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- 30/09/25
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- 29/09/25
Textiles Trip to Kensington Palace & V&A Museum – Friday 26th September
On Friday, our GCSE and A-Level Textiles students took part in a fascinating and enriching visit to Kensington Palace and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The day began with The Dress Code exhibition at Kensington Palace, offering a unique insight into the history of royal...Read Full Story - 28/09/25
- 28/09/25
Sultans of swing - Guitar Quartet
The latest of the Extra curricular music videos has been launchedRead Full Story - 26/09/25
Update from the Head - 26th Sept
Dear Parents, The weeks are flying by. I can’t believe we are already almost through the first month! That’s over 10% of the school year completed already! Sponsored Walk We enjoyed a great walk into the Cotswold hills last Friday. The entire lower school tackled the Annual Spon...Read Full Story - 25/09/25
- 25/09/25
Vacancy for a Management accountant
The Balcarras Trust is looking for a Management Accountant, all the information about the position can be found by clicking here.Read Full Story - 24/09/25
First day impressions for year 7
See the welcome to Balcarras video for Year 7 and their first impressionsRead Full Story - 24/09/25
- 24/09/25
- 24/09/25
Balcarras Baccalaureate Success
Each year pupils in Year 11 at Balcarras have the opportunity to challenge themselves by signing up for the Balcarras Baccalaureate scheme. To take part pupils commit to trying to achieve a set of challenge grades in their core subjects (English, maths and science) and three of their option subjects...Read Full Story - 20/09/25
Balcarras Music latest video
The next video form the Balcarras music department has gone liveRead Full Story - 19/09/25
Runners live on local radio
Balcarras teachers have been talking live on radio GloucestershireRead Full Story - 19/09/25
Update from the Head - 19th September
Dear parents, Another week flies by. It has been busy and purposeful although I am afraid it did start with some very bad news… Balcarras pays tribute to Dr Joe Sharp On Monday the school received the terribly sad news that Dr Joe Sharp passed away at the weekend. Dr Sharp joined Bal...Read Full Story - 19/09/25
Next PTFA Event
The PTFA are running a clothes swap on Friday October 17th 2025 between 7pm and 9pm in the school gym. The event will include ladies and secondary school age girls clothing including jewellery, accessories, shoes and bags. Tickets are £10 in advance, £12 on the night, with a reduced pric...Read Full Story - 18/09/25
- 17/09/25
- 16/09/25
Tribute to Dr Joe Sharp
On Monday morning, the school received the terribly sad news that Dr Joe Sharp passed away at the weekend. Dr Sharp joined Balcarras in 2004 and taught Chemistry for over a decade before joining the DT department and the Cover Supervisor team. He retired at Easter 2025. Dr Sharp was one of a kind...Read Full Story - 16/09/25
