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2009 - 2010
15/07/2010
Oscar’s Day was a great occasion for the Pre-Prep. The boys were delighted to see their animations on the big screen of the Showroom Cinema.…
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14/07/2010
The Pre Prep Summer Concert was a marvellous success. The play this year was Charlie’s Chocolate factory and told the next chapter in this well loved story. …
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12/07/2010
If you did not see Comedy Night then you missed a real treat…
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Birkdale School Wins the Regional Rensburg Shares Trading Competition09/07/2010
Congratulations to both teams who entered this year…
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09/07/2010
Inspired after collecting their ‘One Water’ National Enterprise Award…
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07/07/2010
Pre-Prep have certainly enjoyed the assemblies given by Mr Court over the years …
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07/07/2010
With fantastic sunshine PP3 had a wonderful trip to Bridlington. It was a special way to end their humanities topic work about the seaside, today and in the past.…
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07/07/2010
P1 enjoyed a super trip to Clumber Park. They investigated a new part of the woods not previously explored by Birkdale boys. …
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07/07/2010
Oliver Lobo, sixth former, has been selected to represent England…
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07/07/2010
The S1s enjoyed fabulous weather and a three day action packed programme on the recent annual trip…
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06/07/2010
Four groups of Birkdale upper sixth form returned from the Lake District with their hard-earned Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Gold Expeditions successfully completed…
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06/07/2010
Our budding entrepreneurs in PP2 have had a fantastic half term planning, organising and making resources for their Funtastic Fair. They researched village fairs, learnt about money and how to give change ,designed and made posters and made all the games to be played at the fair.…
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06/07/2010
This year PP2 had a great time at Chatsworth Farmyard. The boys started their day with a bumpy ride around the estate on the tractor and trailer ride. …
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05/07/2010
Birkdale School is just one of many schools to embrace enterprise through Enterprise UK challenges…
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05/07/2010
Enterprise accolades currently achieved by students…
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02/07/2010
This years Prep 4's visit to France was a non-stop affair …
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28/06/2010
Forty five intrepid Prep 3 Explorers visited the Lake District for 4 days …
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28/06/2010
Matthew Olivo in S1 took part in the U12 NE Regional Swimming Championships…
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23/06/2010
Pre-Prep enjoyed spectacular sunshine this year on Sports Day at the HSBC sports ground.…
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23/06/2010
Prep School enjoyed more sunshine on Thursday for their annual Sports Day. …
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15/06/2010
In an exciting finish, Hall House just took the lead from Asterley …
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11/06/2010
Scrum half Charlie Davies and former Birkdale pupil, recently signed with London Wasps…
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10/06/2010
The Onatti Theatre Company paid their second visit to Birkdale…
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09/06/2010
33 boys from S2 and S3 spent their half-term holidays enjoying the cultural and linguistic highlights of Alsace and the Black Forest…
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03/06/2010
The History Department organised a trip for S1 to Warwick Castle and Bosworth Battlefield.…
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01/06/2010
After winning the AEGON Team Tennis Senior Schools Finals recently, Birkdale School were awarded with a tennis master class from Judy Murray, mother of world number four Andy Murray.…
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Birkdale Sixth Former in National Debating Final30/05/2010
William Brown from the Upper Sixth participated in the Historical Association's Great Debate…
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26/05/2010
On Thursday 20 May, all of the Birkdale Prep 4 boys went on an Art trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The weather was on our side, as drawing on wet paper would have been interesting! …
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21/05/2010
PP3 had a fabulous visit to Spice Market Café on the afternoon of Tuesday 19th May.…
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19/05/2010
P2 had an informative and interesting visit to York visiting both ‘Yorvik’ and ‘The Dig’ on Tuesday 18th May.…
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18/05/2010
The results of the CICERO International Classics competition were finally announced…
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17/05/2010
Jamie Hollings,S5, was awarded ‘Fundraiser of the Year’…
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14/05/2010
Congratulations to Sixth Former Stefan Rowden, who has been picked to play at American Football…
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12/05/2010
On Monday 10 May, the boys Prep School welcomed Dan Money to their assembly. Dan is a member of the British Olympic Bobsleigh team. …
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12/05/2010
PP1 had a wonderful musical treat this week at the Little Mozart Workshop.…
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12/05/2010
This year’s Prep 2 had a brilliant weekend in Castleton despite the mixed weather. …
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07/05/2010
We can tell Summer term is here entering Prep School. At break time cricket balls are filling the air. Their practice certainly paid off this Saturday at the Cricket Festival hosted by St Anselm’s. …
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05/05/2010
You never know who you might find down at Prep School! This week PP1 discovered a Giant. …
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05/05/2010
Parents and visitors enjoyed a wonderful evening of music…
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04/05/2010
The ISGA National Golf Final was held at Oulton Hall in Leeds…
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04/05/2010
Spencer Pitfield is a Parliamentary Candidate at the upcoming General Election…
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Birkdale delighted by outcome of recent ISI inspection report03/05/2010
