With exams looming for our students, Richard McCann's inspirational words were very well received on Friday 6th February.



With exams looming for Year 11 and Post 16 students, Richard McCann's inspirational words were very well received on Friday 6th February. Richard visited the Academy to share his story, his mother was the first victim of the Yorkshire Ripper, the tragedy he suffered as a young child resulted in years of pain and suffering until he decided to change his life forever by adopting the iCan attitude.

Author of the number one best selling book 'Just a Boy' Richard shared the highs and lows of his life to date with students and staff and his inspirational message certainly left students believing that they can achieve anything with self belief and confidence in their own ability.

After listening to Richard's presentation Jodie Bastiman, now feels she can always meet her deadlines in BTEC Care and Victoria Affleck is confident that she can achieve the grades required to secure her place to study Nursing at the University of Leeds. Richard's books are available to loan from the Library; interested students should see Mrs Burns for more details.