I hope that you had a lovely Christmas break and we send our best wishes for 2025. We certainly returned with an icy blast on Monday and it was lovely to see how one of our students and his dad had been helping in the community. Settling straight back into routine, we had assemblies to reinforce our values (ambitious, respectful, resilient) and expectations ensuring a smooth start to the Spring Term. Uniform standards were high as usual and we thank you for your support with this. Mrs. Godsell- Wright has continued to reinforce our values in assemblies by thinking about the year ahead and how we can approach it to maximise impact.
We’ve been delighted to welcome Miss Bargewell (Second in English), Mrs Valentine (Maths) and Mrs Downes (GTA) to our school community and congratulate Mrs Wellock as she takes up the post of Head of English.
By the end of week one, we’re now firmly settled back into routine. Students in Years 10 and 11 are fully aware of the successful areas of their progress exams and what they need to do in the few months leading up to their next progress exams in March and their final exams in the Summer. As part of our Raising Achievement strategy, high quality teaching, interventions and revision sessions continue to support students to maximise their achievement. You’ll be able to discuss their progress with teachers at the virtual Parent/Carer evening on Wednesday 22nd January 2025.
Mr. Field reports, ‘It’s been a positive sporting start to 2025 for the Boroughbridge High School PE department with record breaking participation rates in extra-curricular activities. Despite the cold spell pupils have turned out in their numbers to partake in the extensive extra-curricular programme on offer at school. We are pleased to announce that 175 pupils have attended the eight activities that have been on offer this week – a new record which we are very proud of. The new extra-curricular timetable is out now so hopefully this will entice more pupils to get involved in some of the activities on offer.’ Please click the following link to view the extra-curricular timetable – https://www.boroughbridgehigh.com/general-letters/
Have a lovely weekend!