Lionesses
reach the World Cup quarter-finals. We're celebrating with a flashback shot from her time at Sim Balk Lane!
#Lionesses
York College and
@YorkKnightsRLFC
have joined forces to provide an innovative education pathway, due to start in September 2019, and will launch the York College Knights Rugby Development Centre.
Full story:
We never cease to be in awe of our students.
Our Hospitality students have donated ยฃ1220, their years tips to the FEfoodbank campaign. This brings our total to ยฃ3,578.
Follow the link for the full story.
York College Gallery presents a new exhibition of hand printed posters by
@gridula
.
The Posters of Golden Cabinet is a collection of 30 posters created between 2013-2018 for an acclaimed experimental music night which took place
@kirkgate_centre
.
More:
CHAMPIONS! ๐ ๐
Fantastic victory for the York College/
@i2iFootballAcad
first team who clinched the
@ECFA12
League with games to spare after their 3-0 win over
@sunderlandcol
today.
Huge congrats to the team and all the training staff from York College. ๐ ๐ช
York College is partying having achieved an incredible 100% A Level pass rate, with well over half of the students attaining high grades (A* - B) out of more than 900 A Level entries.
Full story:
#alevelresults2019
#alevelresultsday
#alevels2019
#alevels
Congrats to the York College/
@i2iFootballAcad
Football Development Centre, who have been named second best college team in the United Kingdom, following their match against
@fefaUK
in the National Play-Off Final
@OfficialPVFC
Full story and more photos:
A huge congrats to York College student Holly Vallender who won 1 yearโs student membership of the
@rsociety_iii
and a book for the College library. ๐ ๐
Holly's coursework essay was entered into a Richard III society competition and hers was judged to be one of the top essays.
A fantastic year of achievement for York College has been capped off with nearly 60% of our students achieving high grades (A* - B) for their A Levels.
Simply fantastic news and a special well done to all of our students and staff.
#alevelresults2018
Football coaching in a different league at York College thanks to โwin-winโ
@YorkCityFC
team-up. ๐คโฝ
Students will benefit from the expertise of York City FC coaching staff thanks to an extensive new partnership between the two institutions.
Full story:
Ariel Hebditch, previously of
@grahamschool
achieved English Lit: A*, Drama & Theatre: A*, Maths: A*, Psychology: A* ๐ฎ ๐
Ariel is going onto
@Cambridge_Uni
and is hoping to become and writer but is keeping her options open. ๐
Amazing photos of the prototype face masks our wonderful Engineering staff have been developing using the College's manufacturing equipment. ๐
They are aiming to provide these to support GPs and Care Centres against COVID-19, more photos coming soon! ๐
Wonderful to see this story about one of our students who helped an unconscious boy at York Station recently - York College Hero!
Photo credit:
@yorkpress
Congratulations to former Performing Arts Musical Theatre student
@Adriana_ionica
who has won โBest Emerging Actressโ at the
@IARA_Awards
in London.
Read our full story:
We're celebrating a fantastic 100% A Level pass rate across all of our subject areas! ๐
An impressive 29 A Level students at York College have also secured an impressive three or more A* or A grades.
#ALevelResultsDay
#ALevelResults2019
Congratulations to Lewis Greenwood who won a Medallion of Excellence in Bricklaying
@WorldSkillsKZN
๐ ๐
Well done from everyone at York College, more details coming soon.
@worldskillsuk
Katie Wade, previously of Outwood Academy Easingwold, achieved an amazing set of results! ๐
Psychology A*
Biology A
Maths A
Extended Project Qualification A*
Katie is going on to study Psychology
@durham_uni
, good luck!
#ALevelResults
#alevelresults2019
#alevelresultsday
A huge congratulations to York College/
@i2iFootballAcad
graduate Harry Sheppeard who has signed a two-year deal with professional club Sheffield United.โ๐ผ
@SUFC_tweets
Given the very late announcement that Centre Assessed Grades will become studentsโ final exam grades - we will be emailing out Centre Accessed Grades (CAGs), for A Level, AS Level & GCSE results by Thursday.
Please bear with us as we work to get this to you ASAP.
Thank you.
โMy Favourite Lecturerโ - a great article from the
@AoC_info
about York College Bricklaying tutor Mike Burdett, who is also a Training Manager/Bricklaying Expert for
@worldskillsuk
Jonathan Oswald, previously of
@Barlby_High
โ earned 2 A*s in Maths and and his EPQ and 3 A's in Further Maths, Physics and Additional Further Maths (AS).
Jonathan is progressing to study Mathematics
@LancasterUni
.
Huge well done to the York College/
@i2iFootballAcad
who beat
@MaltbyAcademy
3-2 to solidify 2nd spot in the league and a place in the National Play-Offs.
Well done lads, smashed it! ๐ โฝ
Staff and students at York College observed two minutes silence as part of a powerful act of remembrance on
#ArmisticeDay
.
The ceremony was live-streamed into classrooms on campus, as well as to students & staff working from home.
