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.

17 January 2024

Sam Selected for American Football GB Squad!

Congratulations to Sam C, in Year 11, who has been selected for the American Football U17 Great Britain squad.

15 January 2024

Year 7 Girls Through to Semi-finals of the Lancashire Cup!

After an impressive 3-0 win away at Bowland, we are delighted to say that our Year 7 girls’ football team made it through to the semi-finals of the Lancashire cup, on Thursday 11th January.

11 January 2024

Bedrock Achievements - December 2023

Congratulations to Mrs Marsh’s English group 8R!

21 December 2023

Merry Melodies

On what was a cold and windy evening of Wednesday 20th December, we hosted our Merry Melodies concert in school.

21 December 2023

Christmas Jumper and Trainer Day

On Thursday 21st December, students and staff were invited to wear Christmas jumpers and trainers.

20 December 2023

Christmas Hampers 2023!

We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone for their donations of items for our Christmas Hamper collection again this year.

18 December 2023

Silent Disco!

On Thursday 14th December, we had a Christmas silent disco for our Year 7 and 8 students.

14 December 2023

U14s Basketball Lancashire Cup

Well done to our U14s Basketball team, who travelled over to St Michaels in Chorley, to compete in the Lancashire Schools Cup.

13 December 2023

GCHQ's National Language Competition

Congratulations to some of our Year 9 students who took part in GCHQ's National Language Competition.

11 December 2023

Sam Waddington Wins Prestigious Sanderson Golf Trophy

We are very proud of Sam W, in Year 10, who was recently awarded the Sanderson Golf Trophy.

11 December 2023

International Aid Trust Shoebox Appeal

Our Middle School Council and Mrs Mackintosh, have once again been busy organising shoeboxes for International Aid Trust.

8 December 2023

Year 7 Girls' Football Team - Lancashire Cup Progress

Our Year 7 girls' football team were in Lancashire cup action, on Thursday 7th December, in what were very difficult weather conditions!