Both Birkdale Senior and Prep Schools were inspected during the Easter Term …
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27/04/2010
PP1 were blessed with lovely spring weather during their visit to ‘White Post Farm’ this week.…
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Sheffield Young Painters competition26/04/2010
Birkdale won first prize in 2 categories in the Sheffield Young Painters competition…
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26/04/2010
Mrs Brewster, our resident bird expert has provided some facts regarding the Blue Tit.…
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23/04/2010
Birkdale invited key political players to take part in a Hustings…
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22/04/2010
Old Birkdalian Julian Lings, who left in 2004, has had recent success as a Duathlete …
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Birkdale student succeeds in Classics contest22/04/2010
Joseph Willis, was recently ranked amongst the top entrants …
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22/04/2010
31 middle school pupils went to France and Belgium to explore significant World War I and II battlefields…
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21/04/2010
Congratulations to Chris Meiring who has been chosen to represent Great Britain in Korea…
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19/04/2010
Three S1 boys, Ben Cairns, Maxwell Jones and Adi Rao, took part in the first heat of the Times Spelling Bee at the end of last term…
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07/04/2010
Our Blue Tit has been busy since we broke up for the Easter. …
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Music Award for First Year Pupil.01/04/2010
Congratulations to Alistair Jellinek, who auditioned recently for the Junior section of the Royal Northern College of Music …
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25/03/2010
The Pre-Prep had fabulous weather for their Easter Egg hunt this year. …
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25/03/2010
This year’s Performing Arts festival was a wonderful occasion. The children clearly worked hard to learn their various pieces on such a wide range of instruments. The singing and poetry elements were very well rehearsed. …
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25/03/2010
PP3 had a great trip to ‘the Deep’ in Hull this week. This was part of their Science work where they have been learning about marine life. …
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Old Boy selected to play for England24/03/2010
Congratulations to Charlie Davies who was selected to play rugby for England U20…
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23/03/2010
The Nepa-10 expedition departed this week on its annual trip…
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22/03/2010
Birkdale School won the Grand Final of the AEGON National Tennis Finals recently…
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21/03/2010
In true Castle Dyke wind and rain, the Old Birkdalians played a very close football match …
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19/03/2010
The History Department organised an expedition for S3 to the Imperial War Museum North…
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19/03/2010
Ten schools from around the region with nearly 100 delegates…
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18/03/2010
After a whole year of watching and waiting, we have had our first visitor to our birdbox! …
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17/03/2010
George Roebuck (Prep 3) continues to impress everyone with his talent and outstanding consistency on the golf course.…
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17/03/2010
Posters around Prep School are promising an exciting drama production at the end of term by members of the P3 and P4 Drama Club ‘THE OUTER LIMITS…’ The shows will take place on Tuesday 23rd, Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th March. Curtain up at 7.30pm.…
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16/03/2010
Birkdale’s U13 footballers took part in the annual ISA Football tournament successfully winning the Plate…
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15/03/2010
PP2 had a great visit to Eureka this week. The museum is a popular trip in Pre-Prep and this year was no exception.…
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15/03/2010
Birkdale hosted this years north of England CICERO competition …
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10/03/2010
In the February half term, ten Birkdale sixth formers took a five-day trip to Madrid…
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10/03/2010
Birkdale School’s senior golf team won the ISGA North West regional competition at Caldy golf club …
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Birkdale reach the National Tennis Finals.08/03/2010
Birkdale School competed in the AEGON Team Tennis Schools Senior Students competition…
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08/03/2010
Congratulations to the U12 rugby 7`s team after they won the `Pocklington School 7`s Tournament`…
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Student success at the first ever UK Linguistics Olympiad08/03/2010
Birkdale entered students of GCSE/A level Latin and Ancient Greek into Round 1 of the Advanced Level of the competition. …
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05/03/2010
Birkdale went on to record a memorable victory …
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05/03/2010
Harry Carter, Lower 6th pupil at Birkdale School, has been re-elected for a second term to the UK Youth Parliament…
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03/03/2010
During half term the P3 and P4 rugby squads went on tour to Edinburgh. The week was filled with a range of activities such as visits to Murrayfield and Edinburgh Castle as well as swimming, Laser Quest and, most importantly of course, rugby fixtures. …
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02/03/2010
On Saturday 27 February, a dinner and dance was held at Baldwin's Omega to raise funds for the Birkdale Summer 2010 New Zealand rugby tour …
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24/02/2010
Prep 4 Art Club celebrated their fantastic achievements with an art exhibition in the Prep School hall on Wednesday 10th February. …
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22/02/2010
Thirty boys and three staff went to Zell am See in Austria during the recent half term…
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01/02/2010
Members of the Youth Parliament (MYPs) work hard to ensure your voice is heard…
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27/01/2010
Richard Achahboun is putting his A Level Business Studies course to good use by supporting Aspire …
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22/01/2010
Prep School has raised charitable money to support Haiti though their love of cakes and buns. …
