School Trips

Activities Week, Ski Trips and More

TES Newsday

An interschool competition for year 9 pupils to produce a newspaper on current stories and events to a production deadline. Times Educational Suplement

Green Website for BBC News School Report

The Geography department is taking part in the BBC News School Reprt which gives 11-14 year-old students in the UK the chance to make their own news reports for a real audience. In March, schools take part in an annual News Day, simultaneously creating video, audio and text-based news reports, and publishing them on a school website, to which the BBC aims to link.

Click here to see the website the pupils have created.

Click here for more information from the BBC website.

Sports Reports

Sports Reports, Results and information

Sports Centre

Our Sports Facilities are regularly used by other clubs and organisations for both school funded teams as well as for the local community

Sponsored Walk

The yearly sponsored walk aims to unite the school. The resulting funds raise money for the school as well as local and international charities, chosen by our students.

School Plays

The School produces one large School play each year, each of the highest acclaim and quality, previous performances include The Sound of Music, The Wizard of Oz and Grease.

People and Planet

Student run organisation, it aims to promote awareness about important global issues.

Duke of Edinborough

Internationally Recognised Award Scheme. Balcarras Provides training for both Bronze and Gold Award Groups.