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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 28 March 2025 Duke of Edinburgh Practice Walks - Darwen Tower
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Friday 28 March 2025 Student Council Trip to London
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Friday 28 March 2025 CREST Bronze Award in Science
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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 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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Tuesday 25 March 2025 Meet Wilson! Therapy Dog
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Monday 24 March 2025 Author Visit - Nathan Parker
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Friday 21 March 2025 The Year 7 Science Bake Off 2025
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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
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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
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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 U16 Girls' Lancashire Cup Football - Quarter Finals
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Friday 14 February 2025 U16 Boys' Football - Lancashire Cup Quarter Final
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Friday 14 February 2025 U14 Basketball Team - Lancashire Champions!