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Yr 10 High Achievers Awards

Last week, Head of Year 10 Mr Martin and Year 10 Student Support Officer Mrs Bradley, gathered a group of hand-picked students together to congratulate them...

Yr 8 Elf Performance at Crossflatts Primary

On Thursday 14th December the Year 8 Drama club braved the black ice to walk to Crossflatts Primary to perform Elf the Musical in front of the whole school...

Christmas Biscuits Club

On Thursday 14th December Mrs Wentling held the annual Christmas Cookery Event...

Yr 7 Thompson Court Visit

On Wednesday 13th December, Miss Shah and PGCE student Miss Pugh, took a group of Year 7 students to visit the residents at Thompson Court Care Home in Crossflatts...

Year 7 Disco

On the 7th of December, Alice Stead in Yr 13, helped by a group of sixth formers, held a Christmas disco to raise money for St George's Crypt, a charity that helps homeless individuals in the local area...

Holiday Dates Message

It has been brought to our attention that several external websites such as myschoolholidays.com and termdates.co.uk have listed our holiday dates incorrectly...

8W1 Charity Bake Sale

On Monday morning Mrs Greening's form group 8W1 braved the cold to run their charity bake sale in the T Block yard...

Parking Concerns - Castlefields

Yesterday we were contacted by a business owner on Castlefields Industrial Estate who had just witnessed one of our students almost get run over by a lorry delivering goods to the estate...

The Linking Network Assembly

On Friday Azam Ali, a Secondary Advisor from the Linking Network, visited our Yr 11 students in Assembly to talk to them about stereotyping and Islamaphobia...

Christmas Social Media Safety Message

Our safer Schools Police Officer, PC Whittam-Ritchie, has sent us the information below which may help to keep your family safe this Christmas...

Everyday Money Workshops

On Tuesday 5th December, our Yr 9 and 10 Finance students were visited by the Legal & General Financial Education team...

Leeds Beckett Student Visit

As a result of our ongoing partnership with Leeds Beckett University we were asked to host a Professional Experience Day...

Train Ticket Information

Important: We have been contacted by Northern Rail, the local rail provider many of our students use to get to and from school...

The Winter Wonderland Concert

Last Wednesday parent/carers, friends and family were treated to an amazing show full of music, song and drama...

Year 7 Disco

This year's Year 7 Disco is being organised and run by a group of Sixth Form students led by Alice Stead...

Yr 9 Praise Meeting

Earlier this month, 40 Year 9 students met with Mr Weston to be praised for their approach to learning...

Christmas Shoebox Gifts On Way

Max 7 Media Museum Trip

Last week, our Max 7 students went to the Science and Media Museum in Bradford to learn about space...

Antibiotics Awareness Experiments

Last week Miss Cane and Mrs Humphreys opened up one of the science labs at lunchtime to run a series of experiments showing students how antibiotics work...

The Importance of Finance Education

On 7th November, our Director of ICT and Business, Mr Briggs attended the Young Money Center of Excellence in Finance Education conference in London...

Antibiotics Awareness week

This week is Antibiotic Awareness week which is run by the World Health Organisation and Miss Cane has organised some activities to raise awareness...

It's Children in Need on Friday!

It's Children in Need on Friday and Miss Benson, and our Children in Need ambassadors, are running lots of activities...

Year 8 Skipton Geography Trip

On the 10th November, a group of Year 8 Bingley Grammar School students excelled themselves in Skipton where they took part in a Geography fieldwork experience...

Christmas Shoe Box Appeal

Our Head Girl and Boy and the Senior Student Team (the SST) have spent the last week visiting form groups and speaking in year group assemblies promoting the Samaritan's Purse Shoe Box Appeal 'Operation Christmas Child'...

Anzac Remembrance Biscuits

As part of remembrance week Year 7 students have been making Anzac biscuits...

Primary Baking with Mrs Puddy

Today we welcomed back East Morton's Year 5s to make Lemonade with Mrs Puddy...

