We strongly believe learning outside the classroom is as essential to students’ development as learning within the classroom. We ensure that all of our students experience a real wealth of exciting extra curricular opportunities.
We provide a free late bus to all of our students to enable them to attend after school activities. Most extra curricular activities take place from 2.30 – 3.30 pm, when the free bus leaves. If students are taking part in rehearsals or any other activity that runs later than 3.30 pm they should carry their mobile phone to communicate with parents / carers as the school switchboard will be closed.
Our PE extra curricular timetable is available here.
Our residential visits include destinations as diverse as Italy, Shetland, Barcelona, and Belfast as well as visits to France and Germany. Our students also participate in a range of study visits including, for example, to Oxford and Cambridge Universities and to the Royal College of Music.
More locally, our students work with international orchestras, business partners and theatre companies as well a range of professionals from the arts, sciences and sports.
We know participating, performing and competing are key to developing students’ many unique talents and skills. Again, we offer a real breadth of experiences with students participating in, for example the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, the Northern Counties Young Writers Competition, European Gymnastics Championships and Performing Arts Festivals. We are immensely proud of all our students’ individual and team successes.
