19 July 2019

Year 7 pupils enjoyed an inspiring afternoon with Britain's first astronaut Helen Sharman CMG OBE. Helen's talk about STEM subjects and her experiences travelling to and onboard the Mir Space Station in 1991 was preceded by a morning of exciting experiments and hands-on science with Dr Peter Hoare.

An exciting summer project is now underway at the School's Leverhulme Pavilion site on Chorley New Road! A new all-weather sports surface will be created during the School holidays to be ready for pupils upon their return and for community usage in September.

As the school year drew to a close, Girls' Division pupils in Year 10 enjoyed a session with Commando Joe's to work on their problem-solving, teamworking, leadership and communication skills. The military-style challenges helped them to build transferable skills.

Niall Gaffney, who undertook his teacher training at Bolton School under the School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) programme has won this year's Manchester Evening News Student Teacher of the Year Award. The School is delighted with his achievement.

The Junior Girls' Year 6 Production of 'Olivia' is now available to view in full on the School website here.