The New Snack Pod

Our new snack pod is up and running and the Hot Chocolates are a sell out!

Headteacher's Clinics

Every half term starting in November, Mr Weston will be holding an Open Door Clinic for parents/carers...

Team Xtreme Cheerleading

Four of our students in years 7 – 9 are looking forward to the experience of a lifetime next spring...

Yr 12 Scholars Program

Yesterday Mrs Williams and Mrs Thompson accompanied a group of Yr 12 students to the University of Manchester where they attended the Brilliant Club's Scholars Program launch...

East Morton Primary Enterprise Workshop

This week we have been joined on Monday and Wednesday morning by Year 5 children from East Morton Primary School...

Yr 7 Cells Homework

Mrs Waddington's Science group have produced some amazing models of cells this week...

Food Science & Nutrition Game Changer Workshop

On Saturday the Food Science and Nutrition department hosted a national teacher training day on behalf of the Food Teachers Centre and The Taste of Game Association...

Max 7 Tea Party

Our Max 7 students and teachers put on a fantastic spread for their tea party...

Sixth Form Guidance Evening

Thursday 30 November 2017 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm. A chance for all prospective students and parents to visit our high achieving and very popular Sixth Form...

Maths Comp Teams Needed!

The Maths Department is putting together teams of keen Mathematicians to represent Bingley Grammar School in the UKMT Junior and Senior Maths Challenge...

Yr 7 Pizza Reward Lunch

Every year we ask two Year 7 students to speak at our Year 6 Open Evening and every year we are blown away by their confidence and the genuine feeling of belonging they speak about...

Yr 10 Italy Trip

In July, 40 Year 10 Humanities students visited Italy to enrich their understanding of Geography, History and RE.

Haaris Chosen by the RSC

Yr 10 student Haaris has been chosen to be part of the RSC's first youth company!

School Direct

We are proud to announce we have recently been appointed a School Direct Lead School

Parking Concerns

Over the last couple of weeks residents on Longwood Avenue and Laurel Grove have voiced concerns about parking on their roads...

Dr Mwangi from Kenya visits Bingley Grammar

Last week we welcomed Dr Mwangi into school from the Kenyan Ministry of Education. We are proud to be working with Dr Mwangi and Mr Phil Hawkins from PiXL International to create the PiXL Kenya partnership...

New Parking Arrangements on Keighley Road

Please note the new parking arrangements outside the school site on Keighley Road...

GCSE Results 2017

We have had a busy morning handing out the GCSE results to our Year 11s - we have had great overall results and some amazing individual results.

A Level & BTEC Results 2017

Students and staff at Bingley Grammar School are delighted with the Level 3 (both A level and vocational qualifications) results including over 64% of students gaining top grades...

Yr 12 Blog Success

At the end of term, the sixth form team passed on a blog link to Mr Weston – the blog is amazingly well written and extremely open and honest about one student’s experiences of alopecia...

Celebration Evening

On Wednesday 19th July we welcomed families into school to celebrate our students achievements across Key Stage 3 and 4 in Years 7-10...

Bingley Bright Sparks

To celebrate the summer and the end of term our Yr 12 Health & Social Care students put on a summer party for the children...

Miss Shah's Tea Party

On Tuesday 18th July, the students from the Archbishop of York Young Leaders Award and a group of students from various year groups organised a tea party for residents of Cottingley Hall and Thompson Court care home...

Arek Hersh Visits Yr 7 and 9 Students

Auschwitz survivor and friend of Bingley Grammar School, Arek Hersh and his wife Jean came to speak to students on Monday 17th July...

Fun Kitchen

This week we have had the pleasure of hosting a food science event especially for Year 7 students...

A letter from Mr Weston

Mr Weston has put together a letter which includes important information regarding key dates, exam results and uniform guidance...

