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Colin Stuart, international astronomy author and speaker, delivered a fascinating and engaging  lecture on ‘How we will live on Mars’ http://www.colinstuart.net/mars . The lecture was open to  all students in Y7,8 and 9 plus selected Y10/11 students. Y5 and 6 also joined us from Leyburn primary school. Colin talked about the barriers and pitfalls of launching […]

BlueBoxt Productions, the voluntary run performing arts organisation based in Wensleydale, has teamed up with local artist, Piers Browne, to stage an exciting new youth adaptation of his evocative musical, Freya. The new stage adaptation, by Colin Bailey, Mark Cronfield and Alastair McLachlan, will create the mystical story of romance and heartache set in wartime […]

Please see below the latest Press Release on today’s incident. If you have any further information or are concerned about anything at all, please get in touch in the usual way. I would draw your attention to the highlighted sentence. Julia Polley Headteacher 2wensleydale Press Release 040219

This morning Mr Barnett and Mr Ellis held a whole school assembly on the theme of International Holocaust Remembrance. As we know, but perhaps forget in the hustle and bustle of life, The Holocaust was the attempt by the Nazis and their collaborators to murder all the Jews in Europe. Six million Jewish men, women and […]

Fabulous news that following the launch of our LORIC programme in September, 3 students have been awarded the first certification. Nicholas O’Keefe, Lilian Hardill and Matilda Martin are now officially  Pixl Edge LORIC apprentices and have an employer recognised certificate , rewarding their skills. Well done and we look forward to seeing them progress even […]

Developing Character and Culture Our greatest asset at the Wensleydale School & Sixth Form are our students.  The school has hard working, respectful students’ that visitors always praise.  I want to develop that further. Starting this September, I have introduced a new programme that looks to develop the character of our students and the culture […]