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2008 - 2009
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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10/07/2009
This year’s Prep School show “The Ancestors” was written and directed by Catherine Carter Shepherd, Curriculum course leader in drama. …
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10/07/2009
Prep 4 were blessed with fantastic weather on their annual trip to France.…
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10/07/2009
Earlier this term Birkdale Mum, Dawn Bates organised a very successful fashion show and life style event at the the Royal Victoria Hotel. The event was to raise money for the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), …
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10/07/2009
Head of Birkdale Preparatory School, Chris Burch gave his first Prize Giving since joining Birkdale in January. He spoke of the many pupil successes and achievements over the year and of the wonderful opportunities available to everyone at Birkdale.…
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08/07/2009
Olympic great Jonathan Edwards, ambassador for the London 2012 games, faced some challenging questions …
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New Head Master Appointed08/07/2009
The Board of Governors is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Paul Owen as the successor to Robert Court…
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07/07/2009
This year we welcomed 60 pupils from a number of schools in the local area…
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06/07/2009
Nottingham Rugby scrum half Charlie Davies has recently penned a deal with French rugby giants Stade Francais…
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06/07/2009
A group of fourteen S1 boys have won the Yorkshire Regional Social Enterprise Challenge…
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03/07/2009
On Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd July Pre-Prep perform their summer show. They certainly are “Out of this world” and so is their production.…
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02/07/2009
On Tuesday 30th the Pre-Prep celebrated the end of their film studies skills work with a fabulous Oscars day.…
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01/07/2009
Birkdale U15 Cricket team played against Monkwearmouth School from Sunderland in the North semi-final…
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30/06/2009
At the early time of 6.30 am a group of 18 Government & Politics, Economics and Business Studies students assembled at Sheffield train station…
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30/06/2009
40 Lower School pupils accompanied by several staff went to central London for three days …
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29/06/2009
Congratulations to Birkdale's U12 cricket team who played and won two important games last week in the County Cup competition…
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26/06/2009
The present atmosphere at Prep school is a reminder of 2005 when England won the Ashes. The U11 cricket team have now become Yorkshire champions!…
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25/06/2009
The adventures of 'Tom Sawyer' and his friends have fascinated young people [and millions of adults] ever since Mark Twain created his immortal classic in 1875…
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23/06/2009
Friday 12th June dawned cloudless and sunny and it remained that way all day…
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19/06/2009
Congratulations to Hall House who won the overall athletics event…
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19/06/2009
Talented cricketers from Birkdale School have successfully become the Yorkshire U15 champions…
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17/06/2009
Birkdale Senior School Golf competition took place at Abbeydale Golf Club this week…
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Biology Challenge15/06/2009
75 of our middle school pupils were entered into the second Biology Challenge organised by the Institute of Biology…
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15/06/2009
The Charities Fair was a successful event yet again…
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15/06/2009
On Thursday 4th June Prep 4 went to Magna where they were taught some essential Life skills.…
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12/06/2009
S1 visited Warwick Castle and Bosworth Field on 18th May…
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12/06/2009
37 S1 boys arrived slightly apprehensively at the Yorkshire Museum of Farming near York…
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05/06/2009
S1 spent the last day of internal exam week engaged in an activity day which simulated a production line producing paper…
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04/06/2009
Having arrived safely in Santander at their hotel situated on the beach overlooking the sea in the resort of Isla, northern Spain, members of S2 and S3 visited …
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03/06/2009
The Prep 4 cricket team have qualified for the finals of the Yorkshire Hardball Competition after beating QEGS, Leeds Grammar and Hill House in a thrilling day. …
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03/06/2009
The Onatti Theatre Company visited Birkdale School for the first time on Friday 22nd May…
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22/05/2009
Zooming down the zip wire, running over obstacles, jumping for the leap of faith. These were just some of the activities Prep 2 enjoyed on their adventure weekend. …
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08/05/2009
Birkdale Sixth Form pupil Michael Fuess has won the British National Schools Individual Championship in Judo (weight class -73kgs)…
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05/05/2009
Winning its 6th National Enterprise challenge of the year, the MYM Tenner Team travelled to London last month to meet and collect their award from Peter Jones of the Dragons Den…
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05/05/2009
Seven boys who are all studying Ancient Greek as an extra GCSE subject, went to London recently …
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01/05/2009
On Friday 24th April Birkdale Prep School hosted the Sheffield Institute Foundation for Motor Neurone Disease 2009 Grand Auction. …
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30/04/2009
A group of Birkdale pupils have recently returned from their annual trip…
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28/04/2009
