After the success of last year’s “Take a Risk” week, we once again asked all teachers across the school to think about engaging, innovative ways that they could teach the curriculum throughout the week. Deputy Headteacher, Mr Trewhitt, commented: “It has been a pleasure to be invited into lessons to see teachers thinking differently about…
Year 7 Football Our Year 7 football team put in a great performance last week vs Ullswater in the County Cup. They battled well and stayed in the game thanks to a hat trick from Finn McDerby. Despite adding a fourth from a Bodhi Forster penalty, Ullswater won the game 6-4. Well Done to all…
Our beautiful new Sensory Room was officially opened on Wednesday by Tony Parrini from Brampton and Longtown Rotary. During his visit, Tony spoke with several students about what the Rotary do and explained how, with support from Rotary International, they contributed a generous donation towards the development of the space. This funding has enabled many…
Thirty of our Year 13 students are looking to pursue an apprenticeship once they finish their studies here at WHS. To support them with this process, the students took part in a mock interview afternoon, to gain real-world experience being interviewed by representatives from local companies. It was an incredibly useful experience for all. The…
Sixteen of our Sixth Form students made it through to the 2025 Dream Placement Selection Event in December, organised by the Centre for Leadership Performance. The Dream Placement scheme offers young people from the region the opportunity to meet employers linked to their area of interest, with successful candidates offered a work experience placement in…
Brampton Methodist Church was absolutely packed last night for our Carol Service, and we hope everyone who joined us enjoyed the magical evening of festive music, poetry and readings. Our students truly excelled themselves—every performance from the choir, orchestra, rock clubs and drama students was fantastic! A huge thank you to Mrs Cooper, Miss Maclachlan,…
The autumn term is the time when we invite students to apply for the position of Student Librarian. This year, as in previous years, the high quality of applications made the selection process very difficult, and we appreciate the effort and interest shown by all who applied. We are pleased to confirm that our new…
Our sports hall was full of excited students on Monday for the CET Panathlon Multi-Sports Competition. Seven teams from across the Trust’s Secondary Schools took part: three from William Howard School, two from Whitehaven Academy, one from Workington Academy and one from Kirkby Stephen Grammar School. Debbie Davies from the children’s charity Panathlon arrived early…
The Year 9 Character Curriculum Art class have been learning a new craft – needle felting. After sketching the outlines of their pets or favourite animals onto hessian backing, the students use specialist felting needles to carefully poke and blend wool fibres into place. Through patience and creativity, their simple drawings are gradually transformed into…
Keeping alive the Dickensian custom of ghost stories at Christmas time, Mrs Donohue’s Year 7 Literacy class put into practice their oracy skills, delighting — and frightening — one another with their own eerie tales yesterday.