We were delighted to round off this term with a National Cup triumph for the Year 7 football team. On Monday, the team put in a magnificent display at the Hawthorns to defeat a strong St Bede’s team from Durham who were the defending champions. Highlights can be seen here  with the Chroni...

Today marks the last day of timetabled lessons for Year 11 and 13 before they begin their public examinations and study leave period next week. Both year groups have been exceptional role models for younger students in the school to emulate and I have no doubt that they will do extremely well in the...

Thirty-two intrepid Year 12 students excelled on a trail across the Welsh Black Mountains for their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Trial Expedition last week. They first set foot on the range of peaks on Wednesday and then proceeded to undertake 8-hour treks for four days straight, including the mighty chal...

We have enjoyed an incredibly busy week to wrap up the term, however, today was also tinged with sadness as we said goodbye to three long serving members of staff who between them have clocked up over 50 years of excellent service to NSB: Mr Haladij (27 years of service as a DT Technician...

Ben Wilcock in Year 13 represented the UK at the European Youth Parliament (EYP) in Sweden last weekend, giving an exceptional defence speech on the topic of capping the rising price of medicines in the pharmaceutical industry. On the back of this address, Ben was awarded the honour of giving a clos...

Thursday saw the nationwide celebration of World Book Day with some fantastic pictures in the media of children across the country dressed up as their favourite book characters – I myself, shared Thursday breakfast with Dave the Cat and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid! At NSB, we were delighted to we...