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"Pupils benefit immensely from the vast extent and high quality of the extra-curricular experiences that leaders provide for them. There is something for everyone to join in and enjoy. The impressive selection of activities includes an international film club, and chess club as well as a spectacular range of sporting and music opportunities."
Ofsted, 2022
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Wednesday 2 April 2025 U14 Girls’ Football On Wednesday, 2nd April, the girls' U14 football team played away at Corpus in the first round of the Preston Cup. Broughton got off to a fantastic start taking an early lead through Ellie O'Neill. Broughton scored soon again, after some lovely work from Megan Pye to set up Ellie O'Neill who slotted it past the keeper. Despite there being no goals in the second half, it was an entertaining game with opportunities being created by both teams, and both goalkeepers were tested several times.
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Friday 28 March 2025 CREST Bronze Award in Science Over the past few months, a group of dedicated Year 9 pupils have successfully completed their CREST Bronze Award in Science. This award involves a project of over 10 hours that introduces pupils to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) project work.
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Friday 28 March 2025 Student Council Trip to London Last Friday, 21st March, 32 pupils from the Student Council set off VERY early to London to visit The Houses of Parliament, the London Eye and finally the Sea Life Centre. We were extremely lucky to have a tour of the Houses of Parliament, learning all about its vast history. On our tour we walked the same route that the King takes when he opens Parliament and got to stand on the spot where many Prime Ministers have stood.
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Friday 28 March 2025 Duke of Edinburgh Practice Walks - Darwen Tower Over the past two Saturdays, the Year 10 DofE participants have completed practice walks around Darwen Tower. They were all successful in navigating their routes, while practicing compass bearings and becoming more confident with map reading skills along the way. Congratulations to all the Year 10 pupils involved! Mr Lowe
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Thursday 27 March 2025 U14 English Schools Basketball Just over a week ago, the recently crowned Lancashire Champions U14 basketball team headed over to Manchester to take on Wright Robinson college in their first ever English Schools game. The team knew they would be in for a tough game, with the opposition likely to be the strongest that they have faced so far this year. A slow start from Broughton saw Wright Robinson claim an early advantage after the first quarter, and the team knew there was work to be done. A fantastic second quarter saw the team pull the score back, trailing by only 3 points at the half-way mark. Just like the first, it was a slow start to the third that really put a dent in the score line in favour of the opposition, and with only one quarter left, the team trailed by a significant amount. A fantastic display in the last quarter, with everyone contributing saw the team outscore their opposition heavily. Unfortunately, time was against them and the game finished 67-53 to Wright Robinson. A close game that on anothe
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Wednesday 26 March 2025 SSAT Educational Outcomes Awards - Progress & Attainment Broughton High School has won two SSAT Educational Outcomes awards for being in the top 20% of schools nationally for student progress and in the top 10% of non-selective schools for student attainment in the 2024 end of KS4 exams. This is testament to all the hard work from every member of the team here at Broughton.
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Tuesday 25 March 2025 Meet Wilson! Therapy Dog At our recent SEND coffee morning on 13th March, we enjoyed meeting Wilson, the therapy dog, with Phillipa who shared details of her work with some of our pupils, building resilience and improving wellbeing. Wilson is available every Tuesday lunchtime as he walks around school with Phillipa.
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Tuesday 25 March 2025 World Book Day - Book Token Competition Thank you to all pupils who entered the book token competition as part of our World Book Day celebrations. The competition has been judged by the Reading Ambassadors and I am pleased to announce the following pupils have been selected as winners:
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Monday 24 March 2025 Author Visit - Nathan Parker On Monday 24th March, we welcomed Nathan Parker back for the third time to deliver an assembly to all of Year 10. Needless to say, it was an absolute privilege to hear of Nathan’s own journey into writing and hear him perform some of his own work. We were also lucky enough to have Nathan deliver workshops, with a focus on poetry and effective public presentations. The workshops included exploring the ingredients of poetry and then culminated in poetry collaboration - one of which you can read below centred around the upcoming English speeches. Year 10 were an absolute credit: a brilliant day, enjoyed by all! Thank you very much, Nathan!
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Friday 21 March 2025 The Year 7 Science Bake Off 2025 To celebrate Science Week, Broughton hosted their very first Year 7 Science Bake Off competition with great success. All entries were outstanding and made it very difficult for the judging panel to decide a winner. From volcanoes to planets, periodic tables, conical flasks and MANY body organs, the creativity of Year 7 shone through.
