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
Dear Parents, Carers and Students It is with extreme regret and disappointment that we have decided to cancel our Prom on the 20th March. This is not a decision that we have taken lightly, but it is one that cannot be avoided. We have considered alternative dates, but sadly, our endeavours have been in vain...Read More
Some of our Year 11 students have recently took part in an interactive World of Work Session kindly organised for us by Morgan Sindall. Representatives from Inspira, Speakers for Schools, our Enterprise adviser Gary Martin and a variety of staff from Morgan Sindall via the Speakers for Schools platform. The students had an introduction by...Read More
St Benedict’s Catholic High School is pleased to launch a new initiative – The St Benedict’s Skills Passport which is for students who are currently studying the BTEC Level 2 Award in Engineering. The initiative has been set up in partnership with local firms McMenon Engineering Services LTD, James Walker LTD, PPS Electrical LTD, Shepley...Read More
188 of our Year 11 students have this week had the pleasure of taking part in their Mock Interviews – this time virtually!Due to COVID-19 businesses were not able to visit school to take part in these interviews which are a really important learning experience for the students. Students were set up online to take...Read More
As we were unable to hold our Year 11 Information Evening in school this year, Mrs Muncaster has put together an video with all the vital information our Year 11 students and parents need. This is in the two videos below, please watch them in order. If you have any questions at all, please don’t...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 this year via e-mail, and students came into school for their Sixth Form interviews. Mrs Jackson, Headteacher at St Benedict’s said: “I am very proud of all of our students and how...Read More
Dear Students and Parents / Carers, I hope you have had a restful and safe break over the summer so far and have been able to enjoy some of the good weather we have had recently. This letter contains some important information regarding your GCSE results and potential entry to the sixth form in September....Read More
Your results will be emailed to your school email address and you then need to come in to school and speak to our Sixth Form team. In order to do this, you have to book an appointment via the Sixth Form transition page on Microsoft TEAMS. The bookings tab is at the top of the...Read More
Dear Year 11 students I hope this letter finds you and your family well. As a sixth form we are committed to delivering a broad and balanced curriculum to our students. Having reviewed our options, receiving feedback from our current students and in light of the changed situation this year with regard to the cancellation...Read More
