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- 03/11/25
School Nurse Extended Service
There will be a meeting in School on Tuesday 25th November at 5.30pm. All the information can be found in the powerpoint here.Read Full Story - 07/11/25
- 07/11/25
Update from the Head - 7th Nov 2025
I hope you all had a lovely half term. I don’t normally go away in October but this year we decided to go to Mallorca. We had a lovely time in the autumn sunshine…I can recommend it! Geography Trip The Geography department had a hugely successful visit to Iceland over ha...Read Full Story - 07/11/25
Pupils share their opinions on Internet safety
Sixth formers get involved in Internet safety forumsRead Full Story - 07/11/25
- 07/11/25
Balcarras receives attendance award
On Thursday the school received an award for outstanding attendance during 2024-25 from the Fisher Family Trust(FFT). FFT run a database of schools nationally and one of the things they monitor is attendance. Using the database allows us to compare how Balcarras is doing to other schools in the coun...Read Full Story - 02/11/25
Iceland the land of snow
43 Geography pupils visited Iceland over the half term holidaysRead Full Story - 02/11/25
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Last of the music video updates
The last instalment of music from the latest series is now liveRead Full Story - 02/11/25
Creative Thinking for Young Enterprise
As part of their build up to take part in the Young enterprise competition, Year 12 pupils took part in a Creative Thinking Workshop organised by Barclays BankRead Full Story - 30/10/25
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- 24/10/25
Update from the Head - 24th Oct 2025
Dear parents, Well that’s the first half term of the year completed! It has fast paced and highly enjoyable eight weeks. I hope all of our pupils and staff enjoy the half term break. I’m looking forward to a rest. Death of Ellen Sargeant We had some terribly sad news this week f...Read Full Story - 22/10/25
- 22/10/25
- 20/10/25
Geographers head to the Beach
Year 12 Geographers headed to the Dorset coast for three days as part of their A level courseRead Full Story - 20/10/25
CROSS COUNTRY DOMINANCE
Magnificent Balcarras Dominate District Cross Country Again! It was another incredible performance by the Balcarras runners as they dominated the District Cross Country Championships held at Ashley Manor. The competition sees schools from across the Cheltenham District compete. Balcarras won 6...Read Full Story - 17/10/25
- 17/10/25
Vacancy for an RE teacher - one year contract
We are looking for an RE teacher to cover a maternity. All the information about the RE job can be found by clicking here.Read Full Story - 17/10/25
Update from the Head - 17th October
It has been a whirlwind week at Balcarras…so much has been going on! School named in the top 10% of schools nationally for progress at GCSE On Monday morning we received a very nice email from ALPS telling us that our GCSE results were in the top 10% of all schools last year for progres...Read Full Story - 16/10/25
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- 15/10/25
MFL are display champions 2025
Every year Balcarras runs a Display Competition to find out which bit of the school looks best. This year MFL were crowned champions! Here is a photo of Mr Burke meeting with the department to congratulate them. There were a range of other individual awards and prizes offered during the com...Read Full Story