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2007 - 2008
21/08/2008
Birkdale School is celebrating outstanding GCSE results this year. 30% of all the exam entries resulted in an A* grade…
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14/08/2008
Students from Birkdale School in Broomhill, Sheffield, gained best ever A level results with an overall pass rate of 99% and nearly half of all the entries resulted in A grades…
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14/07/2008
Head Master Alan Jones gave his last Prizegiving before he leaves to take up his new post at Papplewick School in Berkshire…
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08/07/2008
Mr Christopher Burch, who is currently Deputy Head of Great Walstead Preparatory School in West Sussex, will take up the post as the new Head of Birkdale Preparatory School on 1 January 2009…
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08/07/2008
Birkdale Senior School held their annual prize giving this week at the University of Sheffield’s Octagon Centre…
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04/07/2008
Birkdale & Ashdell Schools have combined their musical and acting talents to present 'The Pirates of Penzance'…
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04/07/2008
The boys in PP2 have been working very hard to produce their own animations…
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01/07/2008
Did you know that hedgehogs are, 'good on the road' or that rabbits are often, 'at a loose end'…
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01/07/2008
Over an eight month period they worked eight hours per week designing a supermarket trolley guidance system, alongside engineers from AES Seal Engineering of Rotherham…
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30/06/2008
Following last years floods the return of Pre Prep sports day was welcomed by both pupils and parents…
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30/06/2008
Boys from Pre Prep were in fine voice at their annual Summer Play…
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25/06/2008
44 boys from Prep 4 have recently returned from the annual French trip, this year to Bayeux in Normandy…
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20/06/2008
Katie Adams, from Birkdale School in Sheffield, has been chosen to ski with the England Alpine team next season …
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20/06/2008
Birkdale School U15 Cricket team are now the South Yorkshire Champions in the Daily Telegraph 20/20 competition …
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20/06/2008
Robert Parker, cousin to Mr Howard Parker in the Geography Department has gained a First Class Geography Honours Degree from Durham University…
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13/06/2008
There was a change to usual lessons recently when Andrea Dowdall, a make-up artist from Manchester, visited Birkdale School…
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09/06/2008
On Wednesday 21st May, all of Birkdale Prep 4 went on an Art trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park…
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09/06/2008
James Twomey, a lower Sixth pupil at Birkdale School has been selected to attend the Rugby Football Union England U18 Selection Camp …
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02/06/2008
At first glance, this seems contradictory, but 40 boys from Year 8 and Year 9 visited France and Germany…
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22/05/2008
Question: How do you make young people aware about the dangers of taking drugs without boring them with facts and figures …
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20/05/2008
Two brothers, Tony and Martin Favell, set off this week to walk from Birkdale School, their former prep school in Sheffield, to St Bees School in Cumbria…
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14/05/2008
On Thursday 2 May, Birkdale's Young Enterprise company 'Peninsula' attended the Young Enterprise South Yorkshire Presentation Finals, held at Sheffield Hallam University …
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12/05/2008
S4 GCSE Latin group set off by train for an overnight visit to Bath …
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18/04/2008
Four of Birkdale's Upper Sixth travelled with Mrs Sherborne to Malvern St James School, to take part …
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Birkdale in Top Gear 30 April 2008
Birkdale School Design and Technology department held an Automotive Engineering day this week. Five cars of class and distinction, each with unique engineering design were on display for the pupils to view first hand…
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More Prizes for the Art Department30 April 2008
For the third year running Birkdale has won a prize in The Sheffield Young Painters competition…
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Debating Success
14 April 2008
Upper Sixth pupil Gabor Fellner came second in a United Kingdom debating competition held recently in London…
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Success in Kathmandu for Birkdale14 April 2008
A group of 18 students, parents and staff have recently returned from Kathmandu in Nepal where a new second school funded by the pupils was officially opened by Headmaster Robert Court…
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Semana Santa in Seville
26 March 2008
A group of Birkdale boys and girls from Y10, 11, 12, and Y13 have just returned from spending a successful Holy Week, or Semana Santa in Seville…
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Birkdale teacher in a SKRUM26 March 2008
After 18 years service at Birkdale School, Mr Steve Reynolds (sports and biology teacher), has been granted a sabbatical from April to September 2008…
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Birkdale Success at Fylde Rugby Sevens 12 March 2008
Birkdale School won the trophy in the National Schools Rugby 7’s Bowl competition played at Fylde RUFC recently. …
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A Second School in Nepal is opened by students at Birkdale18 March 2008
A group of 18 students, parents and staff from Birkdale School in Broomhill, Sheffield depart today for Kathmandu in Nepal…
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Birkdale pupil selected to play hockey for England18 March 2008
Congratulations to Ben Stoney, a Lower Sixth pupil from Birkdale School, who has been selected to play in the U18 England Hockey Four Nation tournament soon to take place in Holland over the Easter weekend…
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Congratulations to Birkdale Maths Winners18 March 2008
Ten Birkdale boys from Y6 went to Sheffield Hallam to compete in the 13th Pop Maths Quiz…
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Old Birkdalians lost 8 - 0 to our 1st X1 Football team17 March 2008
The Old Boys side, led by last years 1st X1 captain Matt Hale, consisted of a team mostly from last years Upper Sixth…
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From Birkdale to Chinatown07 March 2008
