Category: News for Parents

Woodhorn Museum - Photo © Christine Westerback (cc-by-sa/2.0)

Changed Lives

Our year 7 students took part in a powerful drama performance at the Northumberland Miners’ Picnic at Woodhorn recently. The group had been involved in a major creative writing project looking at the devastating impact of the First World War on a small mining community in Ashington. The project was organised in conjunction with the… Read more »

GCSE Success

We are delighted with our GCSE results this year with 69% of all students achieving the benchmark pass grade in both English and Maths, up two percent on last year’s figure.  81% of students achieved a grade 4 or above in English and 75% achieved this standard in Maths.  In English almost one quarter of… Read more »

CLV students visit Google

Some of our students recently had the amazing opportunity to visit Google Offices in London. The winners of our ‘Make a Difference’ project from year 8 last year got to present their idea to a team at Google. Our digital leaders also had the chance to present the work that they do on a weekly… Read more »

Year 7 Settling In Day

Year 7 parents are invited to our settling in day on Friday 27th January from 9am-3pm.  The day gives parents the opportunity to meet their child’s Learning Guide, discuss progress and look at their child’s workbook. Parents will have received an email/letter regarding booking a place. If you have not yet booked a place please… Read more »