Carol Concert Filled With Christmas Cheer

Brampton Methodist Church was absolutely packed last night for our Carol Service, and we hope everyone who joined us enjoyed the magical evening of festive music, poetry and readings. Our students truly excelled themselves—every performance from the choir, orchestra, rock clubs and drama students was fantastic! A huge thank you to Mrs Cooper, Miss Maclachlan,…

New Student Librarians Recruited

The autumn term is the time when we invite students to apply for the position of Student Librarian. This year, as in previous years, the high quality of applications made the selection process very difficult, and we appreciate the effort and interest shown by all who applied. We are pleased to confirm that our new…

A Mega Day of Multi-Sports

Our sports hall was full of excited students on Monday for the CET Panathlon Multi-Sports Competition. Seven teams from across the Trust’s Secondary Schools took part: three from William Howard School, two from Whitehaven Academy, one from Workington Academy and one from Kirkby Stephen Grammar School. Debbie Davies from the children’s charity Panathlon arrived early…

Practicing Patience to Create Pet Portraits

The Year 9 Character Curriculum Art class have been learning a new craft – needle felting. After sketching the outlines of their pets or favourite animals onto hessian backing, the students use specialist felting needles to carefully poke and blend wool fibres into place. Through patience and creativity, their simple drawings are gradually transformed into…

Celebrating our Valued Student Leaders

Festive celebrations took place at lunchtime today at a gathering to thank our incredible student leaders for their outstanding contribution to William Howard School this year. In every role – Head and Deputy Head Students, Student Heads of House, Prefects, House Council, Sports Leaders and Open Spaces Leaders – our students have embodied the school…

Time to Chill on Get Cosy and Read Day

Everyone embraced the chance to dress in their comfiest clothes or pyjamas today for a well-timed ‘Get Cosy and Read Day’. After an atmospheric fireside story read by a Sixth Form student, Year 7 were excited to receive their Book Buzz books during a special reading event in the performance hall. At breaktime, a Big…

Sports Round-up (5 December 2025)

Netball Our Year 8 and 10 netball teams were in action on Wednesday night against Trinity. The Year 8 team started strongly with some good passing to link up the different areas of the court. Some excellent defensive interceptions from Poppy, Tilly and Annie limited any scoring opportunities for the opposition and allowed William Howard…