Students from Years 8 and 9 recently took part in the first stage of a national mock trial competition. Held at Newcastle Law Courts our students competed against 11 local schools taking on various roles in a trial and trying a case against another school with the assistance of magistrates, legal advisers and other legal… Read more »
Well done to our Key Stage 3 Girls’ Badminton squad. Having claiming victory in the area competition last month, the girls qualified for the regional round – played in Newcastle recently. After a superb team performance the girls finished overall winners. Well done to Charlotte, Sara, Maylun and Ava. The team will now progress to… Read more »
Our Year 8 boys team have booked a place in the Northumberland County Cup Final after a thrilling 5-4 extra time victory over an impressive Ovingham side. Two goals from Matthew G, two from Aidan P and a winner in extra time from Callum W, completed a great comeback, as CLV had been both 3-1… Read more »
Some of our year 10 students recently took part in the Intermediate Maths Challenge, hosted by the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust. The challenges aim to stimulate mathematical problem solving. Our students were awarded in the Bronze, Silver and Gold categories with Pete W also winning the best in school award. Category award winners: Bronze: Josh… Read more »
For the sixth year in a row our Sixth Form business students, alongside Mrs Thomson, have triumphed at the Management Games held in North Tyneside recently. Emily H, Lucy R-K, Jonathan S, Daniel H, Elliott C, Ben N and Matthew P took part in an intensive day of management decisions with rigorous questioning by industry… Read more »
Famous actor, comedian and now author, Ben Miller joined us in the JLV last week to launch his first children’s fiction book, The Night I Met Father Christmas. Ben Miller is an actor, director and comedian, best known for writing and starring in The Armstrong and Miller Show and his roles in Paddington 2, Johnny… Read more »
Former year 13 student Hannah Ricalton is to receive an award for her recent performance in the Advanced Chemistry examination by The Salters’ Institute. Hannah has been invited to the Annual Salters’ Institute award ceremony in December to receive the award for attaining one of the highest marks in the Chemistry examination; she will also… Read more »