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21/01/2010
The following students have all been offered places at either Oxford or Cambridge University …
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20/01/2010
If you’re without your GPS its Ronan Sahni you want as a friend. He has recently won the Mark Randall Memorial trophy for his Orienteering abilities.…
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10/12/2009
This year Prep School sent 121 shoe boxes to operation Christmas Child.…
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10/12/2009
At Prep School we are very proud of Abimanyu Gowda as he took part in the Lyceum production of Joseph.…
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10/12/2009
Pre-Prep are so grateful to the Barnett Family for their kind donation of cooking equipment. …
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10/12/2009
Christmas is the highlight of the Prep School year and this year has been no exception. …
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08/12/2009
Six students along with two members of staff, attended a day’s programme in the British Museum…
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08/12/2009
The S4 Latin set took part in a specialist workshop at the Museum of London…
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07/12/2009
A staggering total of £1811.88 was raised at the Christmas Fair…
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04/12/2009
Birkdale would like to congratulate Charlie Davies…
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Sponsored Readathon03/12/2009
13 boys in S1 and S2 raised a total of £261.17 for the Readathon charity …
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01/12/2009
Philip Reilly and Charles Brodie (leavers 2008) recently attended St James' Palace …
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26/11/2009
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott-Fitzgerald has been dramatised by Aalok Vora in the U6th…
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25/11/2009
On Monday 22nd November Prep School were entertained by the visiting author Daniel Blythe.…
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20/11/2009
Congratulations to Matthew Oakey who has been selected for the England U16 Basketball trials …
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20/11/2009
The Birkdale team were runners-up in the 'Sheffield' Round of this prestigious competition for U6 Economics students…
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19/11/2009
The British School Ski Finals took place on Sunday 15 November at Pontypool…
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19/11/2009
Over 90 Birkdale pupils - from Prep 4 to Upper VI - took part in the annual Autumn School Concert…
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18/11/2009
On Tuesday 10 November, Birkdale won their regional semi-final in the ISGA National Golf Competition…
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18/11/2009
Pupil numbers at Sheffield’s Birkdale School are exceeding expectations…
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12/11/2009
All of Pre-Prep 3 would have impressed Sir Alan Sugar this week …
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11/11/2009
Looking to promote independent learning in its students, Birkdale School runs a competition…
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10/11/2009
After 3 gruelling rounds Birkdale School emerged victorious …
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06/11/2009
The Under 9s put in a terrific display in their first football tournament of the season. The boys attended Mylnhurst school on Wednesday 4th November where they competed against 4 other schools. …
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05/11/2009
In order to gain valuable insight into the American way of life, a small group of Sixth Form pupils visited Washington DC over half term…
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23/10/2009
On Wednesday 14th November the Under 11 ‘B’ Team put in a great performance to win the Dish Competition at Derby Grammar School’s 7’s competition. …
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19/10/2009
Ben Campbell,has been awarded the title ‘Most Enterprising Male’…
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16/10/2009
Prep school was filled with a swarm of interesting characters on Wednesday 14th October. To encourage and promote a love of reading, the boys all dressed up for book day.…
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14/10/2009
On Saturday the U10 team travelled to Foremarke Hall in Derbyshire for their 6-a-side football tournament. …
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14/10/2009
On Friday 30th September Pre-prep were thrilled to take a trip to Sundown Adventureland. …
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13/10/2009
The U19 Birkdale School Girls Ski Team, produced an amazing performance to win …
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09/10/2009
Fourteen science and language pupils from Birkdale School managed to upset the schedule at the UN…
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08/10/2009
The Classics department celebrated National Poetry Day…
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30/09/2009
Congratulations to the school golf team in the ISGA national knock out competition…
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Outstanding Football Victory for Birkdale's 1st X124/09/2009
A magnificent team performance enabled Birkdale to spring a major surprise …
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24/09/2009
The skills learning programme has continued this year on Tuesday afternoons in Pre-Prep.…
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English Department trip to the Globe Theatre21/09/2009
Two Upper 6th English Literature groups studying As You Like It, went to London recently…
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21/09/2009
The 2009 English Schools Ski Association (ESSKIA) sees Birkdale School entering two teams in the competition…
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11/09/2009
A group of S5 and L6 boys spent a week in the summer holidays in what remains of primary rain forest in the Merendon mountains of the Honduran jungle…
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27/08/2009
GCSE pupils have achieved best ever exam results with nearly one third (32%) of all entries achieving an A*.…
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26/08/2009
The new boys entering the first year of the senior school spent a day together recently assembling chariots …
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20/08/2009
Birkdale are extremely pleased to announce that over half (51%) of all A level entries this year resulted in A grades…
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19/08/2009
Dr Newton has successfully completed the UK Ironman Triathlon in Bolton. …
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