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People are being warned not to swim in reservoirs as the summer sun returns! https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/53584807  

Kingsway Park High School is proud of the great success we have recently experienced with the Bronze Arts Award entries. All year 7 students took part in the award throughout the year. Although restricted because of the pandemic, students explored the four aspects of the award. They produced their own arts work; reviewed a piece of theatre; […]

Kingsway Park High School is proud to have been accredited with the ACSEED award! This award recognises schools which are providing high quality emotional wellbeing and support. As an ACSEED accredited school, Kingsway Park High School invests in the provision and maintenance of emotional wellbeing support programmes. Kingsway Park has received this award due to […]

Five lawyers from leading North West commercial law firm Brabners visited a group of Year 10 Citizenship and RS classes to encourage more students to consider careers in the law.  The visitors are led by partner Helena Davies and include a mix of solicitors and trainee solicitors who shared their experiences of working in the […]

To help with your transition from Year 6 – 7 we will be holding a Summer School for those students who are starting at Kingsway Park High School in September 2021. Unfortunately we cannot take anymore bookings for Summer School.  

Congratulations to Aaminah (Year 9) and Aliyah (Year 10), who are the competition winners of ‘Lockdown Loves & Loathes’. Both taking a different approach, portraying their thoughts about lockdown and winning a voucher for their great submissions! ‘Well Done’ to you both. Aliyah -Year 10 Aaminah – Year 0

A group of our Year 7 students had the opportunity to work on an exciting and relevant arts project, ‘Nature in Danger’, a Rochdale Bubble Up event. Funded by Curious Minds Bubble Up project and supported by Rochdale Council, it was a collaboration between Cartwheel Arts, Sky Light Circus and Jamboree Arts. Each partner delivered […]

  Year 7 students at Kingsway Park High School – Spread Some Christmas Joy! During Year 7 VISION sessions, students at KPHS have taken on their role as local citizens by creating over 50 shoeboxes for vulnerable members of the Greater Manchester community. They worked incredibly hard to source appropriate materials from friends and family […]

Covid-19 – Workplace Risk Assessment – Full Opening of Kingsway Park High School in Autumn Term We take this very seriously at Kingsway, we want to make sure that everyone feels protected and cared for all the time. Our risk assessments are updated regularly please click here for the full PDF version    

Social Media Scams You’re probably familiar with some of the ways in which fraudsters approach victims – emails, texts, phone calls, letters and sometimes doorstep scams. But did you know that social media is also a favourite place for scammers? This month Get Safe Online’s campaign is all about Social Media scams – and the […]

  Kingsway Chronicle Issue 2

The University of Bradford are offering an Interactive Virtual Visit for Year 9 and 10 Students on Thursday 2nd July 2020. Use this guide to show you how to book a place and enter the pre-event quiz. Book a place and enter the quiz

Whitworth Art Gallery Visit   As part of the GCSE Art Textiles course, students from Years 9 and 10 travelled to the Whitworth Art Gallery and participated in a practical textiles workshop led by artist Harriet Lawton. Students created a fabric rosette based on the artwork that is featured in the current Whitworth exhibition. Students […]

Poland Trip   Kingsway Park High School students recently visited Krakow, Poland. The students participated in a range of activities and visited a number of sites which informed them   about the Holocaust in great depth.Students visited Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, met a Holocaust survivor and visited Schindler’s museum.Mrs Chambers,group leader, commented ‘It was a very intense […]

Spring Performance Showcase Talented students from Kingsway Park High School showcased their abilities in Art, Drama, Dance and Music to an audience of family and friends recently, with their ‘Spring Performance Showcase’. The Drama Studio was filled to capacity with a fantastically supportive audience.  A collection of Art work was on display and performances ranged […]

Ian Murphy – North West Artist Visit Year 11 Fine Art students had the opportunity to take part in an all-day artist led workshop by Landscape artist Ian Murphy. Ian showed students his original artwork and talked to them about his inspiration, processes and which locations he chooses to go to, to create this artwork. […]

Magistrates Mock Trial Competition   A group of Citizenship students from Kingsway Park High School took part in the annual Mock Trial competition at Burnley Magistrates’ Court recently.  The Magistrates’ Court Mock Trial Competition organised by the charity ‘Young Citizens’ helps to improve young people’s life skills and their understanding of the legal system. Mr […]

London Visit   Year 10 History students from Kingsway Park High School recently visited London. Students travelled to London by train and visited many sites including, Buckingham Palace, Parliament Square and the Winter Wonderland Christmas Markets. The day started off with a tour of the Globe Theatre, where the students stepped back in time to […]

Eid-Ul-Fitr Event Kingsway Park High School staff, students and the local community celebrated by hosting their first ever  Eid-ul-Fitr event.Many local businesses supported the event including; Bhangracise, Cake Box, Emaan’s Fashion, ZK carpets, Heavenly Henna, Zak’s Ice Cream van and more. Performers from Bhangracise, based in the North-West, kept the attendees dancing throughout the evening […]

Jodrell Bank Visit Year 8 students travelled from Kingsway Park High School to visit the iconic, and newly awarded World Heritage site, Jodrell Bank.  Situated in stunning grounds, Jodrell Bank is home to the world famous Lovell Radio Telescope.  It is the third largest radio telescope in the world and can be seen from all […]