Yr 10 Geography Field Trip

In preparation for their Unit 3 Geographical Applications Exam, 160 Y10 GCSE Geographers have taken part in 2 days worth of field work in the last month...

Yr 8 Malham Trips

Students came out in force last week when every student in year 8 made their way up to the mighty limestone pavement in Malham over two days...

West End Musical Workshops

At the beginning of July Miss Mawson invited her brother Jonathan into school to run a series of after school 'musical theatre' dance workshops...

Summer Music Concert

Last Thursday students from all year groups performed in the Summer Music Concert in front of family, friends, teachers and support staff...

End of Year Art & Photography Show 2017

The Art and Photography department were pleased to be able to show case and celebrate the wonderful work of our GCSE and A Level Art and Photography students in N1 as a 'Pop up Gallery' exhibition this week...

Elizabethan Day 2017

To celebrate our ongoing partnership with the RSC and bring the times of Shakespeare to life, last Monday we held our Elizabethan Day which was once again a huge success...

Think Maths!

On Friday afternoon, two groups of our Year 10 students took part in maths enrichment sessions with Dr Katie Steckles from Think Maths...

Sports Day 2017

Last Friday, our PE department held a very ambitious sports day with over 500 participants!

Pathways to Law Yr 12

At the beginning of the year, two of our Yr 12 Law students were lucky enough to be selected to take part in the 'Pathways to Law' programme...

Rock Challenge

Earlier this year a group of 28 students went to Rotherham to take part in the regional heats of Rock Challenge...

Bradford Uni STEM Visitors

At the end of last month, we invited Bradford University's STEM team into school to carry out two workshops on analytical chemistry techniques...

Yr 11 Leavers Prom and Assembly

On Thursday 29th June, just after their final GCSE exam, our Year 11 students gathered at the Mercure Bankfield Hotel to celebrate their time at Bingley Grammar School...

RNLI Water Safety Talk

Yesterday afternoon our Yr 8 students were visited by Martin from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)...

Transition Day July 2017

Today we have welcomed our new Year 7 cohort into school to begin the settling in process before they join us in September...

Snapchat Settings Warning

It has been brought to our attention that the popular phone app Snapchat has added a new upgrade called Snapmap...

Ms Boyd nominated for best arts project in the National Lottery awards

Ms Boyd, our part-time Art Technician, runs a creative project for women survivors of domestic abuse and it has been nominated for a National Lottery Award... please vote!

Yr 6 Primary Science Days

Over the last couple of weeks we have welcomed students from Eldwick, Crossflatts and Saltaire Primary into school to take part in our annual Primary Science Days 'Cow Do You Do?'

A Healthier You

Last Wednesday our Restaurant held a fantastic event called 'A Healthier You' offering students a chance to try new foods and have a health check whilst there...

Yr 12 Biology Field Trip

Last Wednesday (21st June) our amazing Yr 12 Biologists visited Myrtle Park as part of their practical work studying different environments...

Yr 8 Receive More Letters from Spain

Last week in their Spanish lessons Yr 8 enjoyed receiving the second instalments of their pen friend letters that have been sent to us all the way from Spain...

Maths Prizes

In the build up and during the exam season, Year 11 students busily collected stamps from their Maths teachers to complete a revision passport...

Bright Sparks Pirate Treasure Hunt

On Monday 21st June our Health and Social Care students, with the help of Mrs Williams and Miss Frankland, held a Pirate Treasure Hunt for the children who attend our school-run playgroup, Bingley Bright Sparks...

Healthy Eating Week

Mrs Wilkinson and the Food department opened a pop up Healthy Snack Bar at break time on Wednesday to tie in with Healthy Eating Week and encourage students to try something new and healthy for free!

May-thon Competition Winners

At the beginning of May our Restaurant team launched a competition asking our students to create a delicious, healthy menu choice for them to serve at lunchtimes...

The Great Get Together Presentation

This weekend marks the first anniversary of the death of Jo Cox. Jo’s family and friends didn’t want a sombre occasion so they plan to hold celebrations to unite communities across the country...

