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ShoeBox Appeal 2020

This year once again we witnessed the overwhelming generosity of both students, their families and staff who have kindly contributed to the Shoe Box Appeal. There were over 500 boxes donated and collected to be sent to children in Hungary. As always our students and their families live out our

Blanchstock 2020

Every year the school community joins together for Blanchstock, as you are aware, this has been a difficult and different year and so we would like you all to contribute to our online end of year celebration. The event will take place in July 2020 and It will be streamed on our YouTube channel

Black Lives Matter

Archbishop Desmond Tutu once said, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” The current global protests stemming from the horrific murder of George Floyd have served to highlight the long-standing issues of injustice not only in the USA but also

Ofsted

On the 25th - 26th February we welcomed Ofsted to our school for a full section 5 inspection. We are both proud and delighted to report that our school has been graded as "Outstanding" The report highlights many areas, including the "impeccable" behaviour of our students and a "thirst for learning

Women in Journalism with Sky Sports

Pupils from year 10 have attended a one-day careers event in sports journalism. The event was hosted by Liverpool John Moores University, in partnership with Sky Sports News. The pupils had the opportunity to learn new skills, such as television presenting, interviewing, live podcasting and online

World Book Day 2020

It's World Book Day and here at ABS we are celebrating everything book related: Staff costumes, student accessories, treasure hunts and secret quotations. There will be winners for those whole solve the clues and book vouchers for all! As part of our World Book Day celebrations, our Y12 Spanish

Year 7 University of Liverpool

Year 7 visit to the University of Liverpool During the last week of January, all pupils in Year 7 were invited to attend a very exciting day delivered by undergraduate students at the University of Liverpool. The day included a range of informative and aspiration raising activities regarding

AWARE-Children's Mental Health Week

Year 8 GetIT programme.

On Friday 31st January Year 8 had a visit from Martina who works for Amazon Web Services. Students are continuing their project from the GetIT program from Amazon Web Services they started in year 7. So far students have attended a boot camp in Media City and are now using the skills that they

Duke of Edinburgh Training

On Saturday 25th January we had the DofE training day with our Year 10 and some Year 9 students prior to their expeditions. Throughout the course of the day, the girls received training on a range of essential outdoor skills including: Group and personal equipment, kit preparation Expedition

Careers Fair

On Wednesday 15 th January our students had an excellent opportunity to gather information regarding their future destinations at our whole school careers fair. We hosted over 40 stands from employers and further education providers. The format of the day gave our students an excellent opportunity

Parent Governor Election Result

RESULT OF PARENT GOVERNOR ELECTION Thank you to those parents who took part in this election and sent their votes into school. We are thankful to those parents who were willing to put themselves forward for this important post as we received a great response with a high calibre of candidates. The

Salamanca comes to ABS

On Friday 25th November, we welcomed visitors from Salamanca, Spain to work with Year 9 and Year 10 pupils to develop their knowledge and love of Spanish. Our task was to find the famous Frog from Salamanca. Thanks to the Consejería de Educación for supporting this event.