Outdoor Opportunities Recognised with Palace Invite

Last Thursday, our Headteacher Ms Pigdon was honoured to attend an Outward Bound reception at St James’s Palace, London. The invitation came in recognition of our school’s growing partnership with The Outward Bound Trust and our shared passion for the power of outdoor education to transform young people’s lives. During the evening, The Outward Bound…

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Gathered in Respectful Remembrance

Shortly before 11.00am this morning, the whole school gathered in the warm autumn sunshine for our annual Remembrance Service. Our orchestra opened the proceedings with an uplifting performance of One Day Like This, before students who are members of the RAF and Army Cadets paraded into position, ably led by Karolina Kamienobrodzka (Year 11). Deputy…

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Open Spaces Awarded Cumbria in Bloom Gold

Carolin and Natasha from Cumbria in Bloom visited school today to deliver some blooming good news! We are absolutely thrilled that Ms Booker and her eager Open Spaces Team have been awarded a Gold Medal and named Winner in the Secondary School category at this year’s Cumbria in Bloom Awards. The judges awarded 97 marks…

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Sports Round-up (7 November 2025)

Year 7 Football Well Done to the Year 7 football teams who represented William Howard School at the City 5 aside tournaments. Both teams performed well and their work rate was excellent. The girls team picked up two wins with an outstanding contribution from Dana F. The boys teams managed one win and one draw…

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Theatre Production Brings Alcohol Awareness

Year 7 and 8 students received a crucial lesson on the risks of underage drinking on Thursday thanks to an award-winning theatre production. ‘Smashed’ is an inspiring live theatre experience with interactive workshops touring schools. Based on a powerful and realistic story of young people and alcohol, it tackles underage drinking with positive thinking. It…

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Innovative Mentors

Our Year 12 A Level Product Design students have been helpfully mentoring our Year 8 Dragons Den (Character Curriculum) groups as they worked on their V&A Design Innovate competition ideas. For the Innovate 2025-26 schools design competition, students have been challenged to work in teams to respond to one of the three themes: Rest, Join…

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Chess Club Keeps Growing

It might have been the rainy weather today that brought everyone indoors, but an impressive forty students joined Mr Davis for chess at lunchtime today! There’s always room for more — so why not come along? Students and staff are warmly invited to join this friendly bunch for a social game any Tuesday lunchtime, or…

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New Literacy Lessons Full of Character

This year, we’ve been excited to launch a brand-new literacy curriculum for our Year 7 students. Separate from their English lessons, this programme gives students the opportunity to explore a wide range of literacy skills in creative and engaging ways that support learning across all subjects. While knowledge and skill development are central to the…

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