Yr 13 Leavers Prom

On Friday 26th May, just before half term, our Year 13 gathered at Oakwood Hall in their finery to celebrate their time at Bingley Grammar School as their final few weeks approach...

Our New Behaviour Model

Upon returning from half term, Bingley Grammar School we will be focusing on new behaviour procedures to ensure all our students get the possible outcomes and thus truly ‘Belong, Grow and Succeed’ at Bingley Grammar School...

ABoY Young leaders Paint Pottery

On Monday (22nd May) Miss Shah’s students from the Archbishop of York Young Leaders award, painted pottery with the residents of Cottingley Hall care home...

Emotional Wellbeing Cafes

Our friends at Eldwick Primary and Saltaire Primary are running a series of Emotional Wellbeing Cafes which they have invited our parents/carers to attend...

Yr 9 Brilliant Club Graduation

Our Yr 9 Brilliant Club students attended their graduation on Saturday (13th May) at the University of Leeds...

Yr 8 Spanish Pen Pals

Señorita Goulding's 8b/Sp1 Spanish students have taken part in an exciting pilot ‘pen friend’ project...

Bingley Students help Town Council in Litterpick

On Monday 8th May our Year 7 and 8 Archbishop of York Award group joined Cllr John Goode and Cllr Edwina Simpson in litter picking at Bingley Cemetery...

Bronze DofE Training Expedition

Last weekend our Bronze Duke of Edinburgh students headed out on their training expedition...

2nd Prize for Yr 8 Scientists

Last Friday Mr Allen took four Year 8 students to compete in the Salters/Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemistry Challenge at Bradford University...

East Morton Children Bake with Mrs Puddy

Yesterday a group of Yr 5 children from East Morton Primary spent the morning baking and decorating Triple Choc Cookies with Mrs Puddy...

Amnesty Youth Conference

On Friday 24th March, Miss Shah, Mrs Rawlings, Masoomah (in Yr 11) and Jess, Daniel, and Sana (in Yr 9) travelled to the Amnesty International Headquarters in London to attend the first Amnesty Youth Conference in 12 years...

Yr 9 Brilliant Club

Our Yr 9 Brilliant Club Scholar’s Programme is well under way giving students an insight into University Life...

Yr 12 Students Achieve Level 3 First Aid Qualification

At the beginning of the month, our Year 12 BTEC Sport & Physical Activity students completed their Level 3 First Aid for Sport, Exercise and Fitness qualification...

Yr 9 Jack Secures Funds for Play Centre

During the holidays we spotted an article about Year 9 student Jack Armitage and thought we would share it with you!

Solutions Not Sides

At the beginning of the month we welcomed the organisation Solutions not Sides into school to speak to our Year 10 RE students and Sixth Form RE/History students...

Yr 10 Science Session

At the end of last term 64 Yr 10 students took part in a fast-paced, stimulating and interactive two hour Science workshop...

Yr 11 Coastal Revision Day

The first day of the Easter holidays involved an early start for 30 of our Year 11 Geography students...

Year 8 Malham Trip 2017

Information letters are being sent out this week about the Yr 8 Malham day trips planned for July...

Ex-BGS Student to feature in TV Documentary

Ex-Bingley Grammar student, Samuel Pollen, now a Junior Doctor at Northampton General Hospital to feature in new Channel 4 TV series, 'Confessions of a Junior Doctor'.

Easter Music Concert

Last Thursday our talented musicians and singing groups took to the stage to entertain family and friends at our annual Easter Concert...

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award

Some of our Year 10 (Bronze) and Year 11 (Silver) Duke of Edinburgh students have completed the volunteering section of their Award working for local charities...

Anne Frank and You Exhibition

During February 12 of our Year 8 students have been trained to become Ambassadors for the 'Anne Frank and You' Exhibition at the Kala Sangam centre in Bradford...

