Here are our news articles. We hope that you enjoy reading them.
We are always happy to publish articles about our current and former students.
Please contact Mrs Coles (a.coles@balshaws.org.uk) if you would be interested in having an article on our website.
Thank you.
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Bedrock Achievements - September 2024
Congratulations to Miss Dudley and Mr Duckworth’s English group 8ST who are this month’s Bedrock Achievement Champions!
Amazing Athletics
A big well done to our U16 athletes who travelled to UCLAN sports arena to compete in the South Ribble Schools competition.
First Fixture for New Year 7 Football Squad
We had almost 80 Year 7 students turn up to our trials for our Year 7 football team, which was amazing, but also very difficult to select an initial squad from! After three weeks of successive trials a squad of 13 was selected for our first fixture against Leyland St Marys in the South Ribble Schools League.
MFL Languages Week
During the week 23rd to 27th September 2024, our MFL Department held their annual Languages Week, that also celebrated the European Day of Languages.
Blood Brothers Trip
Straight to business at the start of term students from Years 9-11 visited Blackpool Winter Gardens on Thursday 5th September to watch Blood Brothers.
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Superstar Phoebe
We are delighted to share the news that Phoebe L, in Year 8, has been a real superstar in the fabulous world of cheerleading.
GCSE Exam Results 2024
We were delighted with the results that were achieved by our Year 11 leavers.
Cricket Friendly Success!
Our Year 7 & 8 Cricket team played in their first hardball fixture on 8th July. They played against a mixed Hutton team with both A and B team players fielding for the opposition.
We Will Rock You – School Edition!
In July 2024, the Performing Arts department, along with a team of our wonderful students and amazing staff staged We Will Rock You – School Edition!
Business & Computing JCB Trip
On Tuesday 18th June 2024, the Business & Computing Department took a large group of Year 10 and Year 9 students on a trip to the JCB World Headquarters in Staffordshire.
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Success at the NW School Sustainability Conference
On Thursday 27th June, a group of our Year 7, 8 and 9 students and staff went to the North West Sustainability Conference, held at Blackburn Rovers Football Club.
Year 8 Rounders Team are Runners-up!
Well done to the Year 8 Rounders team who were runners up in the South Ribble Rounders tournament!