The prep schools annual Swimming Gala took place this year on 26th March at the International Swimming venue Ponds forge. The event is always a highlight of the sporting calendar and enjoyed by the boys and parents alike.…
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28/04/2009
24 year old Andrew Ledger, from Sheffield, who was a member of the Shackleton Expedition to the South Pole earlier this year, gave a fascinating lecture recently…
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24/04/2009
Talented sportsman Ben Stoney, having been selected to represent England to play hockey for the U18 team…
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Birkdale Art students take top prizes at Sheffield Young Painters Competition.23/04/2009
Congratulations to Joe Brown (L6) and Frances Smith (U6) who each won their Art categories…
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21/04/2009
During the Easter holidays, 11 Birkdale Sixth Formers had a unique opportunity to gain an insight into the Chinese business world…
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25/03/2009
Twenty five pupils left for the annual Birkdale School Easter visit to Nepal yesterday where they will be teaching within several local schools in Kathmandu…
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23/03/2009
A group of sixth formers and two staff leave for China this week…
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23/03/2009
In unusually glorious sunshine at Castle Dyke, the Old Birkdalians gathered to challenge Birkdale 1st X1 at football…
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23/03/2009
Seven extremely talented pupils and Birkdale’s equally talented music staff, performed largely solo pieces in the unique setting of the Painted Hall…
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19/03/2009
Many thanks to all those very generous parents and pupils who offered a whole range of services and facilities at the recent Auction of Promises…
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16/03/2009
The Music Department at Prep School has been a hive of activity with the recent music festival adjudications.…
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13/03/2009
On Wednesday 11th March the Prep 4 rugby team travelled down to Warwick to take part in the Warwick 7s tournament. …
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12/03/2009
At Birkdale Prep School many boys perform well on the Sports field but the academic strengths of our pupils is also highly celebrated. For the last 4 years a team of Prep 4 boys has attend the Pop Maths competition…
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11/03/2009
Congratulations to Adam Turner in S1, David Fleming in S3 and Matthew Jarvis and Will Harrison both in S5, all of whom have been recognised for their sporting talent…
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11/03/2009
Birkdale sixth former Matthew Stent, has won the award for Design, Innovation and Presentation, at the recent national final of the Young Engineers for Britain competition…
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06/03/2009
Birkdale's Sixth Form History Society hosted its Annual Lecture on Friday 6th March…
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05/03/2009
Congratulations to all members of the senior Rugby 7’s team who defeated Lady Manner’s School from Bakewell, in very closely contested final…
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The European Youth Parliament (EYP) Yorkshire and Humberside Forum: Sheffield University Monday 2 March 2009 03/03/2009
Well done to our pupils who took part against five other schools from the region…
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02/03/2009
Congratulations to the Birkdale Rugby 7's squad…
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27/02/2009
Amidst global economic uncertainty and concern about financial markets, the Birkdale School team of Calum Mitchell, Jack Broskom, Alex Bentley and Soumithri Mamidipudi came a creditable 3rd …
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24/02/2009
Thirteen S1 and S2 pupils have just completed the Bikeability Cycling proficiency test run by Pedal Ready of Sheffield …
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23/02/2009
Three S2 boys, Rohin Athavale, Ciaran Doyle and Thomas Aird, recently achieved successes in the Herculaneum Society Schools Competition …
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13/02/2009
Following heats for the Prep School’s Swimming Gala the following group of 9 boys were selected to represent Birkdale at the regional qualifying round of the Incorporated association of Preparatory Schools (IAPS) Swimming Championships 2009.…
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Winners of the National ‘One Water’ project12/02/2009
Birkdale School won the Open Category of the One Water project, Make Your Mark Social Enterprise Day Challenge …
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12/02/2009
On Tuesday 10 February, a four strong team from Birkdale Sixth Form travelled to the Camden Centre in London for the national final of the UKMT Senior Team Maths Challenge…
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04/02/2009
On Tuesday 3rd February Birkdale continued to open its doors to its boys who made it through the snow.…
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28/01/2009
Congratulations to three of our high flying sixth formers…
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28/01/2009
Congratulations go to Aidan Smith, aged 13, who has been chosen to represent England Schools in the under 15 age class at the World School Orienteering Championships…
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27/01/2009
A packed full house in the Heeley Hall recently enjoyed what is hoped to be the first of many meals prepared for parents…
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27/01/2009
Birkdale Preparatory School is pleased to welcome Mr Christopher Burch as its new Head Master…
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21/01/2009
On Sunday 18th January 2009 William Savage and Alex Broadberry from Prep 4 were selected to represent Birkdale in the inaugural North of England Prep School Barbarians fixture against the Midlands. …
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Summer 2008 GCSE Government League Tables15/01/2009
The following is a comment from the Head Master concerning the recent release in the newspapers of the GCSE league tables…
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Latin GCSE Competition success09/01/2009
Two S4 boys recently won Book Tokens when they were awarded Commendations in the national Jowett Sendelar Essay Competition.…
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Birkdale Climbers Push to the 'Sharp End' Zone08/01/2009