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Monday 17 March 2025 Faraday Battery Challenge To celebrate Science week, 36 Year 8 pupils took part in the Faraday Battery Challenge. Pupils were in teams of six and the brief was to design and build a prototype which was capable of using batteries and would help one of the following:
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Friday 14 March 2025 U12 Girls' Football - Preston Cup - Second Round On Wednesday 12th March, the girls' U12 football team played in the second round of the Preston cup, away at Ashton. Broughton quite quickly asserted their dominance in the game, and it was Darcy Skelton who opened the scoring mid-way through the first half. Broughton went on to win the game 5-0, with goals coming from Hannah Kelly, Heidi Boyce, and a hattrick from Darcy Skelton. Well done to all the team!
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Friday 14 March 2025 Lancashire Archives Workshop On Tuesday 11th March, Tabitha Roberts, Megan Wilcock, Edie Murray, Priya Anantharachagan and Alice Walmsley attended a workshop at Lancashire Archives for the Lancashire Book of the Year. During the workshop, pupils were able to share their personal recommendations and reflections during the longlist and shortlist selection. It was great to see our pupils working with other pupils from across Lancashire. Pupils will now read books from the shortlist ahead of the final voting process.
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Friday 14 March 2025 Year 7 and Year 8 Hockey - 6th March 2025 On Thursday, we welcomed Lytham St Annes to Broughton to play our first friendly hockey match of the season against two very strong Lytham sides. We played 7 v 7 and there were some lovely passages of play through from defence to attack. Both teams battled really well against some extremely talented players and we were complemented by teaching staff from both year groups for our skill and determination to score. Both teams were successful in scoring a goal within the games!
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Friday 7 March 2025 Cake Sale to fundraise for the Tom Church Foundation As part of our celebrations for World Book Day on Thursday 6th March, the Reading Ambassadors hosted a book themed cake sale for our school charity this half term, the Tom Church Foundation. It was undoubtedly a roaring success with so much time and effort put into the creation of the delicious book themed cakes, from Harry Potter and Percy Jackson to Alice in Wonderland and even our very own Mrs Trunchbull chocolate cake! The team raised over £160 thanks to generosity of our pupils. Thank you to all the Reading Ambassadors, alongside 9R, for their cake contributions and to all pupils and staff who bought a cake!
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Friday 7 March 2025 Visit to BAE Systems - Academy for Skills & Knowledge Centre During our recent visit to BAE Systems ASK centre, a group Year 11 pupils had a chance to meet some of the current apprentices; they shared more about their experiences on their apprenticeships and future career aspirations within the company.
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Monday 3 March 2025 LUSoM Visit to Year 9 This week we were given an opportunity for some pupils in Year 9 to have a visit by Lancaster University School of Mathematics (LUSoM) and Simon Singh. Simon Singh, MBE, is a popular science author, theoretical and particle physicist. He has written books such as Fermat’s Last Theorem, Big Bang and The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets.
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Friday 28 February 2025 Blood Brothers - Performance Workshop On Monday 24th February, the award-winning Stage Ed delivered an enriching Blood Brothers performance workshop to our Year 11 pupils. Expertly delivered by the actors who have played Mickey, Sammy and Edward, pupils actively engaged with the professional actors, immersing themselves in the world of Blood Brothers – perfect revision as we head closer to the examination season.
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Friday 14 February 2025 U14 Basketball Team - Lancashire Champions! The U14 basketball team were crowned Lancashire champions on Monday night, 10th February 2025, in a fantastic game played at Myerscough College. The team took on St. Augustine's, and having never played against them before, knew they had to be at the top of their game to win the title. The first quarter saw both teams start slow, with neither taking a real hold of the game, however it was Broughton who took a 4-point lead after the first 10.
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Friday 14 February 2025 U16 Boys' Football - Lancashire Cup Quarter Final The U16 boys’ football team progressed to the Lancashire Cup Quarter Final after a 1-0 victory over Ribblesdale this week. Ribblesdale were a strong and well organised team; their game plan was to defend deep and try and beat us on the break. However, a combination of excellent defending and superb pressure and movement from the midfield saw Broughton dominate the ball. With 10 minutes of the game remaining we finally capitalised on our constant pressure through Sam Willingale, who lobbed the Ribblesdale keeper as he tried to recover from an earlier cross into the box. The team now face Lytham in the Quarter Final.