Well done to our Year 9 and Year 11 netball teams on a strong end to the season. Having finished winners in their respective pools, both teams qualified for the finals. The year 11s had a great win against St Benet Biscops in their semi final and went on to meet a strong KEVI team… Read more »
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 »
We were delighted to welcome former Masterchef: The Professionals quarter finalist Matei Baran to the school recently to cook a Masterclass to our Year 11 students studying GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition. Matei – who is now head chef at a local restaurant in Tynemouth – has recently written a charity cookbook, Big Chef, Mini… Read more »