MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS | Students at Manchester Academy in Moss Side are now selling the items made from clay in Whitworth Park
Yahya Maasher only moved to Manchester from Yemen five years ago - but is now sent free equipment to review online
The Diane Modahl Sports Foundation (DMSF) is a charitable organisation which works with young people from disadvantaged areas across the North West, enabling them to make the most of themselves in sport, school and life.
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS | Chris Hutchinson, Head of Music at Manchester Academy, said: 'We really wanted the pupils to bring their own ideas of what makes Moss Side great.”
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS | Striking teachers forced the closure of hundreds of schools last week as unions called a walk-out over pension reform. But there’s an equally taxing educational issue facing parents and teachers as more and more schools leave local authority control and become academies. David Henry reports.
Students at Manchester Academy are getting advice on child psychology, household management and budgeting skills. It is being introduced in business lessons after pupils asked for training in real-life skills.
Manchester Academy is an extraordinary success story, the Cinderella that shirked off the ugly sister image of its past life as the pitifully unachieving Ducie High School.
On Thursday, 10th December, 2009, Manchester Academy hosted the launch of the i-trees project.
Manchester Academy, which replaced Ducie High six years ago, has been hailed as 'outstanding' by inspectors - who have awarded it the highest possible grade.