The Headteacher’s Challenge Award

“Teachers can open the door, but you must enter it yourself.” Chinese proverb As part of our ongoing commitment to achieving excellence in all areas and to ensure students are able to stretch and challenge themselves fully, we recently celebrated the completion of The Head Teacher’s Challenge Award 2020-21. Its aim is to encourage students to excel in a holistic way through a broad range of extra-curricular activities. Students in Years 7 & 8 were asked to produce a project of 1000 words on a topic of their own choosing. This was an opportunity for students to show their interest in a subject, it could be a sport, hobby, musical instrument/theme or anything in which they can show a high level of interest and passion. Participation in the award required a high level of motivation, resilience and commitment. The variety of topics chosen was truly remarkable and testament to the superb students we have in college who completed the project in their own time and during periods of college closure in the past 12 months. We are so proud of our students who have really challenged themselves and who have also shown us the very wide variety of extra-curricular interests that our students pursue. Well done to all, a magnificent achievement! Headteacher, Paul Dickinson, said, “Firstly our thanks go to Mrs Stirling for co-ordinating and leading this amazing project. To our outstanding students who set themselves goals, and then, put in a great deal of hard work, perseverance and preparation, to achieve truly amazing outcomes, adding, they all entered into this initiative with real determination.”