Parent Focus Group

We are delighted to say our Parent Focus Group has voted in a new Chair and we are keen to see the group develop its role...

Fairtrade Gastonauts

Mrs Wilkinson’s lunchtime food science club has been focussing on Fairtrade produce and the importance of Fairtrade for communities around the world...

Will's Diving Success

At the weekend a team of eight young British divers faced a talented European field at the Seven Nations Youth Diving Championships in Bourg-en-Bresse, France and one of them was our Yr 13 student Will Hallam...

British Science Week 2017

Our Science department celebrated British Science week and the theme of 'Change' last week...

Swim Gala Success

On Saturday Evening, students from 12 primary schools and 5 upper schools gathered at Shipley Pool for the annual Bingley Schools Swimming Gala Finals...

Kenya 2017

During February half term a team of teachers from Bingley Grammar School and Crossflatts Primary visited schools in Nairobi to work on projects with their students...

4LC Maths Competition 2017

On Friday a group of our Year 7s joined students from four primary schools in a times tables competition...

Parent Governor Election Ballot

We are delighted to say that there has been a good response and there are five candidates for the three vacancies...

Year 9 Harry Raises Thousands for Charity

Two years ago, Year 9 student Harry Doyle started a charity with his Mother called Liam’s Smiles...

Centre of Excellence in Finance Education

Bingley Grammar School has launched a successful bid to become a Centre of Excellence in delivering finance education in conjunction with the Personal Finance Education Group...

British Science Week Living Eggs

As part of British Science Week we have welcomed a dozen 'living eggs' into our Science department...

British Science Week

To celebrate British Science Week our Science department is running a 'Scientist Hunt'...

The Bradford School's Awards 2017

Last night a group of our staff enjoyed a fantastic evening celebrating the achievements and hard work that goes on in Bradford schools at the T&A’s Bradford School’s Awards...

Fair Trade Gastronauts

Mrs Wilkinson's Gastronauts celebrated Fairtrade Fortnight this week by learning about cocoa...

Year 8 Ski Trip 2017

During February half term, 35 Year 8 students enjoyed a fantastic week of skiing in the Italian resort of Pila in the Aosta valley...

Berlin 2017

During half term, the teachers from the History department took 40 students from Year 10 and Year 11 to Berlin...

BRI Reward Visit

On Thursday 02 March, thirteen Year 7 students spent the day at the BRI...

A Letter from the Queen

During a handwriting intervention session in the Achievement Centre, Libby in Year 7 wrote a letter to the Queen...

T&A Schools Awards Shortlist

We have been shortlisted (again!) for three Bradford Schools Awards!

A Message from our Governors

We have a vacancy for three Parent Governors on the School’s Governing Body and we are seeking nominations for these positions...

World Book Day

Last Thursday was World Book Day and Bingley Grammar didn’t hold back in celebrating the day...

Yr 9 Brilliant Club Launch Trip

Yesterday 24 of our Yr 9 students attended the Scholars launch event at Manchester University...

Archbishop of York Award

Since the beginning of the school year, Miss Shah has been working with a group of students towards their Archbishop of York Young Leaders Award...

Yr 7 Road Safety Assembly

Yesterday morning our Year 7 students were treated to a performance by the drama group Performance in Education. The group focused on pedestrian safety and raising awareness of the particular risks to young people whilst crossing roads...

World Book Day

Next term our English and Literacy department have planned loads of events to engage our students with books and celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 2nd March...

Sixth Form Charity Bake Sale

On Monday, two of our Sixth Form students Aniqah and Hannah, organised and held a bake sale in aid of Cancer Research UK...

BRI Teen Room Architects Presentation

Earlier in the month, the Architect's in charge of designing and project managing the BRI's new hospital wing came into school to show our students how their ideas have been brought to life in the Adolescent room...

Half Term Teaching in Kenya

A group of our teaching staff are heading off to Kenya to spend their half term teaching at schools in Nairobi...