The Wednesday Afternoon Climbing Group has been awarded four RED CARDS which allows the holder to lead climb while at the Foundry Climbing Wall…
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Birkdale School Enterprise Club Top in the Country 08/01/2009
Birkdale School Enterprise Club, run by Miss McKay and now in its second year, has won the National MYM (Make Your Mark) ‘Be Seen’ Enterprise Challenge…
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08/12/2008
Friday afternoon Pre-Prep filled the school hall with Shepherds, Angels, Kings and many other familiar Christmas characters. The boys excitedly dressed for the annual dress rehearsal of the nativity concert. …
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Hamlet05/12/2008
This term witnessed a vibrant and moving production of Shakespeare's timeless classic, 'Hamlet'…
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04/12/2008
The whole of S2 recently went to enrol and train as Roman soldiers for the day at Brigantium…
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Birkdale Classics Department helps towards communication with extra-terrestrials!03/12/2008
During the Autumn Term 2008, Mrs Sherborne has been in contact with Dr John R Elliott, Reader in Intelligence Engineering at Leeds Metropolitan University.…
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03/12/2008
Competing in the regional North East Swim Championships Matthew Olivo from Prep 4 finished second winning the silver medal in the 400m front crawl. …
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01/12/2008
On Wednesday 26th The Prep School enjoyed an assembly given by Doctor McDermott. …
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28/11/2008
Against 7 other teams from Yorkshire & Humberside, the Birkdale team ‘won comfortably in every area’…
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28/11/2008
A four strong team from Birkdale attended the regional finals of the UKMT Senior Team Maths Challenge at Sheffield Hallam University…
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Pedal Power for Pudsey26/11/2008
Boys from Birkdale Prep School got on their bikes recently and cycled 12 miles …
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21/11/2008
Four Birkdale Boys emerged victorious from a top City Enterprise Challenge…
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19/11/2008
A squad of four talented tennis players from Birkdale School recently became U15 Yorkshire Champions which qualified them to compete at the National Quarter Finals …
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12/11/2008
Birkdale Sixth Form girls are hosting the UK Working Women Expo 2008…
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07/11/2008
Entering Prep School on Tuesday afternoon you might have wondered if an emergency had occurred. However it was simply a special visit from the local fire fighters. …
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04/11/2008
Twenty two adventurous Birkdale pupils have just returned from a Geography visit to Iceland and New York…
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24/10/2008
Jamie’s Ministry of Food concept of 'Passing it on' reached the stage at Birkdale today with a live cooking demonstration by Head Chef Chris Allison…
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16/10/2008
Our congratulations go to Laurence Franks as he wins once again in the Sheffield primary schools cross country competitions. …
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14/10/2008
Birkdale School U19 Ski team recently took part in the National Finals of the British Schools Skiing Championship…
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Birkdale Boys to hit the high notes 13/10/2008
Neil Taylor, Master of the Music at Sheffield Cathedral visited the prep school on Thursday 9th October to audition boys for the cathedral choir…
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08/10/2008
On Tuesday 1st October Birkdale Pre-Prep was a daunting place to enter. Classrooms were swamped with tigers, lions, monkeys and spiders as the boys ended their animal topic with a much enjoyed dressing up day…
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Alice Clark, former teacher of Birkdale School passes away 06/10/2008
Alice joined Birkdale teaching staff as a PP1 teacher with 1B shortly before April 1943…
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30/09/2008
Following trials on Sunday September 28 at QEGS Blackburn to select the North ISFA teams…
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29/09/2008
In celebration of European Day, Friday 26 September, pupils at Birkdale School had the pleasure of experiencing…
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25/09/2008
Birkdale School U19 Ski team have qualified for the National Finals at Rossendale Ski Centre…
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24/09/2008
The new under 9’s rugby squad enjoyed a great afternoon at Barlborough Hall…
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23/09/2008
Sixteen science and language pupils from Birkdale School made a four-day trip to Geneva last week …
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22/09/2008
Six Birkdale students presented the results of their individual research to an interested audience…
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18/09/2008
Calum Mitchell (U6) has won a runner-up prize in the Institute of Economic Affairs national student essay competition…
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16/09/2008
Congratulations go to George Roebuck in Prep 2 who has won the final of the British Junior Golf Tour…
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16/09/2008
Staying up to date with Birkdale News is now even easier …
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15/09/2008
After school on Friday 12th September, twelve Art Club boys assembled, organised, and transported forty-five Expressionist Paintings…
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15/09/2008
Birkdale boys played a range of entertaining musical numbers to the delight of the visitors …
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08/09/2008
Birkdale School has appointed Esther Hyde as the first female Head of School…
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04/09/2008
Exciting new culinary developments have taken place at Birkdale School.From this September, Birkdale School has contracted out all its catering to Wilson Vale…
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03/09/2008
Lower Sixth pupil Joseph Brown, has been awarded an Arkwright Scholarship…
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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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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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