We took a group of Year 9 & 10 pupils to journey through more than 6 decades of popular culture at the British Music Experience in Liverpool. The pupils took part in a music quiz through the decades and then visited the interactive music experience where they could try out a musical instrument with the best music equipment available, from drum ...

Congratulations  to our Bronze Duke of Edinburgh pupils who completed their final walking expedition last weekend.

We recently welcomed Year 5's from Upperby Primary School to take part in a carousel of workshops. The pupils enjoyed sessions in PE, Art and Music. 

We had a fantastic Speaking and Listening Activity Development Day today. Year 7 enjoyed learning about blood and organ donation with the science department whilst year 8 got to grips with some key debates in current affairs. Year 9 were exploring world religions and year 10 were learning about sound financial planning including household bills and...

If you missed our Open Evening in June, we would like to invite you to join us for a tour of the school with your child. Please contact Julie Hannen on 01228 404942 (ext 220) to book a slot.  Appointments should be made in advance and tours will be held on weekday evenings between 4.15 and 5.45pm, from Monday 25 September to Friday 13 October....

Congratulations to the pupils who completed their Duke of Edinburgh expedition.

Our Year 10 pupils took part in a recent `World of Work' morning. They took part in mock interviews with local employers and received some great feedback. 

Well done to the Year 7 pupils who took part in the County Athletics championships through at Whitehaven today.  All pupils performed well against the most talented athletes from across Cumbria at that age group and we are pleased to say we have two County champions at St John Henry Newman Catholic School. Zaidyn T won the ...

We said a fond farewell to our Year 11s at their leavers assembly on Thursday 22 June.   We would like to wish all of the pupils the best of luck for the future and hope to see many of them back in September joining our Sixth Form. Stay safe and enjoy your summer.Mr Callaghan and the Year 11 team. 

Congratulations to Leo in Year 7 who bounced in the Regional Challenge Cup & Inter Regional Challenge Cup Qualifier (Q3) in Ashington this weekend. He is delighted to have made it into the North of England squad again this year, placing 2nd yesterday and through to the final in Birmingham in September.

We are holding an open evening for Year 5 parents on Thursday 29 June from 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm.  There will be two information talks, one at 5.00 pm and another at 6.00 pm.  Last tours will commence at 6.45 pm.

As part of their charity project 9KAB are running a guess the number of sweets in the jar competition. Guesses are 50p each and all money raised will go to Eden Valley Hospice. Members of the form group will be visiting tutor groups to see if pupils/staff would like to participate – the numbers to guess from are 100 to 199.

Mr. Ramsey's Year 7 English class have been creating storyboards for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' to help visualise the events of the play.

Our Year 10 GCSE geography pupils had a fantastic day on their field trip to Silloth. They braved the wind and rain to produce some fantastic work.  

A huge congratulations to Year 10 who, last half term, raised £470.65 for their sponsored walk at Talkin Tarn. The pupils walked 5km to raise money for those affected by the Syrian Turkey earthquake.

 Our KS3 Students of the Month enjoyed a morning at Fusion Trampoline Park. All pupils who have received a nomination since September were invited on the trip.

We were excited to announce the launch of the Spellbinding Book Awards 2023. This program is designed to encourage a love of reading and to broaden pupils' reading horizons by introducing them to exciting new authors and titles. The participating pupils will have the opportunity to read, review and vote for their favourite book out of a shortl...

The Year 12 and 13 Online Parents' Evening is on Tuesday 25 April from 4.30 pm - 7.00 pm.  Appointments will be available to book via our online platform SchoolCloud.

We are super proud of the Shakespeare Schools cast who performed Antony and Cleopatra at the Theatre by the Lake in Keswick, earlier this week. It was a real team effort lead by Mrs Johnston and a big thank you to Miss Bradley and the sewing bee club for the fabulous costumes.

The Sixth Formers challenged the teachers to a charity Dodgeball match to raise money for their chosen charity.  It was great to see so many staff and pupils take part and some taking it far more seriously than others!  It was a great even enjoyed by all.