News

You can see our archived news stories in the folders on the left.

25 Jul 2018

Yr 11 Prom 2018

On Thursday 5th July, just after their final GCSE exams, our Year 11 students gathered at the Mercure Bankfield Hotel to celebrate their time at Bingley Grammar School...

24 Jul 2018

Bright Sparks Summer Party

It was the Summer Party at Bingley Bright Sparks yesterday. Many of the parents brought fabulous cakes and goodies for everyone to share...

24 Jul 2018

Yr 8 Malham Trips 2018

The annual Bingley Grammar summer hike up to Yorkshire's limestone pavement at Malham happened again last week and as ever the students enjoyed every minute!

23 Jul 2018

Gamezstation Reward Day

Last week we welcomed the Gamezstation Bus into school...

23 Jul 2018

Yr 7 Shakespeare Performance

On the evening of Tuesday 17th July our Yr 7 Drama Club performed Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing...

23 Jul 2018

Yr 8 Drama Performance 'Forgotten'

In January the Year 8 Drama club began the challenge of taking on a complete play. 'Forgotten' is a sequel to the well known and loved story of 'Peter Pan'. It explores the character of Gwen who is Wendy once she is older and has left Neverland...

23 Jul 2018

Sports Day 2018

On Thursday 19th July students from all year groups gathered on the sports field to challenge themselves and enjoy the many events our sports department had organised...

20 Jul 2018

KS3 & KS4 Summer Awards Evening

On the evening of Thurs 12th July, many of our staff, students and their families gathered in the marquee for an evening of celebration...

20 Jul 2018

ABoY Summer Tea Party

On the 17th July, we organised our 3rd annual tea party for residents of Cottingley Hall and Thompson court care home...

20 Jul 2018

GCSE and A Level Art Exhibition

On the evening of Thurs 12th July, Mr Davenport and the Art department opened the GCSE and A Level art exhibition to friends and families of our students...

19 Jul 2018

Plastic Fantastic Workshop

As part of the University of Leeds Festival of Arts & Humanities Week, Year 9 students took part in a workshop during their double Geography lesson led by PhD student Suzanna Matoh...

19 Jul 2018

Commando Chef 2018

On the 5th and 6th July, Royal Marine chef Colour Sergeant Mike Beaton and Navy physical trainer, Andrea Marshall visited the Food and Nutrition Department to talk about energy balance and healthy diets...

17 Jul 2018

Yr 9 GCSE Geology Trip

The Year 9 GCSE Geology group carried out a really successful field trip to Clapham and Ingleborough Caves on Thursday 12th July, supported by Mr Allen, Mr Weston and Mr Martin (all of whom are qualified Geologists!)...

17 Jul 2018

Fun Kitchen 2018

On Thursday 5th and Friday 6th July, we had the pleasure of hosting a 2-day food science cookery event led by the company Fun Kitchen...

16 Jul 2018

Yr 12 Progress Days

On Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th July Year 12 students took some time away from lessons to take part in our two Progress Days...

16 Jul 2018

Summer Music Concert

On the evening of Tuesday 10th July, our Music department welcomed friends and family to our Summer Concert where our music groups and soloists entertained our guests with many different genres of music...

13 Jul 2018

Yr 7 Computing Theme Day

On the 28th June Year 7 students enjoyed a Computing Theme day...

13 Jul 2018

Elizabethan Day

To bring the times of Shakespeare to life, we held an Elizabethan Day which was once again a huge success...

12 Jul 2018

Meeting Sir Richard Branson

Last week Miss Shah was given the opportunity to travel to London accompanied by one of our sixth form students to meet Sir Richard Branson...

12 Jul 2018

Careers Fair 2018

Yesterday the marquee was bustling with students and visitors from universities, colleges and organisations at our Careers Fair...

11 Jul 2018

DofE Bronze Award Qualifying Expedition 2018

On July 5th and 6th, 44 Year 9 and 10 students departed from school to complete their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh qualifying expedition...

11 Jul 2018

51 Postcards of Praise for Mr Barker

We are often asked why our school has toilet attendants in the main girls and boys toilets – Chris and Pam are valued members of the site team who keep the facilities clean throughout the day for our students and also play an important role in the pastoral care we offer in school...

09 Jul 2018

NatWest Dream Big Event

On Monday 2nd July, Mr Atkinson and Mrs Bradley took a group of Year 10 girls out of school to the 'Dream Big' event run by Natwest at Headingly Cricket Ground...

06 Jul 2018

Yr 7 and 8 Westminster Trip

On Friday 29th June, 10 students from KS3, made a visit to Westminster, where they were given a tour of Parliament and met the Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Jennifer Crook...

05 Jul 2018

Aleena Wins the Regional Speak Out Challenge

Earlier this year in March, 30 Year 10 students took part in a Speak Out public speaking workshop to improve their confidence...

04 Jul 2018

Yr 7 Online Safety & Mental Health Assembly

Yesterday Year 7 were visited by the band New Kings Order to entertain them and deliver an important message...