The Extracurricular timetable for the autumn term has been launched. There’s a wide range of sports, music, activities and clubs on offer, so we hope there’s something to interest everyone. New activities may be added in future weeks, so watch this this space!
The school sprung back to life today as we welcomed back our students for the brand new academic term. Everyone looked refreshed, ready to learn, and pleased to catch up with friends again. We hope our new Year 7 students enjoyed their first day as part of our WHS community!
We are delighted to share the outstanding achievements of our Year 11 students in this year’s GCSE results. This was an exceptional year group, and their calibre has truly shone through in their outcomes. Achieving 63 Grade 9s and 132 Grade 8s is no small feat and is a clear reflection of the academic excellence…
We are delighted to share that this year’s A Level results are extremely pleasing, and we could not be prouder of our students. Their hard work, determination, and commitment have paid off, and they have achieved the success they deserve. Our leavers are now heading off to an exciting variety of next steps from Mechanical…
Our Alumnus for August, Ben Hoskins, has fond memories of his time at William Howard —particularly of the friendships he made, many of which he still maintains today. At school, Ben especially enjoyed Business and Biology. Both subjects allowed him to develop strong problem-solving skills, while Business helped him refine his professional communication—an asset that…
We were immensely proud of our award-winning students at the Cumbria Education Trust (CET) Student Excellence Awards, held at The Garden at Eden on Thursday 10th July. The event saw 136 students honoured from across CET’s 17 schools. Eight category winners from each school were nominated for embodying CET’s core values of Respect, Responsibility and…
Our House Day on the last day of term was a fabulous end to the year… a fun-filled festival to get everyone primed for the holidays. Students competed for their Houses in an assortment of outdoor and classroom challenges, including inflatables, a penalty shoot-out, a fire hose challenge, forensic investigations, biscuit decorating, a dance-off and…
During Character Development Day last Thursday, our Year 12 students rolled up their sleeves (figuratively) and gave the Sixth Form Centre a makeover with a lick of fresh paint and some stylish wallpaper. Their hard work was rewarded with a relaxed game of rounders in the afternoon. Thankfully, members of the Cumbria Fire & Rescue…
Most of our students were out and about enjoying the great outdoors during our ‘Character Development Day’ on Thursday, 17th July. As well as spending quality time with their peers, the aim of the day to promote our nine Key Character Qualities – positivity, empathy, virtue, courage, passion, curiosity, independence, collaboration and honour. Our Year…
In response to a request from the Intensive Care Unit at the Cumberland Infirmary, our Crochet Club decided to create some crochet hearts to be included in memory boxes for bereaved families. They managed to make over 160 hearts and delivered them to the hospital on Friday. A lady from the ICU unit came down…