Latest News
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.
Superstar Safaa!
We are thrilled to announce that Safaa, who left Balshaw’s in 2020, attended a Runshaw College Awards ceremony this month and won ‘Student of the Year!
UK Bebras Computing Challenge
During the fortnight of the 7th to 18th November 2022, current Year 9 students took part in the UK Bebras Computing Challenge (BCC).
3D Printer in Action!
This term a group of Year 9 students worked on a Design & Technology project and were excited to have their designs printed on the Ultimaker 3D printer!
Fabulous Football!
Our girls have been really busy with their fabulous football skills recently.
Indoor Athletics
Well done to our boys Indoor Athletics team who competed at the South Ribble competition held at All Hallows.
Rotary Youth Speaks and English-Speaking Union's Public Speaking Competitions
Our students have recently taken part in Rotary Youth Speaks and English-Speaking Union's Public Speaking Competitions
Great Gymnastics!
Congratulations to Mia, in Year 7, who recently took part in a gymnastics competition in Leicester and won two medals.
Careers Fair - Thursday 24th November
We hosted our popular Careers Fair on Thursday 24th November from 4.30pm to 7.30pm.
GCHQ's National Language Competition
Congratulations to our Y9 students who took part in GCHQ's National Language Competition.
Cross Country Event
On Saturday 19th November, a group of our students represented Balshaw’s in a cross country competition at Hutton Grammar.
The Lion King Trip
On Thursday 10th November, the Drama department took a group of 55 students to see The Lion King in Manchester.