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Joel Rickard, our Assistant Principal, interviews Abi Docherty, our Creative Writing tutor
Meet Abi Docherty, an award winning, published playwright and our Creative Writing tutor. Abi discusses with Joel her MPW students' imaginative work, her love of story-telling and her creative process. Abi wrote the play “One Thousand Paper Cranes" which will be staged at the New Victory Theater in New York.
Celebrating the Year of the Dog
Preparation began in January for this year’s Chinese New Year event including Chinese food, a tea ceremony and dressing up teachers in traditional clothes. The students worked hard to plan the festivities and the celebration proved to be very popular.
MPW Cambridge top 1% of all schools in the country for A level value added
DfE puts MPW Cambridge in the top 1% of all schools in the country for A level value added, placing us 26th out of all 2786 schools and colleges in the country offering A levels.
Senior Maths Challenge
Every year the A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics students of MPW sit the Senior Mathematics Challenge. It is held across the UK on a single day each year, and is sat by many thousands of students. This year Jacky Tsui, pictured, achieved the best score for MPW.
AS Photography Exhibition
On Friday 16th February, the AS Art and Design group produced and curated a photography exhibition in the Student Common Room. The work concluded a term-long project in which students were taught how to use a manual DSLR and explore a theme important to them.
What have the Romans ever done for us?
With this question in mind, GCSE History and Classics students set off from Paddington on a beautiful but very cold day to visit the baths built by the Romans in the first century AD and see what we could learn about Romans, baths and other things.
Brindleyplace Geography Field Trip
A crucial part of the Geography A level course at MPW is getting out, meeting people and conducting face-to-face research with the people of Birmingham. Our second year A level Geography students visited Brindleyplace to discover the Birmingham public's thoughts and feelings of the recent regeneration taking place in Birmingham.
Politics trip to Westminster
At the great Westminster hall, which stands adjacent to the Houses of Parliament, crowds of students gathered with two common goals: to have their opinions challenged; and to challenge those of others.
Science vs Religion Debate
On Tuesday 30th January 2018, students and tutors turned out in force to exchange ideas about religion and evolution. The event was rich with thoughts and opinions and broke the record for the number of students in the audience for a debating event at the college.
Mind FULL or MINDFUL?
At MPW Cambridge, we recognise that students should be given an opportunity to experience a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Mindfulness and yoga sessions became an obvious choice – after all, how many of us can say that they live fully and clearly in the moment, with great awareness, balance and peace of mind?
Media Coverage
Daz Hale interviews MPW students live on the radio on A level results day
Source: Radio BBC WM 16th August 2018
MPW college celebrates bumper year of A level results - including record offers to study Medicine
Source: Birmingham Mail 16th August 2018
Exam Crunch: Easter Revision courses have never been so popular
Source: Essential Surrey 24th March 2017
New exams boost demand for 2017 Easter Revision
Source: CIFE, the Sixth-form Experts 26th February 2017
Making The Grade
Source: School Report Spring Term 2017
Retakes: Cram in an extra exam or two
Source: The Sunday Times 21st August 2016
Easter Revision Courses for Surrey and London
Source: Essential Surrey 28th January 2016
From D to delight
Source: The Sunday Times 16th August 2015
Time for a new vision of revision?
Source: The Telegraph 24th January 2015
It pays to be top of the swots
Source: The Sunday Times 9th March 2014
Kick start the revision process: Easter A-level courses aren't just for pupils with poor grades
Source: Independent 7th March 2012
Could Easter revision courses give A-level results a boost?
Source: Independent 22nd October 2011
Top 10 ways to revise this Easter
Source: Independent 10th March 2009