Ellen is a truly deserving candidate for the weekly Headteacher’s Award. Her dedication to sports leadership is exceptional, consistently offering her time and expertise to support every festival with enthusiasm and professionalism. Beyond her own commitments to after-school clubs, she selflessly extends her time to mentor younger students and ensure the success of primary school…
DetailsOur alumnus of the month for November is Nathan Little who attended William Howard School from 2012 to 2017. Nathan left school to study Uniformed Public Services at Newton Rigg College for a year before joining the Army Foundation College Harrogate, where he completed his basic training and started phase 2 training as an Electronics…
DetailsA huge thank you to all students, parents and staff who supported our Scholastic Book Fair last week (12–15 November 2024). It was a very successful event, with the sales of books and stationery amounting to nearly £1,000. As a result, our school will receive lots of free books for the Library and students are…
DetailsYear 7 Cross Country A group of Year 7s took part in the City Cross Country Championships at Austin Friars School on Friday. The course was a fast, flat route and the weather conditions were perfect. Both Year 7 teams finished high up with some brilliant individual performances. Well done to all runners! A special…
DetailsOur Sixth Formers did a great job of organising activities for Children in Need on Friday, in their hilarious fancy dress costumes! The theme this year was linked to Paddy McGuinness’ awesome challenge to complete 300 miles on a Raleigh Chopper bike. Many WHS staff and students cheered on Paddy earlier this week as he…
DetailsAs members of Cumberland Youth Council, two of our Year 8 students, Phoebe and Abigail Story, suggested to Ms Pigdon that William Howard School should take part in Odd Socks Day. So, students and staff were asked to wear their wackiest socks to school on Tuesday 12 November. Prizes were awarded for the most innovative…
DetailsThe excitement was palpable on Monday morning as twelve Year 7 students left William Howard heading for Hollywood Bowl. It was again time for the North Cumbria Secondary Schools’ Panathlon Tenpin Challenge! By 11am, every lane was taken and 21 teams began battling it out to find a new North Cumbria tenpin champion. Our two…
DetailsMrs Cooper nominated Year 10 student Ewan Isherwood for this week’s Headteacher’s Award, following his excellent contribution to our recent Remembrance Service where he displayed all our core values by taking on the task of playing The Last Post and the Reveille. Although Ewan has only been playing the bugle/cornet for a year, he has…
Details8YT have been tasked with building their own authentic Spanish Galleon to recreate the Spanish Armada of 1588 in Mr Campbell’s History class this week. The class had to plot the points of the invasion as well as analysing the reasons for Spain’s failure. The students’ galleons sailed around the British Isles on the classroom…
DetailsShortly before 11.00am on Friday morning, the whole school assembled for our Remembrance Service, and we were very honoured to be joined by members of our armed forces community and families; some of whom are veterans and some are still serving in the RAF and Army. We were delighted to have members of the Brampton…
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