A group of Senior School pupils continued their interest in all things Chinese when they visited London recently. The trip was a full day of Chinese cultural activities and follows the successful Mandarin Chinese language course which has been run in conjunction with the Confucious Institute …
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Are we “vert” yet?07 March 2008
Pupils at Birkdale School were recently asked this question by the actors of the European Theatre Company who visited the school on Thursday 6th March, bringing their show “Cendrine Bio” by Jill Aisher. …
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Independent Schools Golf Association – Match play Tournament28 February 2008
Following our first round win against Kingsmead School we then came up against North Cestrian School in the second round, playing at Hallamshire Golf Club.…
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Dave Kilner from Sheffield’s Radio Hallam receives a cheque from Birkdale School28 February 2008
Dave Kilner from Radio Hallam met with pupils recently to receive a cheque for £13,990.10 in support of the “Help a Hallam Child to Read” scheme…
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Paris Study visit February 200821 February 2008
30 boys from S1 and S2 enjoyed six great days of skiing in good snow conditions in Austria. The weather during the week was fantastic – only one cloud was seen on the last day…
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Birkdale success at the Independent Schools Golf Match-play Tournament20 February 2008
Ted Brady (Y11), James Baird (Y11), and Harry Ralston (Y10) enjoyed the tremendous experience of playing at Hoylake, Royal Liverpool Golf Course against Kingsmead School…
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Lower School February Half Term 2008 Ski Trip to Zell am See, Austria20 February 2008
30 boys from S1 and S2 enjoyed six great days of skiing in good snow conditions in Austria. The weather during the week was fantastic – only one cloud was seen on the last day…
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Birkdale Senior School Solo's Concert08 February 2008
17 pupils from S1 to Upper Sixth, demonstrated their individual musical talent in the Octagon recently…
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Birkdale storm through Woodhouse Grove School in the Daily Mail U15 Vase cup23 January 2008
In what was one of the best performances ever from a Birkdale team, the U15's progress through to the National Quarter final of the Daily Mail Vase Cup at the expense of the favourites Woodhouse Grove…
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Kuksay Lecture16 January 2008
In the week that Sir Edmund Hillary died, Birkdale teacher John Allen presented the Kuksay Lecture…
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Birkdale pupils selected for Oxbridge16 January 2008
Four Upper Sixth pupils have been offered places at Oxford and Cambridge next October, subject to reaching the specified required standard in their summer A2 examinations…
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Birkdale U15 Rugby Success11 January 2008
The U15 team have played seven games to reach the last 16 of the prestigious Daily Mail Vase competition…
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Art teacher Daryl Julian produces a masterpiece of art08 January 2008
Daryl Julian recently completed a fabulous piece of artwork for Alistair Wardrope (U6 leaver 2007)…
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Sharing Faith at Birkdale12 December 2007
Boys from Birkdale Preparatory School performed their annual nativity play this week to parents and friends…
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Birkdale Sixth Form Play - The Princess Bride07 December 2007
The Sixth Form solely executed a very entertaining production based on the film “The Princess Bride”. It was ably produced and directed by Richard Holland and Josh Littlewood both in the Upper Sixth.…
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Engineering stars of the future03 December 2007
Birkdale School has been awarded three Arkwright scholarships this year…
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Birkdale Hits the Target - Again03 December 2007
For the second year running Birkdale School won the regional heat of this prestigious competition…
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Birkdale pupils in race to win challenge29 November 2007
Birkdale School was the winner in this year’s Elevator Pitch Challenge…
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Birkdale wins the SENTA/SHEFFIELD University Enterprise Challenge19 November 2007
As part of National Enterprise Week which aimed to develop young entrepreneurs across the country, an all day event took place at the Kroto Research Institute, Sheffield University…
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Students experience politics at the sharp end in Washington DC11 November 2007
Birkdale Sixth Form pupils spent the recent half term in Washington DC, hosted by families from JEB Stuart High School…
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Physics and French A level students visit Geneva 16 October 2007
Sixteen science and language pupils from Birkdale School, Sheffield, have recently made a successful and stimulating four day visit to Geneva…
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Orienteering Champion10 October 2007
Aidan Smith at Birkdale School, Sheffield, has become the Orienteering National Champion for Year 8’s. …
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Chinese Challenge26 September 2007
Birkdale School is now offering Mandarin Chinese lessons to their students…
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Birkdale Teacher John Allen succeeds with the British Kuksay Expedition 200724 September 2007
Two former pupils of Birkdale have just returned from a ground breaking expedition to the far west of China. Joe Howard and Richard Taylor, both 22 years old, were based at a camp at 4500 metres on the Kuksay glacier…
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Old Birkdalian enjoys acting success at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe
11 September 2007
James Duckworth, who left Birkdale in 2006 and is now studying History and Politics at York University, recently took part in the National Student Drama Festival at the Edinburgh Fringe…
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11 September 2007
James Duckworth, who left Birkdale in 2006 and is now studying History and Politics at York University, recently took part in the National Student Drama Festival at the Edinburgh Fringe…
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Follow the Yellow Gorse Road11 September 2007
Old Birkdalian and intrepid cyclist John Hopkins cycled 875miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats…
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Birkdale Boys celebrate success 23 August 2007
It is smiles all round for students at Birkdale with 88% of all GCSE entries gaining grade A*, A or B and a 99.4% pass rate grade A* to C. All pupils gained at least 8 GCSE grade C or higher…
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Go Girls!16 August 2007
This year is the tenth anniversary of girls completing A levels within the co-educational Sixth Form at Birkdale School, Sheffield…
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