Full story:
Congratulations to
@CITB_UK
stonemasonry apprentice Kristian Valente who, after competing in Squad selection
@BathCollege
in February, has been successful in getting through to the training for the
@worldskillsuk
Squad.
Full story:
Great result yesterday for the York College/
@i2iFootballAcad
first team who were up against
@qe_sports
.The York boys ran away as 4-1 victors with goals from D Davison, T Scrowston, JP Vass and C Birley to advance into the next round of the
@SchoolsFootball
National Cup ๐๐๐ผ
Half term is a great time to have a little break and do what you love.
Here's a little piano number from our Principal
@LD_Probert
, we hope you have a great half term break.
#wellmeetagain
#PrincipalGotSkills
Some more amazing photos from our amazing staff making more PPE front line workers, charities and those in need.
We are incredibly proud of our fantastic staff!
Amazing photos from our Art & Design department who have been busy helping the 'York Scrubs Group' by cutting out fabric to be used as scrub sets for staff at York Hospital.
Amazing gesture, we will have some more information and photos on this soon. ๐ ๐
Absolutely amazing to have the York College/
@i2iFootballAcad
lads back on site and training. ๐๐ผ
Long time coming! Keep our eyes peeled for more content from them now they are back, we can't wait to see them playing again. โฝ ๐๐ผ ๐
#OneBigFamily
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York Central MP,
@RachaelMaskell
MP has joined over 30 MPs to take part in a drop-in photocall session at Parliament, showing support for the Private Memberโs Bill launched by
@peterkyle
to lower the voting age to 16.
Full story:
Chantelle Lawrence progressed from Level 2 to Level 3 at York College and is now studying an apprenticeship, training to be a Laboratory Technician at the National STEM Learning Centre.
Full story:
@STEMLearningUK
Our engineering department has brought their expertise, skill and technical capabilities to the front and have been producing large amounts of much sought after PPE. This has been distributed to front line workers, charities and those in need.
Staff and students at York College are deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death of long serving Art & Design tutor Ed Poxon, and send sincere condolences to his family.
We have asked students to send in photos of things that they have made at home , look at Hermioneโs contribution who is one of our level 2 Cookery students, sheโs also started her own bakery business this year! ๐๐ฝ
Check it out here:
Congratulations to Stonemasonry student Rachael Wragg on being awarded The Apprentice Masonโs Certificate last month by the Worshipful Company of Masons. Rachael is an apprentice
@LincsCathedral
, in the third year of her apprenticeship at York College. ๐๐ผ ๐
@CoMasons
So proud of former York College apprentice bricklayer Lewis Greenwood who competed at WorldSkills Kazan over the weekend.
Our fingers are firmly crossed for Lewis as we await the announcement of the medal winners.
@worldskillsuk
@WorldSkillsKZN
Last week we were super happy to invite this very good boy to York College ๐พ ๐ถ
Rio is a
@HearingDogs
student and he had a great time meeting everyone there and practicing his training for his Hearing Dog career.
#doggo
#hearingdog
Congratulations to
@CITB_UK
stonemasonry apprentice Kristian Valente who, after competing in Squad selection
@BathCollege
in February, has been successful in getting through to the training for the
@worldskillsuk
Squad.
Full story:
Higher Education students at York College celebrated an important milestone in their lives when they graduated
@York_Minster
on 12th September 2019, having successfully completed degree-level courses.
Full story:
#YCGraduation19
๐ well done to Celia, one of our staff members, who entered her beautiful Border Terrier ๐ถ Sully into this yearโs
@crufts
They took 5th place in both the Yearling dog and Good Citizen Dog classes.
Well done guys ๐
#crufts2020
#crufts
#yorkcollege
Another
#GCSEResults
success story and this one from Abdul Karim Bitar (Maths 5, English 4) is truly inspiring. ๐ ๐
"When I came to England as a refugee, aged 17, I couldnโt speak English and the College has taught me so well." ๐
What a story, well done Karim! ๐คฏ ๐
Congratulations to stonemasonry student Rachael Wragg on being awarded The Apprentice Masonโs Certificate by the Worshipful Company of Masons. Rachael is an apprentice
@LincsCathedral
, in the third year of her apprenticeship at York College.
@CoMasons
CHAMPIONS! ๐ ๐
Fantastic victory for the York College/
@i2iFootballAcad
first team who clinched the
@ECFA12
League with games to spare after their 3-0 win over
@sunderlandcol
last week.
Huge congrats to the team and all the training staff from York College. ๐ ๐ช
Congratulations to Karen Gray, in our Finance team, who has been awarded โWoman of the Year 2019โ
@SlimmingWorld
in Fulford. Karen has lost over 3 stone is just over a year.
Doesn't she looks fabulous?!?
#SlimmingWorld
HUGE congratulations to
Joe Stamp and Hannah Langford who have both been selected for the England Collegeโs Squad for the 21-22 season.
๐๐๐
@ECFA12
@i2iFootballAcad
@AoC_Sport