Girls in y8 and y9 were treated to an author event with the prize-winning Irish author, Sarah Moore Fitzgerald. Sarah writes poignant and big-hearted stories about family and friendships. Her newest book, The List of Real Things, follows two sisters who have lived with their mad uncle since the death of their parents. Bee, the… Read more »
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 »
We recently invited the Marine Society to CLV to deliver an interactive workshop about buoyancy. Our students gained an insight into the basic principles of marine engineering and were given the challenge to produce a boat to hold as many marbles as possible, using only the resources of paper, wire, foil and sellotape! The winning… Read more »
We would like to say a huge well done to Katie-Jane H and Josh M for being accepted onto the Royal Institute of Mathematics Masterclass Program. They have been nominated for their hard work in Year 8 and now have an excellent opportunity to complete project work based around exciting and innovative areas of Maths,… Read more »
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 »
Cramlington sixth former Ellie Roberts, was one of only three people shortlisted for ‘Volunteer of the Year’ at the National Badminton Awards which took place earlier this month. Ellie was nominated by the Northumberland County Badminton Association for her volunteering and coaching work she has undertaken over the last 2 years. Every Friday and Sunday… Read more »
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 »