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Our annual Celebration Evening was once again a night to remember. During the course of the evening, over 250 awards were handed out to students for their exceptional effort and performance during the academic year 2018-2019. A wonderful evening was enhanced further by an outstanding speech by former student and army officer turned businessman, Gary read more…

Farewell to our Year 11’s This year’s year 11 Prom took place at the Village Hotel in Bury. It was a really lovely evening and enjoyed by all. We wish them all the very best for the future.

At the start of February 49 students and 5 staff travelled to Iceland on a joint Science and Geography field trip. While there we visited the Blue Lagoon, an incredible geothermal spa, took The Golden Circle tour where we visited some of Iceland’s most stunning sights such as Geysir geothermal area, Gullfoss (Golden Falls) waterfall read more…

Our annual Celebration Evening was once again a brilliant event and a stunning example of the incredible things our young people achieve every single day. During the course of the evening, over 250 awards were handed out to students for their exceptional effort and performance during the academic year 2017-2018.

Land Based Studies, now in its second year. It is an alternative pathway for Year 9 and upwards students and teaches them the rudiments of gardening and at the end of Year 11 they gain a BTEC Level 3 Certificate in Land Based Studies. From Year 9 the students’ learn to use common garden tools, read more…

Our annual Celebration Evening was once again a night to remember. During the course of the evening, over 250 awards were handed out to students for their exceptional effort and performance during the academic year 2016-2017. A wonderful evening was enhanced further by an outstanding speech by former student turned entrepreneur, Andrew Blinkhorn, who inspired read more…

Some of the Year 9 Triple Science pupils were invited to go on a day trip to Manchester University’s Chemistry department to learn about biopolymers. During this day they made plasmid DNA bracelets, isolated the DNA of a strawberry, were shown how polycaprolactone can be thermally moulded, made nylon and finished off the day making read more…

On Thursday 22nd June we went to The Peoples History Museum and looked around the interactive exhibitions, which were about peoples’ protests. There was a main exhibition about the LGBT+ movement. It was very thought provoking to see the struggles they went through to achieve equality.

Teacher Shortlisted for National Award This publication regularly announces the achievements of students. This time, we have some very special news to share with you about a member of staff’s success. Mr Mathew Lynch, a long serving and highly experienced member of the English Faculty, has just been nominated for The Times Educational Supplement’s Schools’ read more…

The Year 10 and 11 Enterprise teams went to the Trafford Centre on Friday 10th February to promote and sell their products, Birdhouses and Feeders for Year 10 and “It’s Fun to Cook” for Year 11. Both groups were a credit to the school and were engaged with the task throughout the day. Congratulations must read more…