Three very talented students from St Benedict’s School have recently been presented with their REACT Foundation’s Post 16 Award. The awards are designed to encourage West Cumbrian students to think about a career in engineering, with REACT offering bursaries to students intending to study STEM subjects at University and Sixth Form. Mrs Kelso,...Read More
St Benedict’s are celebrating after winning three COUNTY CUP FINALS this week! The Under 16s Boys’, Under 16s Girls and Under 14 Girls football teams all WON their respective matches which were all played on Thursday 30th March at Carlisle. U16 Boys The Year 11 Boys’ Football squad completed their 5 year journey by securing...Read More
St Benedicts Year 11s Boys’ (under 16s) Rugby League team have now progressed to the National Champion schools final after defeating the reigning champions Wade Deacon school of Widnes with an emphatic 36-6 victory. The boys produced an authoritative performance scoring 6 tries, 1 each from Corby Rickerby and Tom McKinney and 2 each for Zac...Read More
Two students from St Benedict’s have recently been presented with their ‘Your Community’ certificates on behalf of Centre for Leadership Performance (CforLP). Mrs Kelso presented the certificates to William McCarron and Joseph McQuirk in relation to the online programme they completed last year. It was delivered by CforLP with funding and support from Hello Future....Read More
This week, we have held our Engineering Skills Passport Award Ceremony for our Year 11 students. The aim of this award is to capture all of the skills the students develop that wouldn’t necessarily be captured in their formal GCSE / BTEC qualifications i.e. fitting, rivetting, reading orthographic drawings, using vernier caliper etc. The award...Read More
Year 11 students from St Benedict’s have today celebrated their GCSE results with parents and teachers. The results were delivered a little differently again this year via e-mail, and then students came into school for their Sixth Form interviews. Mrs Jackson, Headteacher at St Benedict’s said: “We are very proud of our students and the...Read More
Congratulations and good luck to Aaron Holliday and Emily Spence who have been selected to represent Cumbria at the English Schools event on the 10th July. The English schools event could be seen as the Olympics for school children and is an annual championships event. Aaron and Emily will be representing Cumbria schools at Manchester...Read More
Over the past couple of weeks, we have had two groups of students take part in their Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh Awards, organised through Cumbria Youth Alliance (CYA). The first group were all from Year 10. They had been unable to complete their Bronze Award in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions. They were...Read More
This morning we have said goodbye to our Year 11 students. They had a special assembly with speeches, videos, photos and lots of laughs! And they got to say goodbye to their teachers and fellow students. We’d like to wish them all the best for their futures!Read More
A very talented Year 11 student from St Benedict’s School has recently been notified that she has won a REACT Foundations Post 16 Award. The awards are designed to encourage West Cumbrian students to think about a career in engineering, with REACT offering bursaries to students intending to study STEM subjects at Sixth Form....Read More
