Excelling in Year 7 Assessments

Congratulations to our Year 7 students for their hard work and dedication during Assessment Week (27th-31st January)! The Year Group did really well, with lots of students picking up an award for the highest score in their class. Furthermore, 20 students earned a Silver Award for an average score of over 80% across all their tests…

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Alumnus of the Month (February 2025)

Our featured Alumnus of the Month is Josh Burge. Josh’s journey since leaving William Howard School in 2014 is a remarkable example of how early interests can evolve into a fulfilling career. His introduction to Human Resources (HR) came through his A Level Business Studies class with Mrs Hill, which sparked his passion for the…

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Awesome Adventures Await!

Congratulations to our winners of The Outward Bound Trust golden tickets. The tickets entitle the students to 80% off the cost of a summer adventure at one of their amazing centres with activities like gorge scrambling, rock climbing, cutter sailing and canoeing. To be selected for one of the tickets, the students had to write…

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Geographers Explore London

Thirty Year 10 Geographers enjoyed a great opportunity to develop their love of the subject and see the locations that they study at GCSE, with a visit to London last week. After arriving at Euston station on Thursday morning, they headed to the National History Museum where they explored the Volcano and Earthquake exhibition. Then,…

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Running Well

We have some very keen and talented runners in WHS! On Saturday 8th February, three of our Year 9 students – Aoife, Elena and Elliot – represented Cumbria in the Northern Schools’ Inter-County Cross Country Championships in Middlesbrough, competing against runners from Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Cleveland and Durham. Elliot came in 19th in the Junior…

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Swimming Success

Huge congratulations go to Year 8 student Reuben Dorey who did fantastically well competing in the Cumbria County Swimming Championships at the weekend. Reuben competed in the 13-14 yrs boys category and these are his results: 1st place: 50m freestyle 800m freestyle (fastest 13 YO – all ages swim together) 50m backstroke 100m backstroke 200m…

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Terrific Trilobites

Year 8 Rock Detectives (part of our Character Curriculum) have been exploring how fossils can tell us about the environments of the past. They created intricate trilobite models using rope to better understand their adaptations. Trilobite fossils are found all over the world. They are a group of extinct marine creatures that first appeared around…

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Building Inclusive Sports Leadership

Fifty students from schools across Cumbria travelled to WHS for a Youth Sport Trust Inclusive Sport Leadership Day on Friday. The aim of the event was to promote inclusive sports in schools as well developing sport leadership skills in students, both with and without special educational needs and disabilities. We were very lucky to have…

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Oliver Tipped For Team GB

We are incredibly excited for one of our Sixth Form students, Oliver Wightman, who has recently been selected to play Wheelchair Rugby with Team GB. Over the last 8 months, Oliver has been on a Tier 1 GB development plan and has been playing wheelchair rugby, for which he has shown great natural ability. He…

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