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News : In The Press

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A selection of news articles from local, national and online press.

Ed Balls says Cowley will be a trailblazer - Friday, 25 September 2009
SCHOOLS Secretary Ed Balls officially opened Cowley Language College’s impressive new £18m school and stressed the importance of investing in St Helens’ pupils.
Speaking exclusively to the Star, Mr Balls said that the new facility was one of the best designed schools in the country and would be seen as a trailblazer for others across the country.
Full Article: St Helens Star (External Website)

Exciting times - Friday, 11 September 2009
Tim Byles CBE Chief executive of Partnerships for Schools, London: "Like many parents I am excited by the prospect of my child returning to school this week. What will he learn this year and how will his experiences help to shape his life in the future?..."
Full Article: St Helens Star (External Website)

New term begins at ‘school of the future’ - Friday, 11 September 2009
EDUCATION in St Helens witnessed the dawn of a new era as pupils sat down to classes in our town’s first ‘school of the future’.
Cowley Language College’s spectacular £18 million school opened fully to pupils this week, marking a momentous day in the secondary school’s proud history.
Full Article: St Helens Star (External Website)

Shaun Woodward Visits Cowley New Build - Friday, 11 September 2009
Extract: "I was blown away by this fantastic new building; it truly is a 21st Century school which can now lead the way in showing how an "eco" school can be built and maintained"
Full Article: Click Here! (External Website)

Cowley's Musicians Tour USA
Musicians from Cowley Language College will be jetting off to the USA soon to represent St. Helens by giving a series of concerts. To read more about it download our latest newsletter:
Source: 29th September 2008 - CLC Newsletter (PDF Download)

On Your Bikes Girls, Urges Ed
OLYMPIC champ Ed Clancy is backing the latest campaign to get more people cycling - especially teenage girls.
Newton-le-Willows based Ed, who won gold at Beijing in the team pursuit, met Cowley Language College pupils Amy Farrar and Sara Bowling to chat about the benefits of bike riding.
Source: St Helens Star (External Website)

Taylor Woodrow finds some new recruits
It appears the construction fever that has hit Liverpool is spreading, as students from secondary schools in St Helens put on their hard hats and get in on the action. Girls from Haydock Sports College and Cowley Language College recently had a careers class with a difference when they were treated to a tour of the Taylor Woodrow construction sites at Whiston and St Helens Hospital.
Source: St Helens Chamber Business News (PDF Download)

Cowley praised by ofsted
Cowley Language College in St. Helens has been praised by Ofsted inspectors for its outstanding curriculum in a "well led and managed school."
Source/Read more: St. Helens Council (External website)

New £21m plans for high school
A NEW vision to rebuild Cowley Language College on a nearby site with £21-million funding has been revealed.
Source: St. Helens Star (External website)

New £21m plans for high school
A NEW vision to rebuild Cowley Language College on a nearby site with £21-million funding has been revealed.
Source: St. Helens Star (External website)

Great to see ex-Cowley boy doing so well
I FELT I had to write in to say how well local businessman Tony Caldeira came across on the recent Channel 4 programme about British entrepreneurs...
Source: St. Helens Star Reader Letter (External website)

Teens help save man's life
FIVE St Helens schoolboys have been praised after their quick-thinking helped save a stricken passer-by.
Source: St. Helens Reporter (External website)

Jonkers calls time on career
Jonkers, a former Cowley High pupil, made his Knowsley Road debut against Salford on March 7, 1999, under Ellery Hanley's stewardship.
Source: St. Helens Reporter (External website)

 

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