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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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Friday 12 September 2025 Austria Summer Sports Trip - Zell Am See Three days before the start of the summer holidays, 54 Year 9 pupils embarked on an action-packed trip to the lovely town of Zell Am See, Austria. Below is a snapshot of the day-to-day activities that the pupils threw themselves into and thoroughly enjoyed. Thursday 17th - The day of arrival! Beautiful scenery on the approach to our hotel. Exploring the sights of Zell Am See town centre. Tea back at the hotel before walking along the lake path to watch the ‘Magic Lake Light Show’. Friday 18th - Up bright and early for breakfast and to make lunch boxes for the day. Our activities for the day included kayaking in the lake and swimming in the outdoor pool and lido in the lake! Pupils loved the freedom of jumping off the huge inflatable trampoline into the lake multiple times! And in true Broughton style, our pupils created their own outdoor games, including Frisbee, on the grass area next to the lake, when they wanted a break from swimming! Our nighttime activities incl
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Friday 12 September 2025 Year 7 Trip to Waddecar On Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th September, our new Year 7 pupils attended Waddecar in the Forest of Bowland, for our Induction Day Trip which was action-packed and full of adventure. Pupils took part in a variety of activities including Orienteering, Archery, Tomahawk Throwing, Climbing, Badger’s Warren and Norwegian Crane and, to test everyone's nerves of steel, the Crate Stacking Challenge. The record for the Crate Stack was a whopping 12 crates high.
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Friday 12 September 2025 Former Pupil, Phoebe Taylor, Becomes Double Junior World Champion We are incredibly proud to celebrate the outstanding achievements of former pupil Phoebe Taylor, who has firmly established herself as one of Britain’s brightest young cycling talents. This summer, Phoebe was crowned double Junior World Champion, winning the Madison and the Team Pursuit at the UCI Junior Track World Championships. In the Team Pursuit, Phoebe and her teammates not only claimed gold but also set a new world record – a remarkable accomplishment on the global stage.
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Friday 5 September 2025 Summer School 2025 Over 150 new Year 7 pupils took part in this year's Summer School during the holidays. Pupils were involved in various activities which helped them to become familiar with our school and staff, to assist them with their transition.
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Thursday 21 August 2025 Record-Breaking GCSE Results for Year 11 at Broughton High School Broughton High School is delighted to announce that our Year 11 pupils have achieved record breaking examination results this year, marking an extraordinary milestone in our 50th Anniversary year. With a cohort of 182 pupils, this year’s results reflect the outstanding dedication, resilience, and ambition of our pupils throughout their five years at Broughton. The average grade across the year group was an impressive 5.91, representing a further increase on last year’s impressive outcomes. Key highlights of this year’s results include:
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Friday 18 July 2025 Rewards Assemblies - End of Term 2025 This week we held our end of term rewards assemblies for each year group. In the assemblies, pupils were presented with certificates to acknowledge their efforts and achievements this term.
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Friday 18 July 2025 Running Success for Year 7 Pupil - Nathaniel White We were delighted to hear that one of our Year 7 pupils ran a very successful race recently, achieving a fantastic Personal Best time. Nathaniel White (7H), ran in an Open meeting in Trafford on Sunday 13th July, where he recorded 2.18.19 for 800m, knocking another 3.5 secs off his best in blisteringly hot conditions.
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Friday 18 July 2025 Blackpool Zoo - End of Year Trip - 2025 On Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th July, pupils from Years 7 to 10 enjoyed a trip to the zoo - they thoroughly enjoyed their time there!
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Friday 18 July 2025 Athletics Report The data from this season's athletics competition is now all in the system and I am delighted to report there are a number of athletes who deserve a special mention. The oldest record broken this year was Daniel Moore (9N) in the Long Jump which had stood for 22 Years, nearly half of Broughton's life span! Also, Oliver Ward (7C) who broke the 200m record in his 200m heat, only to break his own record in the Final on the same day. Finally, the boys’ Year 9 and 10 relay team who again broke the record in their heat and then ran faster again in the Final. Very impressive.
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Friday 18 July 2025 Year 7 Cricket Final This week the Year 7 cricket team played in the Preston Schools final against a strong Our Lady’s team. Broughton were placed into bat first and scored a respectable 40 runs. This was our lowest score of the season but was a result of an impressive Bowling attack from Our Lady’s, who then went on to score 103 runs with the bat and win the game. Congratulations to Our Lady’s. The Broughton Team have come on a lot this year and maybe we can go one step further next season and win the final.
