Grade Boosting Workshops

Year 13 Psychology and Business students attended grade boosting workshops at the Odeon Cinema in Newcastle’s MetroCentre on Monday. Schools from across the North East and Cumbria took part in the event which was a fast-paced collection of advice and activities to kick-start the students’ final phase of exam preparation for this summer. They gained…

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Good Design Influence

With a sleepy-eyed early start, Year 12 and 13 Product Design Students zipped down to London yesterday to immerse themselves in the world of design. First, they visited the Design Museum where they saw the permanent exhibition ‘Designer, Maker and User’. Many of the products featured in the displays are studied in the A Level…

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Golden Apple Award Delight!

We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that we’ve been named Best Secondary School at the Golden Apples Awards 2025! The award represents our entire school community. Headteacher Kath Pigdon said: “The awards evening was a lovely opportunity to reflect on our journey: from last year’s students’ results to the inspiring feedback we received from Ofsted. This…

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Gold Medal Acting

Year 13 students, Lucy McKeown and Euan Dawson recently took LAMDA Grade 8 Gold Medal Acting Solo exams, and we are proud to announce that they did exceptionally well, passing with Distinction. Lucy and Euan worked incredibly hard in preparation and their teacher, Ms Lewis, is delighted with the results. A Distinction at Grade 8…

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Gold for WHS Open Spaces

We are thrilled to announce the wonderful results our WHS Open Spaces received in the 2023 Cumbria in Bloom Awards. Overall they were awarded GOLD; with a Silver Gilt in the Special Award for Small Wooden Copse category; a Silver Gilt in the Biodiversity category; and a Gold in the container gardening category. Ms Booker…

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Global Enterprise Week

During Global Enterprise Week, Year 12 Business students visited Brampton to ask local business owners how they had adapted their business models for the cost of living crisis. We are very grateful to the business community for taking time to support our students. One student said: “[From the branch of the Cumberland Building Society] my…

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Glittering Evening for Open Spaces

Congratulations to all the award winners at the Open Spaces Awards Evening on Wednesday. It was a great night, celebrating the students’ passion for agriculture and the environment. Assistant Headteacher, Mr Priddle presented the awards, and the Open Spaces Leaders received special gilets to identify them as senior members. As well as a two-course meal, the…

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Girls’ Rugby Team Triumph

A gigantic well done to Anna and Maddie who played in the Annan Rugby U16 Hornets Team at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, for the Girls U16 National Cup and Shield, on Sunday. They faced the Dumfries Girls in a very hard-fought match, but in the very last minutes of the game the Hornets scored, turning…

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Girls’ Biggest Ever Football Session

We marked International Women’s Day on Friday 7th March, by taking part in “The biggest ever girls’ football session”. Around 100 girls took to the astroturf to participate in a variety of stations prepared by the Year 8 Sports Leaders and Ryan, a Carlisle United coach. The session began with a minute’s silence to show support…

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