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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 16 January 2026 Sporting Successes for Former Broughton Pupils - Evie Lee and Alex Latham Many congratulations to Evie Lee on her selection for the England Futsal u19s team. Evie started her football journey with Myerscough Junior Football Development Club, she played for the school team at Broughton High School and progressed in academy football, most recently representing Blackburn Rovers PGA. To represent England in the u19s Futsal team is a superb achievement.
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Friday 16 January 2026 Year 7 Writing Challenge My Year 7 class were challenged to write their own children’s stories after studying Voices in the Park, and they certainly rose to the challenge. Pupils produced some incredible pieces of children’s literature, carefully applying the key concepts studied in class, including some superb examples of symbolism.
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Friday 16 January 2026 Preston Schools - Year 7 Football Finals Broughton A Team Broughton A v Our Lady's - Drew 0-0 Broughton A v Ashton - Won 2-0 Goal scorers: Elspeth Cross, Valtesa Osmani
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Friday 9 January 2026 Netball - Year 7 & 8 On 17th December, Year 7 and 8 played against Corpus at Broughton. Both teams gave a fantastic performance with a strong win for both years. The final scores were: Year 7 Broughton 10 Corpus 2 and Year 8 Broughton 14 and Corpus 5
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Friday 9 January 2026 Red Squirrel Conservation On Wednesday, 17th December, a small group of Year 9 and Year 10 pupils had a presentation from Heather, a former Broughton pupil, who now works as Communications Manager for the Red Squirrel Recovery Network, part of the Wildlife Trust. Heather and her colleague shared some of the challenges facing red squirrels and explained why they are now an endangered species. The talk highlighted the importance of the North-West as a key area for red squirrel conservation. Pupils also learned about career roles linked to environmental work and campaigning.
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Friday 9 January 2026 Preston Schools’ Football Finals - Year 7 On Wednesday, 7th January, both the Year 7 A & B teams took part in their respective finals at Corpus. The A team took on Our Lady’s, Corpus & Fulwood, whilst the B team played Our Lady’s, Corpus & Archbishop. Both teams work extremely hard in all games, and despite the cold weather managed to put in some fantastic performances. With two wins and one draw each, both the A & B team were crowned Preston Schools’ Football Champions for this year;
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Friday 9 January 2026 Poetry Competition - Top 3 Entries Back in December, we held a poetry competition and were overwhelmed with the number and quality of entries. We are delighted to announce the top three poetry entries selected for the Broughton High School Poetry Anthology below:
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Friday 19 December 2025 Music Department at Christmas The past two weeks have been especially busy and rewarding for the Music Department, with pupils taking part in a range of festive performances both in school and across the local community. These events gave pupils the opportunity to share their music with a wide audience and play an active role in community celebrations.
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Friday 19 December 2025 End of Term Assemblies We held our new ‘gameshow' end of term rewards and house assemblies today led by Mr Bailey and Mr Peterson where a huge number of pupils were recognised for their academic and pastoral efforts and achievements in school this half term, whilst having some competitive fun playing ‘Blankety Blank' and ‘The Generation Game' amongst other fun activities. On top of festive lunches, and our final day as a ‘charity non-uniform' day, it has been a very busy and exciting end to the term.
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Monday 15 December 2025 Orienteering in P.E. Over the last two weeks, Years 8 & 9 have taken part in four lessons of orienteering during PE. It has been a fantastic two weeks, with invaluable experience gained and life lessons learned along the way. Starting with an introduction lesson, pupils had to complete a 10-point star course in pairs, aiming to find the points quickly and efficiently using the map before returning to be checked, this resulted in some intense competition, with pupils completing the half-course task in record times.
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Monday 15 December 2025 MFL Cologne Christmas Trip 2025 On the evening of Tuesday 2nd December, 29 Year 9 and 10 pupils set off on our long-awaited trip to Cologne, accompanied by Mrs Hendey, Mr Weaver and Miss Cuthbert. The journey was long, but worth the wait as we arrived in the beautiful city of Cologne, ready to speak German, experience the culture of the Christmas markets and activate the Christmas spirit!
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Monday 15 December 2025 Year 7 Football Over the last three Wednesdays, the Year 7 A & B teams have taken part in the group stages of the Preston football league. Travelling to Ashton on all three nights, both teams played eight games, with both teams playing all A & B teams to try and accumulate points. It has been an incredible successful for both teams. Despite the tough format, both teams managed to score significantly more than they conceded, and a combination of teamwork, hard-work and effort saw a strong set of results be achieved.
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Tuesday 9 December 2025 Netball - Years 7 & 10 On Tuesday, 9th December, the Year 7 and Year 10 netball teams played against Christ the King. Year 7 played in their second game of the league and, after panicky start, they settled into the game and managed to overcome the opposition who were significantly taller than the Broughton side. After numerous significant interceptions by Mollie Killeen, Tilly Rowland and Millie Sealey, Broughton turned over a number of centre passes and played some very aesthetic attacking play.
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Friday 5 December 2025 Meet the Expert 2025 It was a busy week for Year 8 in Careers! The day after the Futures Fair all of Year 8 had a fantastic opportunity to sit down with people from the local area working in a range of jobs. They had a meaningful, long form conversation with the experts about their jobs.
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Friday 5 December 2025 Broughton High School Futures Fair 2025 Last Wednesday Broughton held our annual Futures Fair. The event was a huge success with pupils from all Year Groups interacting with 27 visitors from a range of industries, education providers and local businesses
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Friday 5 December 2025 Rotary Youth Speaks Intermediate Competition On Tuesday, 2nd December, we entered three teams into the Rotary Youth Speaks Intermediate Competition at Balshaw’s CE High School in Leyland. The evening was full of talent and enthusiasm from all schools and what I found particularly impressive was that each speech was different and reflected the skills and personality of the individuals.
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Friday 5 December 2025 Netball - Year 7 Year 7 competed in their first netball fixture of the league on Wednesday evening, 3rd December. They were very successful, winning 13-3 against Moor Park, remaining calm and composed throughout.
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Friday 5 December 2025 Lancashire Equality Mark We were delighted to be invited to a celebration event at County Hall this week to receive our Lancashire Equality Mark Award, a recognition of three years of dedicated work to promote and celebrate diversity, inclusion, and equality across our whole school community. Miss Harris, Mrs Wallace, and three Year 10 pupils, Alexander, Lily, and Priya, attended a special ceremony at County Hall where they delivered a presentation showcasing the impact of all our work and accepted the award on behalf of the school. Receiving the Lancashire Equality Mark is a proud moment for our school, but it is also a reminder of the ongoing importance of maintaining an ethos understanding, respect, and kindness in a school where everyone can ‘achieve together’. Miss Harris
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Wednesday 3 December 2025 U14s Girls' Football On Wednesday 3rd December, the girls’ U14 football team played in the next round of the Lancashire Cup, away at Shuttleworth College. Despite the freezing conditions, the Broughton girls put in a convincing performance, dominating play and leaving goalkeeper Daisy Wilson with very little to do. Broughton went on to win the game 4-0, with goals came from Darcey Skelton x2, Heidi Boyce, and Louisa Kitchen.
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Friday 28 November 2025 Descriptive Writing In Year 8 we have been studying Oliver Twist. Amirah's class were tasked with creating a descriptive piece where they contrasted the squalid Victorian city conditions with the romanticised countryside.
