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BAE Systems RAF & Royal Navy Roadshow

On Tuesday morning, we were delighted to welcome the BAE Systems, RAF and Royal Navy STEM Roadshow into school to deliver worshops to Years 7 and 8 students. The theme of the workshops this year was ‘From the depths of the oceans to outer space’. During the session,...
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Year 7 Discover Bamburgh

For the second year in a row, we took every single Year 7 student on a day trip to Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland on Friday. Our students enjoyed their trip north to the picturesque setting, exploring the 10th century building and its rich history, which is now fully open to...
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National Poetry Day 2023

Last week we celebrated National Poetry Day! On Thursday 6th October, the English department donned a quote from their favourite poem from the GCSE Power and Conflict cluster and treated KS3 to English lessons surrounding this year’s theme: Refuge. Pupils were then invited...
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Football Season Rolls On

Our football teams continue with the start to the season with games at Home this week for Year 7 & 8. Our Year 8 continued their dominance in the Sunderland School’s League, soundly defeating Seaham Academy 13-0 with honourable mentions to George Sly and Thomas Maughan who...
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Off to See the Wizard

This year our students are buzzing with excitement to take part in our always popular school musical productions. This year’s production is the classic ‘Wizard of Oz’. We last staged this show over five years ago in 2017 and, as our shows have grown in popularity with students...
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Amazing LAMDA Success

Congratulations to all our LAMDA students on their success in LAMDA exams. Students took exams in both Performance and Public Speaking. We are proud of all students who put in hard work and commitment to achieve fantastic results. Well done to all who participated. LAMDA...
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Harvest Festival Reaping in the Donations

Thank you to everyone who donated to our latest Harvest Festival charity initiative. As you can see, we had a fantastic collection of tinned and dried foods that you generously donated to help the hungry and less fortunate people of our city. The food has already been donated to...
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Macmillan Coffee Morning 2023

Last Friday, the Sixth Formers came together to run our annual bake sale in support of Macmillan Cancer Support. Forms brought and baked their own cakes and competed against one another to raise the most money for charity. The totals for each form will go towards our Sixth Form...
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Welcome to Year 10

Last week we held our ‘Introduction to Year 10 Evening’ to support pupils and their carers as they made the important move from Keystage 3 to Keystage 4. This included what to expect as students make the shift towards more intensive preparation for their GCSEs as well as...
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CCF Reporting In

Just before the Summer break, staff and a cadet from our Combined Cadet Force Section had the honour of attending a reception at St James’s Palace and the unexpected delight of meeting His Majesty the King! The invitation to attend was extended owing to the excellent work in...
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