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 Year 11 Boys South Ribble Cup Progress!
5 February 2025

Year 11 Boys South Ribble Cup Progress!

On Monday 3rd February, our Year 11 boys’ football team played against Worden Academy in the South Ribble Schools Cup.

Image of English-Speaking Union Success!
5 February 2025

English-Speaking Union Success!

Congratulations to Balshaw's senior public speaking teams who BOTH got through to the semi-finals of the English-Speaking Union Churchill Public Speaking Competition yesterday evening (Tuesday 4th February).

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4 February 2025

X(Twitter)

You can access our current tweets here.

Image of Holocaust Memorial Day 2025
27 January 2025

Holocaust Memorial Day 2025

On Monday 27th January the school choir were honored to represent the school as Leyland Civic Centre for their Holocaust Memorial Service.

Image of Bedrock Achievements - December 2024
16 January 2025

Bedrock Achievements - December 2024

Congratulations to Mrs Bache and Mrs Gore’s English group (8N), who are BEDROCK ACHIEVEMENT CHAMPIONS for December and to Miss McCutcheon and Mrs Gore’s English group (8W) for making most progress.

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16 January 2025

Care Kits 2024

Firstly, we wanted thank you to everyone who donated toiletries for our 'Care Kits'.

Image of Year 7 Football Team Through to the Lancashire County Finals!
15 January 2025

Year 7 Football Team Through to the Lancashire County Finals!

A huge well done to our Year 7 boys who beat Ripley St Thomas 7 - 2 to reach the Lancashire Schools County Finals! They faced a strong team in Ripley however Balshaw's completely outclassed them in terms of teamwork and thoroughly deserved the win.

Image of Leon's Success in Taekwondo
20 December 2024

Leon's Success in Taekwondo

We are very proud of Leon who has recently been promoted to 1st Dan in Taekwondo.

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20 December 2024

Superb Swimming!

On Tuesday 10th December, a number of our students represented Balshaw’s at the South Ribble Swim Gala.

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20 December 2024

Christmas Hampers 2024!

We wanted to say a huge thank you again this year to everyone who donated items for our Christmas Hamper collection.

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20 December 2024

Positives 2024

We have had an OUSTANDING end to 2024; there have been over 120,000 positive points awarded altogether for all year groups throughout school. Positives are awarded for all students who meet our high expectations regarding their conduct in and out of lessons.

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19 December 2024

Christmas Carol Concert

On Wednesday 18th December we held a Christmas Carol concert in school.