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
The Great BES Bake Off
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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 …
BESt Boys Strengthen Primary School Links
Bridgnorth Endowed recently launched an exciting new peer-to-peer support initiative, in a bid to strengthen links with local primaries and make the transition to secondary school easier for Year 6 pupils. Based on a buddy system, the ‘BESt Boys’ programme is designed to offer primary school pupils the opportunity to work with and get to …
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A Fond Farewell to Year 11
On Tuesday afternoon, we said a fond farewell to our current Year 11 students who were heading off on study leave ahead of their upcoming GCSE exams. They enjoyed a barbecue brunch, some lively shirt signing and catching up with friends and members of staff before getting down to the business of exam preparation. Congratulations …
Pupils Become Word Millionaires
Bridgnorth Endowed continues its crusade to encourage students to read for pleasure through the recent library refresh, the reintroduction of daily ‘drop everything and read’ sessions and its unwavering commitment to the Accelerated Reader programme. The highly-acclaimed online reading platform is more popular than ever with many students joining the ‘Millionaire’s Club’ by clocking up …
