Congratulations to the twenty seven GCSE PE students who have completed their GCSE one year early. A group were selected, as Year 9s, to sit a short course early with twenty seven of them opting to top it up to a full course GCSE this year.  They have now completed an intense Moderation Day and last Wednesday, a tough 90 minute [...]

The under 14 Girl’s Football Team were already a part of history in the making when they accompanied the Paignton u12 and u16 teams to the 2013 Devon Football Finals at Feniton.  These girls however were not content with just this record! The girl’s had a tough set of fixtures ahead of them against the best [...]

Well done to all GCSE Ethics students - Unit One exam is now over.  There is just one more  exam on Friday, 17th May and then your  GCSE Ethics is complete. Don’t forget to make sure you have a Unit 8 Revision Guide and to come to revision classes on Tuesday and Thursday this week; after school in [...]

Sunday 12th May – 1600hr – Job Done! Have you ever felt your heart pound in your ears and mouth, where the deep throbbing lub-dub sound not only reminds you that you are alive, but that you have  just given your every being into the demand that life’s rich tapestry has just thrown upon you? For [...]

Paignton Community Sports Academy……………3 – 1………………Plymstock School Paignton Community & Sports Academy’s Torquay United Development Squad clinched a stunning 3-1 victory against their Plymouth-based rivals, Plymstock School in the final of the U18’s County Cup at Newton Abbot Spurs’ Recreation Ground on Wednesday, 8th May. With the 7-a-side U14 girls march to glory still fresh [...]

The Year 11 BTEC Group’s Final Concert, The Final Countdown, will take place in the Performing Arts Centre at Waterleat Road on Tuesday, 14th May between 4.00 pm and 5.30 pm. This Concert will complete the Group’s two year course:  the BTEC Certificate in Music.    The students have organised everything  concerning the Concert themselves:  they have decided [...]

One of the Academy’s Year 10 Music groups are involved in a Torbay-wide project involving other Secondary and Primary Schools in the Bay.  They were invited to The Centenary Hall at Torquay Boys’ Grammar this week to attend a training session with Paul Wilson from Wren Music and Community Arts, Okehampton. The project will require this [...]

8G3 and 8P3 have been reading Witch Child by Celia Rees.  This book is about a girl Mary  who sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hung for the crime: she is silently hurried to safety by an unknown woman. The woman gives her tools to keep the record of her days – paper and [...]

The first GCSE Ethics Exam is on Monday, 13th May.   Don’t forget the revision session in BO3 tonight after school. The final exam next is next Friday, 17th May.  Revision sessions will be held after school in B03 on Tuesday and Thursday of next week.  If you have lost your revision guide please see, [...]

On Saturday 11th May, from 10.00am – 1.30pm, PCSA will be host to the inaugural ‘Talent Scout’ Day.  This initiative, supported by the Herald Express, is the idea of the Torbay Sports Council. The day is for Year 5 and 6 pupils from Torbay and Teignbridge to take part in a series of free taster [...]