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Apprenticeship opportunities with Balfour Beatty

As a Balfour Beatty apprentice, you won’t just stand and watch – you’ll contribute. In fact, you’ll get immediately involved in some of the most complex and challenging work in our industry. You’ll earn while you learn. You’ll have the support of everyone from managers …

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Maths Feast 2019

On Tuesday 18th March pupils from Year 10 competed in a national Maths competition held at Newman College. The competition combined mathematical, communication and teamwork skills. The pupils were competing against other teams including grammar schools. Our team did extremely well and hopefully, all four …

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World Maths Day 2019

Recently pupils in Years 8 and 9 competed in the World Maths Day event. The online competition involved pupils from our school competing against similar age pupils from around the world. During the one day event pupils answered over 100 000 questions in total and …

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Fairtrade Fortnight at OLCHS – A FairAware School

For two weeks each year, (this year it was Monday 25 February to Sunday 10 March) thousands of individuals, companies and groups across the UK come together to celebrate the people who grow our food, people who live in some of the poorest countries in …

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Year 8 Faraday Challenge – 13 March 2019

On 13th March six Year 8 Design and Technology pupils took part in the Faraday Challenge to test their practical skills, problem solving and teamwork in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths by making a working prototype of the James Webb Space Telescope.  Quotes: I learnt …

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Visit to Leyland Trucks – 14 March 2019

On 14th March 2019 twenty two Year 10 Design and Technology pupils visited Leyland Trucks to learn about automation and commercial processes in Industry.  Quotes  I found the trip useful. It was interesting to see how a commercial business works.  The trip was worthwhile. It …

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Skills For Care

With lots of different roles and plenty of opportunities to progress, social care is a great choice for people who are thinking about their career. The adult social care sector will need up to 650,000 more workers by 2035 to meet growing demand for care …

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Mercedes-Benz Apprenticeships

It’s National Apprenticeship Week and the perfect time to bring to your attention some great apprenticeship opportunities with Mercedes-Benz. They recruit and train apprentices for our franchised sites, with vacancies available throughout the whole of the UK.  Apprentices train as Light Vehicle, Heavy Vehicle or …

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Craft Apprenticeships

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Sports Results

Football Well done to the year 7 football team who put in another good performance in the Preston Schools’ league against Christ the King.  They dominated the game throughout winning 8-0.  Unfortunately, Broughton were much tougher.  They scored two early goals and despite us dominating …

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