Senior Maths Challenge Results

Congratulations to our students who took part in this year’s Senior Maths Challenge. The results are excellent! Everyone who took part gained an award: Kell Johnston, May Thomas, Tom Barrett and Ben Norfolk from Year 13 and Hew Hawley from Year 12 achieved a Gold award and an automatic entry to the Senior Kangaroo challenge. Louis Driver in Year 13

Sixth Form Open Evening

Our information for Sixth Form entry in 2022 is now live on the website.  Please click here to access our prospectus and welcome, pastoral and information videos. (You can also access this page from the Sixth Form dropdown menu). 

Next Week: Anti-Bullying Week and Children In Need

Anti-Bullying Week, Monday 15 – Friday 19 November Mrs Fletcher-Woods will be taking assembly. To raise awareness of the issue of bullying, the Anti Bullying Alliance ask that everyone wears odd socks on Monday 15th November. We are not raising money and students and staff are free to take part if they wish. See poster below! More information is available

Healthcare Survey for Students Aged 11-15

The Patient Experience Team at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is gathering feedback about their healthcare services from young people who live in either Northumberland or North Tyneside. They want to learn more about the views of young people to help inform and improve services for young people in the future. The survey is anonymous. As a thank you, you

Y12 Journalism Opportunity

The Telegraph are running a 4-week online programme in March 2022, in which students can learn about journalism and many other media roles. Students from all subjects are welcome. See flyer below for full details. You can apply here. The deadline is 5pm on Friday 12th November. All GDPR and security online will be adhered to with the Telegraph.

KS5 Gaming Challenge!

Please see below details of a gaming challenge run by Newcastle University and Ubisoft. If you are interested, please see Mr Williams either after school on Thursday 4th November or at break on Friday 5th November, in room LA8. Note: The University visit is on the 1st December, not the 8th as in the flyer. 

UK Parliament Week, 1-7 November

We are celebrating UK Parliament Week by having assemblies on the theme of ‘Democracy’ all week as well as activities that we will be doing in tutorial. Students will be shown a message from our MP Guy Opperman. We are also launching our ‘Year and School Council’ elections this week. Follow @YourUKParl on Twitter! #UKPW