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- 13/03/26
40th Anniversary Celebrations Update
With just under 2 weeks to go, we are delighted to share some of the fundraising we have planned for our 40th anniversary celebrations!!! Our donor wall is already looking fantastic and we are so grateful to those that have made a donation! https://balcarras.hubbub.net/donor-wall/ Anyone wh...Read Full Story - 12/03/26
- 03/03/26
Balcarras is turning 40!
March 2026 Dear Parent/Guardian As a valued member of the Balcarras School community, I’m excited to invite you to participate in our 40th Anniversary Celebrations taking place on 25th-26th March 2026. This is a powerful opportunity for our entire community including current an...Read Full Story - 13/03/26
Latest update from the Head - 13th March
It’s a very special day today—Buddy the Dog is three years old! Here is a nice photo of him in his birthday outfit. Doesn’t he look handsome? There have been plenty of other outfits displayed in the school today as we enjoyed our annual Sixth Form Dress Up Day. It’s great...Read Full Story - 12/03/26
Cotswold Wildlife park
Year 9 visited the Cotswold Wildlife park as part of the schools curriculum dayRead Full Story - 12/03/26
Geographers make a big splash
Year 10 Geography students visited a river as part of the fieldwork for their GCSERead Full Story - 11/03/26
Celebrating the Women Who Changed the World
Who would you nominate for influential women who have shaped the course of history?Read Full Story - 09/03/26
- 06/03/26
Update from the Head - 6th March 2026
Welcome to the latest weekly update. It has been a beautiful week at Balcarras—the sun has shone every day, the spring flowers are gradually making their presence felt and all sorts of fun things have been going on. Balcarras Win Bronze Medal at the England National School Squash Finals...Read Full Story - 05/03/26
- 05/03/26
- 05/03/26
Balcarras KS4 Squash Team Claims Bronze at National Schools Championships
Balcarras delivered an outstanding performance at the National Schools Squash Championships, finishing 3rd in the country at the finals held at Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham. The team competed against the strongest school sides in the country and showed excellent determi...Read Full Story - 04/03/26
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Buddy’s Birthday Bash
It's Buddy's 3rd Birthday on Friday 13th March and we are celebrating with Hot Dogs! All proceeds from this will go to 2 Wish, a bereavement charity who work with people who are impacted by the sudden death of a young person. Payment on Scopay. Please pre-order by Mond...Read Full Story - 04/03/26
Trust Art Gallery Goes Live!
The Balcarras Trust’s Enrichment and Engagement Working Party has established an Art Gallery to showcase work from across the Trust’s three schools. The Gallery is hosted on the Balcarras Trust’s website here: https://www.thebalcarrastrust.co.uk/page/?title=EXHIBITION+%26amp%3B...Read Full Story - 03/03/26
Balcarras Invincibles Storm District Netball
On Monday afternoon the Year 9 Balcarras team won every game on the way to winning the Cheltenham District Schools Netball Championships. After dominating their group the girls beat Cleeve in the semi final and Cheltenham Ladies College in the final. Well done to them!Read Full Story - 02/03/26
- 27/02/26
- 27/02/26
Update from the Head - 27th Feb
Dear Parents, Welcome back to term four of the school year. I hope you had a nice half term. It has been a sombre start to the term here at Balcarras following the very upsetting news the school community received during half term. We have done everything we can to support our youngsters through...Read Full Story - 27/02/26
Life on Mars
With the Easter holidays now fast approaching, it is perhaps no surprise that the CEP challenges (Cheltenham Educational Partnership) are now coming thick and fast and earlier this week it was the turn of some of our Y10 students who this year are taking part in this year's Mars Rover...Read Full Story - 25/02/26
