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"Pupils benefit immensely from the vast extent and high quality of the extra-curricular experiences that leaders provide for them. There is something for everyone to join in and enjoy. The impressive selection of activities includes an international film club, and chess club as well as a spectacular range of sporting and music opportunities."
Ofsted, 2022
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Monday 9 March 2026 World Book Day 2026 This week we celebrated World Book Day with a range of activities taking place throughout the school. Pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 attended assemblies that focused on the National Year of Reading mantra, “Go All In,” exploring how our hobbies and interests can be linked to our everyday reading habits. In KS3 English lessons, pupils also explored the benefits of reading for pleasure and discussed how reading can help to build empathy.
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Friday 6 March 2026 Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Practice Walk 28.2.26 Last Saturday, the second group of Year 10 pupils, who are working towards achieving their Bronze DofE Award, successfully completed their first practice walk in preparation for their expedition. In total, we have 70 participants working towards completing their award this year.
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Friday 6 March 2026 Hockey Fixtures On Monday, 2nd March, we welcomed Lytham St Anne's for some friendly hockey fixtures. We had a great night of hockey where most pupils experienced their first competitive hockey game! Well done to all the pupils involved.
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Friday 6 March 2026 Girls Football - U16- 4th March 2026 On Wednesday 4th March, the girls’ U16 football team played against Archbishop Temple in the quarter finals of the Preston Cup. Temple took an early lead in the game when there was some confusion at the back for Broughton, and despite Broughton creating lots of chances down the other end, it was Temple who were more clinical in front of goal and scored again to make it 2-0. Amara Jenkins-Smith pulled one back with an excellent finish to make it 2-1 going into half time.
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Friday 27 February 2026 Continuous Running Fitness Challenge Well done to the following pupils who achieved platinum in the continuous running fitness challenge during their PE lesson recently. The pupils all completed 23 minutes of continuous running.
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Friday 27 February 2026 Girls' Cricket - U15 On Thursday, 26th February, the girls’ u15 cricket team played Our Lady's in a match which would determine which school would go through to represent Preston in the Lancashire tournament. Broughton demonstrated some excellent batting and fielding skills, but struggled to be as consistent with their bowling and Our Lady's went on to win the game 72-50.
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Friday 27 February 2026 Science Live 2026 This week, a group of 62 Year 10 Triple Scientists enjoyed a day at St George’s Hall in Bradford for an inspiring and thought‑provoking science conference. The event proved hugely beneficial for all who attended, offering a rare opportunity to hear directly from some of the UK’s most influential and celebrated scientists. Pupils listened to talks from Professor Lord Robert Winston, Dr Kate Lancaster, Professor Suzie Imber, Professor Jim Al‑Khalili, and Professor Andrea Sella, each sharing fascinating insights from their fields and the real‑world impact of their research.
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Friday 13 February 2026 U13 Girls - Indoor Cricket On Thursday, 12th February, the girls’ U13 indoor cricket team played against Our Lady's, with the winner going through to represent Preston in the Lancashire finals in March. With many of the girls being new to cricket, we played a practice game first and Broughton won by 1 run! A very close encounter, and although Broughton bowled extremely well, it was clear Our Lady's had some excellent batting power at the top of the order. Next up was the qualifying game, so Broughton knew in order to win, they would have to limit the runs of the opening batters. Broughton went into bat full of confidence, with Maddie Monaghan and Charlotte Fitzgibbon smashing the ball out to get Broughton off to an excellent start. This continued through the middle order with Ambreen Valli, and Broughton posted a strong score of 50 runs.
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Friday 13 February 2026 U14 Basketball Congratulations to our U14 Basketball team. The team have qualified for the Final of the Preston Schools’ Basketball Competition, further to this they also qualified in top position of their Lancashire Division and played in the Lancashire Schools’ Quarter Final this Tuesday against All Saints School, Rossendale. The team have progressed massively over the season as a group. They played some lovely team Basketball in the Quarter Final to win convincingly 74-17; this was without leading scorer Brady Day for the entire second half of the game.
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Friday 13 February 2026 Attendance Competition - Winners Announced! During the last two weeks of this term, we have had a challenge for 100% attendance. Every pupil who achieved two weeks of 100% attendance, including any arranged appointments, was added to the draw. In Year 7, we had 149 pupils, Year 8 we had 138 pupils, in Year 9 we had 141 pupils , in Year 10 we had 136 pupils and in Year 11 we had 126.
