March the 21st saw the opening night to a 3 show stint of this year’s Music & Theatre Productions annual production and what a show it was! It was liberating for our cast to break free and feel under pressure as they tackled the updated musical which has now been touring worldwide for over 21yrs… Read more »
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CLV careers fair 2023 goes down a hit!
Recently we held our annual “CLV careers fair” in school and it was a much welcomed return to an in person event following 2 years of virtual engagements due to Covid-19. Students in years 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13 were all in attendance at various points throughout the day where a range of organisations… Read more »
Sarah Moore Fitzgerald joins us for The Big Read
Y7 students celebrated Big Read Week with an author event with the prize-winning Irish author, Sarah Moore Fitzgerald who visited us to promote her latest book, The Shark and the Scar. Sarah’s new book is a dark and gripping thriller with a twist that even the sharpest reader just won’t see coming. It’s a big-hearted… Read more »
Excellent GCSE results for our students
Cramlington Learning Village are celebrating an excellent set of GCSE and BTEC results this year and we are proud of the achievements of our students this year. Coheadteachers Jon Bird and Kim Irving are delighted with the performance of students and state that “We would like to congratulate the students for their hard work and… Read more »
Students celebrate A Level success
We are delighted to share good news surrounding our A Level and BTEC results this year. The performance has been exceptional, especially considering the disruption surrounding the pandemic. In a year where the press have reported a decline in the number of top grades at a national level we have seen many of our students… Read more »
One of our best Author visits yet! Critically-acclaimed performance poet and author Dean Atta shares stories with CLV students
Students in y9 were treated to a visit from the critically-acclaimed performance poet and author Dean Atta as he celebrated the launch of his second novel, Only on the Weekends. Dean is one of the UK’s leading poets and LGBTQ+ activists. He explained that, growing up, he could not find characters in books with whom… Read more »
Author Malcolm Duffy shares creative writing tips with our avid readers
The Gateshead-based book, Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. has been going down a storm with some of our y9 and y10 students recently, with some declaring it the best book they’ve ever read! We were delighted then that the author, Malcolm Duffy, agreed to meet our avid readers and share the story behind the book… Read more »