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Friday 18 July 2025 Music Trip to Northern Italy Last week, pupils from Broughton and Turton School (Bolton) returned from a packed and rewarding joint concert tour to the Lake Garda region of northern Italy. It was a week of excellent music-making, shared experiences and a real sense of achievement. Across the tour, pupils gave three full concerts in very different settings. The first, in Brentonico, was for residents of a retirement home and members of the local community. A thunderstorm meant a last-minute move indoors, but pupils handled the change calmly and professionally and performed brilliantly. The residents loved the performance and specifically requested an encore from the choir. As a thank you, pupils then enjoyed some ice-cold drinks and gelato (of course)!
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Friday 11 July 2025 Preston Vocational Centre Awards Evening - Thursday 10th July On Thursday evening this week, I had the pleasure of attending the awards evening at Preston Vocational Centre (PVC) to celebrate the achievements of the Year 11 learners, from a variety of schools and education establishments, who had attended the centre over the last academic year. The evening was led by centre manager Martin Grayston and I am delighted to report that one of our Year 11 pupils received two special awards.
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Wednesday 9 July 2025 50th Anniversary Celebrations It has been an excellent week of celebrations and whole school events to recognise Broughton High School’s 50th Anniversary. The school opened on the 8th September 1975 with just 3 forms of entry and quickly became extremely popular, growing to the 6 forms of entry we have today. During the school’s 50-year history over 9000 pupils have passed through our gates and it has been a pleasure to welcome so many former pupils and their families back to Broughton this week on our official school tours.
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Monday 7 July 2025 SSAT Exceptional Educational Awards 2025 We were delighted to receive confirmation, in the Summer Term of 2025, that Broughton High School has achieved two strands of the SSAT ‘Exceptional Education’ awards, for accreditation of transforming practice in climate for learning and effective teaching approaches.
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Friday 4 July 2025 Year 7 & 8 Cricket Champions This term, pupils in Years 7 and 8 have experienced a number of formats of Schools’ Cricket. Hardball has been played in the Lancashire Cup and for the first time we have also played Softball Cricket. Softball Cricket has been introduced to make Cricket more accessible, meaning that pupils don’t need to put pads and helmets on to play.
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Friday 4 July 2025 Sustainable Design and Manufacturing Competition - BAE Systems This year in Design Technology it will be our 3rd year taking part in a project focussing on sustainable design and manufacturing using 3D printed outcomes. The competition organised by BAE Systems, is to encourage pupils into 3D Manufacturing, Product Design and Engineering. Last year, our Broughton team entry got through to the finals and gained second place, an amazing achievement. This year our Broughton Team, Reggie Nash and Iain Cubitt from Year 9, were selected as one of the finalist teams from hundreds of entries from schools throughout Lancashire.
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Wednesday 2 July 2025 Sports Day 2025 Sports Day 2025 was a total success on Tuesday 1st July, with hundreds of pupils taking part in both track and field events throughout the day and our traditional interform ‘tug of war’ competition. There were some very exciting races and I was delighted to see the pupils encouraging each other and supporting the performers as they competed throughout the day. Thanks to Mr Marquis, Mrs Rukin, Miss Lupton, Miss Hough and Mr Cowen who coordinated the event and to Mr Peterson for his commentary to all the participants and spectators. Thanks also to Mr and Mrs Cartmel who join us each year to present the trophies to the winners. It really was a wonderful occasion and the dry weather in the afternoon was an added bonus!
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Friday 27 June 2025 Teddy Bear Picnic with Broughton Pre-School Broughton Pre-School children joined us for a Teddy Bear Picnic helped by Year 9 pupils. They took part in food tasks to help prepare their picnic. They also joined in the Bear Hunt in the Food garden. They all had a fabulous time and they were so excited they have been still talking about it at nursery for several days!
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Friday 27 June 2025 Year 7 Trip to Lancaster Castle and Priory On Wednesday 25th June, the second half of Year 7, 7N/7R/7S, embarked on their joint Humanities visit to the historic Lancaster Castle and Priory. Once again, we were fortunate to be blessed with excellent weather, which made the day’s activities all the more enjoyable and engaging. The trip was a fantastic opportunity for pupils to explore the interconnected disciplines of Geography, History, and Religious Studies in a real-world setting. The geographical focus of the day involved pupils investigating the landscape around the Priory. Armed with clinometers and measuring tapes, they measured the gradient of the slope leading from the back of the Priory down towards the train station. This hands-on fieldwork helped them test the hypothesis that Lancaster Castle is ideally situated for both defence and trade. Pupils also practised their field sketching skills, carefully annotating their drawings with observations and reasons for the castle’s strategic location.
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Friday 27 June 2025 U13 CTS Girls’ County Cricket Finals Results: Lancaster Girls' Grammar School 79 - Broughton 59 Bishops 81 - Broughton 65 Broughton 91 - Haslingden 45 Parrs Wood 101 - Broughton 56