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Thursday 12 February 2026 Year 11 Football Success On Thursday, 12th February, our Year 11 football team competed in the last 16 schools, at the English Schools’ Cup, against West Derby High School from Liverpool. To reach the last 16 schools in England is a huge achievement.
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Thursday 12 February 2026 Young Citizen Award 2026 - Leon Molloy Awarded Third Place It was an exciting evening for Leon, his parents and myself, when we attended the Young Citizen Awards evening at Hutton Police Headquarters on Thursday 12th February. We heard heart-warming stories of children and young people who have made a real difference in their communities through their kindness and commitment to others.
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Thursday 12 February 2026 Well done to Zoey Thurston, Year 8 We were delighted to hear about the recent achievements of Zoey Thurston (8R). Last weekend, Zoey attended the aquatic GB’s national classification event in Oxford and she is officially an 8S competing para-swimmer. The 8S classification includes freestyle, backstroke and butterfly. To achieve this, Zoey has been working extremely hard, training at least three times per week in the last year.
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Thursday 12 February 2026 Netball - League Results This week, the Year 7 and 8 netball teams participated in their final two games of the season against St Cecilia's and Longridge High School. In both games, the Year 7 and 8 teams were successful putting them in a very strong position in the league standings. As the other schools complete their final games of the league, we await to see where each team has placed in the league!
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Friday 6 February 2026 Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award - Practice Walk Last Saturday, 34 of our Year 10 pupils successfully completed their first practice walk in preparation for their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition. This marks an important milestone in their journey, with all 70 participants working towards completing their award this year. The remaining pupils will complete their practice walk at the end of February.
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Friday 6 February 2026 Preston Schools' Indoor Athletics Championships - Year 8 On Friday, 6th February, it was the Year 8's turn to compete in the Indoor Athletics Championships. Once again, ten schools from across the Preston district competed in a range of Sprinting, jumping, bounding and throwing events to see who were the best boys’ and girls’ teams. The girls performed really consistently throughout the morning and had some strong competition from both Archbishop and Our Lady's. However, our girls held their own and fought well in all their track events. Eventually, the girls’ team did amazing and finished in 2nd place just behind Archbishop. The boys’ team again faced some tough opposition, with numerous schools winning races on the track, including Fulwood, Corpus, Ashton and Our Lady’s. However, another consistent performance saw the Broughton boys’ team ahead at the halfway stage. They managed to hold on to this position in the field events and WON the overall competition.
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Friday 6 February 2026 Lancashire Schools’ Cross-Country 2026 On Saturday, 31st January, Broughton High pupils gave a great account of themselves, showing huge determination and commitment in near perfect cross-country conditions (for a change!)! The course was generally mud-free and was quick and flat, so a different experience from preceding races. Well done to the pupils for their fabulous achievements:
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Friday 6 February 2026 Netball - Years 7 & 8 On Monday 2nd February, Year 7 and 8 played netball against Ashton. The Year 7 game began stead with the Broughton side taking the lead in the first half. In the second half, Broughton upped the pace and stormed ahead to a very convincing win of 14-1. The Year 8 game followed the same pattern with the Year 8 team taking an early lead of 6-1 in the first half and then finished the game 13-1. Well done to all pupils who played in the fixture!
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Friday 30 January 2026 Preston Schools' Indoor Athletics Championships - Year 7 On Friday, 30th January, our Y7's competed at the Preston Schools Indoor Athletics Championships, held here at Broughton High School. This was a fantastic event with ten secondary schools from across the Preston District in attendance. The pupils competed in a number of individual sprint and team relay races along with the Standing Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Putt, Speed Bounce and the Vertical Jump. Our Sports Leaders from Year 10 assisted with the running of the event and the PE staff would like to thank and congratulate them all on a fantastic professional performance and representing Broughton in the best possible light. We had several compliments from visiting staff.
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Thursday 29 January 2026 Young Enterprise - Company Programme Spotlight - Y10 A small group of Year 10 pupils have started their own business through the Company Programme. They are in the process of developing their products, creating their brand and are preparing to go to the Trafford Centre at the end of this half term to sell their products to the public.