Yr 10 Food Students Go Italian

Our Year 10 Food Preparation and Nutrition students went 'all Italian' on Friday...

Students Present to Bingley Town Council

On Thursday 9th Feb, seven Year 8 students from Miss Howard's numeracy group, took part in a Dragon's Den style pitch to Bingley Town Council...

Sixth Form Second Place at the ICAEW Base Comp

On Wednesday 8th February a team of Year 12 Economics students took part in the regional heat of the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales) Base competition...

The Miscalculations of Cap'n Halfinch

Earlier this week Quantum Theatre visited once again to deliver another successful educational production to a group of Year 7 and 8 students - The Miscalculations of Cap'n Halfinch...

Our Partnership with Leeds Beckett University

A new partnership has been launched between Leeds Beckett University and Bingley Grammar School, to develop our teacher's research and evidence-based teaching skills...

Yr 13 Will Hallam's Diving Success

Well done to our Yr 13 student Will Hallam who competed in the British Senior National Diving Cup last weekend...

Brilliant Club Students Excel

This year has seen our second set of students take part in the Scholars Programme run by The Brilliant Club and led by Mrs Williams...

Gastronauts make butter

Following on from the last session making ice cream and learning about emulsions the students made homemade butter...

Free Microsoft Office 365 for Students

In order to help our students prepare for success this academic year, we’re providing Microsoft Office to every student free of charge...

League Table Success

Earlier this month the Government published the Secondary Schools League table and we are extremely pleased to say we are now in the top 25% of schools nationally...

Amnesty International Youth Advisory Group

Last Thursday two of our Yr 11 students travelled to London to take part in the Amnesty International Youth Advisory Group...

Parent Revision Session Presentation

On Thursday, our Deputy Headteacher Mrs Dean, held a Year 11 Parent Revision Evening...

Ex-Student visits Bright Sparks

On Monday this week, our Bright Sparks playgroup (run by our Health & Social teachers and students) was visited by ex-student Alexa Dobson...

Financial Education

Financial Education is an essential skill required by all students at Bingley Grammar School to support their key decision making and life choices...

Yrs 7 - 10 House Dodgeball Comp

Well done to all 109 students who took part in the house dodgeball charity events this week...

Gastronauts

After a brief break we have returned with the ever popular Gastronauts lunchtime club...

Parent/Student Food Science Sessions

This half term in Food Science we are building links with parents/relatives/carers and students in our school community...

Yr 11 Parents Revision Evening

Are you interested in finding out how you as a parent can help your son or daughter revise? Come along to find out...

Yr 8 Italy Ski Trip Info

We would like to reassure parents/carers that our school trip will be heading to the Italian Alps, aproximately 800km away...

Uniform and Around School Rules

Next week our Heads of Year and Student Support Officers will be concentrating on aspects of uniform that have surfaced since the Winter break...

Past Students Recognised at Awards Ceremony

Congratulations to two of our past students for being recognised for thier academic achievements at the first British Bangladeshi Talent Awards!

Arek Hersh Visits Sixth Form Students

On Tuesday morning we had the great honour of welcoming Arek Hersh, Holocaust Survivor, and his wife Jean back into school to talk to our sixth form RE and History students...

Saxophonics Community Spirit

We are always so pleased to hear of our students making a difference in the community...

Grammar Girl

On Monday Key Stage 3 studentswere given the opportunity to see ‘Grammar Girl’ an educational performance by Quantum Theatre...

House Comp Results so far...

Here are our House Competition results so far this academic year...

Awards Evening

On Thursday 15th December just before the end of term we held our Annual Awards Evening...

Bright Sparks Christmas Party

At the end of last term our Health & Social Care students helped organise and host our Bright Sparks Christmas Party...

Yr 7 Raise thousands for BRI Children's Ward

Our 2nd Annual Sponsored Walk raised over £4000 (again!) for the new BRI Children's Wards...