Determination and Resilience Recognised With Headteacher’s Award
This week’s Headteacher’s Award goes to Keira in Year 8. Last week, Keira attended the Outward Bound Residential Trip to Loch Eil, Scotland, alongside 47…
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The school has high expectations of pupils’ achievement [and] provides an ambitious curriculum (Ofsted 2025)
Pupils quickly develop a strong feeling of belonging to this school. They are united by their understanding of ‘The William Howard Way’ (Ofsted 2025)
The school provides a comprehensive programme of personal development that prepares pupils well for life in modern society (Ofsted 2025)
Every effort is made to ensure that these pupils [with special educational needs] experience all that the school has to offer (Ofsted 2025)
The calm and purposeful learning environment, together with the plethora of extra-curricular opportunities, has helped to achieve a school that pupils want to attend (Ofsted 2025)
Recent News and Events
Finding Resilience at Loch Eil
Forty‑eight students from Years 8 and 9 enjoyed an action‑packed week at the Loch Eil Outward Bound Centre near Fort William. After a six‑hour coach journey, they jumped straight into the adventure — meeting their instructors, taking a whistle‑stop tour of the centre, and squeezing in a quick change before the traditional “jog and dip”…
Young Archaeologists Help Uncover Roman Carlisle
DIG DAY 1 | On Saturday 9 May, Miss Scullion, Mrs Giecco and a group of pupils from the Archaeology (Character Curriculum) course joined staff and volunteers for a day of digging at Carlisle Cricket Club. This season ‘Uncovering Roman Carlisle’ are focusing on an area to the south of the monumental building. Our group spent…
Sports Round-up (15 May 2026)
Cricket Our Year 7 cricket team were involved in a final-ball thriller against RR Central Academy on Monday night. Although narrowly coming out on the…
Headteacher’s Award for All Round Great Performer
This week’s Headteacher’s Award goes to Harvey in Year 7. Harvey is an exceptional student who personifies the very best of our school values in…
Sports Round-up (8th May 2026)
Boccia Following on from their success at the Carlisle and Eden Boccia Competition earlier in the year, one of our Boccia teams travelled to Penrith…
Students Dive Into Adventure at Ullswater Residential
Our students really have been relishing the various Outward Bound experiences offered this term. This week, a small group of students had an unforgettable time at the OB Centre at Ullswater, filled with adventure, teamwork and personal growth. Over three days, they took part in a wide range of exciting activities including rock jumping, canoeing…
Headteacher’s Award for a Committed Year 8 Student
Louise in Year 8 was proudly presented with the Headteacher’s Award this week. Louise is an exceptional student whose highly conscientious approach to learning sets…
