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- 22/11/21
Alex Chalk rounds off History and Politics fortnight in fine style
On Friday 19th November the Right Honourable Alex Chalk MP came in to school to meet Year 7 students from both Balcarras and The High School Leckhampton. The event was hosted by the history department and was held in the sports hall which was set out to resemble the House of Commons (as closely...Read Full Story - 15/11/21
Empty car park day
Friday 12th November Balcarras and the High School Leckhampton held an Empty car park dayRead Full Story - 15/11/21
Balcarras mentioned on the Jeremy Vine show
Bishop James Jones mentions the pupils of Balcarras during his interview on the Jeremy Vine show. Bishop James Jones KBE mentioned Balcarras during an interview on the Jeremy Vine show on Thursday 11th November. Bishop James is the former Bishop of Liverpool and was also the Chairman of the...Read Full Story - 12/11/21
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Happy Birthday to Balcarras - 35 Years Young!
Happy Birthday to Balcarras - 35 Years Young! Today marks the 35th anniversary of the official opening of Balcarras which took place on Wednesday 12th November 1986, so in a way today is our birthday! On that momentous occasion the Mayor of Cheltenham, Don Perry, declared Bal...Read Full Story - 11/11/21
Remembrance Service at Balcarras
On Thursday 11th November we held our annual remembrance ceremony around the flagpole. Students from Year 7 to Year 11 attended, whilst the other year groups observed a minute silence in their lessons. At the ceremony Mr Burke said a few words before Katie Lerescu (Year 12) played the...Read Full Story - 09/11/21
Pupils take part in COP26 talks
With the ongoing global talks on Climate change taking place in Glasgow this week as part of COP26 pupils got the chance to take part to talk climate change with other pupils and professionals from our local area.Read Full Story - 09/11/21
History and Politics Fortnight
There are a round of talks and events for pupils to mark History and Politics fortnightRead Full Story - 02/11/21
Update on remote learning for pupils isolating due to COVID.
Dear Parents, Before the half-term break we had a very high number of pupils isolating due to COVID and so made the decision that we would have live access to “Teams” as the default method of remote learning. As hoped the number of pupils having to work from home is now significant...Read Full Story