The Tetley Years 10&11 Debating Competition 2016 : The Leeds Salon

The Tetley Years 10&11 Debating Competition 2016

Thursday 14 January – The 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