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.

Image of Superstar Safaa!
16 December 2022

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!

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16 December 2022

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).

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16 December 2022

Christmas Hampers 2022

Image of 3D Printer in Action!
14 December 2022

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!

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14 December 2022

Fabulous Football!

Our girls have been really busy with their fabulous football skills recently.

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6 December 2022

Indoor Athletics

Well done to our boys Indoor Athletics team who competed at the South Ribble competition held at All Hallows.

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2 December 2022

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

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30 November 2022

Great Gymnastics!

Congratulations to Mia, in Year 7, who recently took part in a gymnastics competition in Leicester and won two medals.

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28 November 2022

Careers Fair - Thursday 24th November

We hosted our popular Careers Fair on Thursday 24th November from 4.30pm to 7.30pm.

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25 November 2022

GCHQ's National Language Competition

Congratulations to our Y9 students who took part in GCHQ's National Language Competition.

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21 November 2022

Cross Country Event

On Saturday 19th November, a group of our students represented Balshaw’s in a cross country competition at Hutton Grammar.

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21 November 2022

The Lion King Trip

On Thursday 10th November, the Drama department took a group of 55 students to see The Lion King in Manchester.