The Tetley Years 10&11 Debating Competition 2016

Thursday 14 JanuaryThe Tetley & The Leeds Salon host their first years 10& 11 schools debating competition for central and south Leeds schools.

As well as being crowned The Tetley champions, the winners will also go into the final of the Headingley Festival of Ideas Years 10 & 11 Competition at HEART in the spring.


17:00 – DEBATE 1“We should build HS2”

FOR: South Leeds Academy
AGAINST: Mount St Mary’s

JUDGES
Kate Brown, University of York
Dan Clayton, The Leeds Salon
Kenn Taylor, The Tetley


18:00 – DEBATE 2“Childhood vaccinations should be compulsory”

FOR: Mount St Mary’s
AGAINST: Woodkirk Academy

JUDGES
Kate Brown, University of York
David Oxley, The Leeds Salon
Natalie Bethesda, Leeds Beckett University


19:00 – Break


19:15 – DEBATE 3“Artistic expression should never be censored”

FOR: Woodkirk Academy
AGAINST: South Leeds Academy

JUDGES
Dan Clayton, The Leeds Salon
David Oxley, The Leeds Salon
Zoe Sawyer, The Tetley


20:15-20:30 – Judge’s Deliberations & Results


THE TETLEY WINNERS: Mount St Mary’s Catholic High School – Alex Waterhouse, Nick Brown, Sonia Akhigbe & Jacob Cook

BEST INDIVIDUAL: Nkosi Yearwood, Woodkirk Academy