A special food tasting lesson brought the wonderful and vibrant flavours of Spain to delighted Year 8 students in school on Friday. Students sampled a range of specialities, including chorizo, Manchego cheese, black and green olives, salted sunflower seeds, potato tortilla, serrano ham and more. The tasting session offered students a fun, interactive way to …
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Extreme Reading Challenge Winner
Well done to Lily Hancox from 8SC who won the Extreme Reading Challenge launched to students over the summer. Lily was lucky enough to spend five days with her family in Iceland and was snapped reading a book with an active volcano in the background. Even more impressive was the fact that she had trekked …
“Aspirational Environment” Leads to Good Ofsted Rating
Students and staff at Bridgnorth Endowed are celebrating the news of a ‘Good’ rating in its latest Ofsted report, an achievement that reflects the hard work and dedication of the entire team. Inspectors visited the school for a two-day graded inspection at the start of the autumn term and were particularly impressed with the significant …
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The Great BES Bake Off
To mark this year’s European Day of Languages, students took part in a baking competition with a distinctly international flavour. Take a look at some of the entries we received… Hover on image and click viewer to scroll
Bridgnorth Endowed Students Celebrate GCSE Results
There were smiles all round today as Bridgnorth Endowed’s Year 11 students collected their long-awaited GCSE results, which saw the return to pre-pandemic grading. Top marks were gained across the board and this year’s school leavers are now poised to study a range of exciting courses at popular destinations, including King Edward’s in Stourbridge, Shrewsbury …
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Students Champion Mental Health Awareness
Bridgnorth Endowed School has gone the extra mile to boost mental health provision for its pupils through a brand-new peer-to-peer support initiative, which has just been launched. Twenty one students received a full day of specialist training to become Mental Health Champions at a kickstarter course delivered by children’s health and wellbeing crusaders, One Goal, …
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Headteacher’s Half Term Message
It has been a very exciting half term where we have seen the culmination of Year 11’s hard work and efforts in their GCSE examinations and a full range of activities and events showcasing the talents, skills and abilities of many of our pupils. We are extremely proud of our sporting successes, charity work and …
Student Book Review
Here Lies Arthur by Phillip Reeve I picked up ‘Here Lies Arthur’ for multiple reasons: 1. because I loved Philip Reeve’s other book series, Mortal Engines, and 2. because I enjoy the old Welsh legends of King Arthur and his knights. What I got was a dark, emotional, harrowing retelling of Arthur that put a …
Elevate Workshops to Boost Exam Confidence
In support of Year 10 and 11 students facing mocks and GCSE exams over the summer, Bridgnorth Endowed booked the UK’s largest provider of study skills seminars, Elevate Education, to run a number of powerful workshops in school. Year 11s started with a session on time management, which focused on producing an effective revision timetable, …
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BES Launches Second-Hand Uniform Shop
With rising costs and waste reduction in mind, Bridgnorth Endowed has taken steps to set up an online shop to offer good quality second-hand uniforms to parents. From jumpers and blazers to skirts and sports tops, the shop is selling uniform items from as little as a few pounds and the benefits go far beyond …