Telling Ghostly Tales
Keeping alive the Dickensian custom of ghost stories at Christmas time, Mrs Donohue’s Year 7 Literacy class put into practice their oracy skills, delighting — and frightening — one another with their own eerie tales yesterday.
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…
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Headteacher’s Award for Dedicated Member of Team Inspire
A Year 10 student who has shown exceptional dedication as a member of Team Inspire received this week’s Headteacher’s Award. Amy attends every inclusive sports club offered each week—including Football, Boccia, Table Cricket, and New Age Kurling—along with all additional team practices. Her talent and commitment in Table Cricket led her to represent the school…
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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…
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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…
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Fire Brigade Bring Added Fun to Mountain Runners Training
A huge thank you to Brampton Fire Service and Mr Mallinson for supporting our Mountain Runners Club this week, when a military theme to Thursday night’s conditioning session came in the form of an assault course. The Fire Brigade kindly came along to supply some typical Cumbria weather that the runners have become accustomed to.…
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WHS Alumna Provides Insight to Careers in Law
We were delighted to welcome Rebecca Collihole from Burnetts, the largest solicitors’ partnership in Cumbria, into school on Thursday. She delivered an excellent presentation to our Year 11 cohort on careers in law, sharing insights into the profession as well as her own inspiring journey from William Howard School student to Partner at Burnetts. Rebecca…
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Headtacher’s Award for Model Student
Year 8 student Tilly received the Headteacher’s Award this week. Tilly has been an exceptional member of our school community throughout the year. She is always fully engaged in lessons, consistently kind and respectful towards others, and a brilliant role model for her peers. Her work is of an exceptionally high standard and regularly exceeds the…
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Inspiring Architects
What a fantastic day for our Year 12 Product Design students! Huge thanks to Katherine Mellor from TACP and Ivy Edemafaka from RIBA for leading an inspiring architecture workshop. The students tackled a live brief, carried out a site visit, and worked in design teams to develop real, thoughtful responses. It was brilliant experience that…
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A Cordial Chess Competition
A group of our chess players faced nine opponents from Trinity School this afternoon, on home ground. The 9-v-9 was a very cordial but tense fixture, with each player getting the chance to take on several competitors from the opposing side. The games were rounded off with a fun speed-chess doubles match. The final score…
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