It’s got significantly colder this week—I quite like it that the weather is more seasonal although I hate talk of snow! I wince every time I see a headline which is forecasting snow—fortunately it has all been much further North than us so far. My week started with a meeting wit...

We have a vacancy for an HR Advisor for the Balcarras Trust. All the information can be found on the Balcarras Trust website by clicking here.

Year 12 and 13 had the opportunity to attend an apprenticeship event at Balcarras

Geography trip to the Natural History Museum in London

Steinway Masterclass at Cheltenham College

On Tuesday 11th November we organised our annual remembrance ceremony around the flagpole. Mr Burke said a few words before Ben Carroll played the last Post. The whole school then observed a silence until Ben played the Reveille. A copy of Mr Burke’s speech is below: 107 years ago almost to...

Year 10's go on a trip to London

Sixth formers get involved in Internet safety forums

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...