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GCSE Results Day for Year 11 Students

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...
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Students selected for English Schools

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...
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Students complete Duke of Edinburgh Awards

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...
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Year 11 Leavers’ Assembly

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!
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Talented Student wins REACT Foundation Post 16 Award

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....
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Letter from Mrs Jackson & Mrs Hannan

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...
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Year 11 Students take part in Virtual World of Work session

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...
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New initiative launched for Engineering Students

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...
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Year 11 Mock Interviews go virtual

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...
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Year 11 Information Evening

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...
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