The session will also be recorded and will be available on the website from Tuesday 10th March.

IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER

It is very rare that severe weather affects our ability to operate as a school. However, in extreme circumstances it may be necessary to partially or fully close the school to safeguard students and staff. In these circumstances the school may opt to take any of the following decisions:

A decision to fully or partially close the school before students attend morning registration

Any school closure to students will appear on the school website as soon as a decision has been made. We will aim to give parents / carers as much notice as possible. We will email / message all parents / carers through Edulink.

If we decide that it is impossible to safeguard all students on site, we may decide to open for some year groups. This may be prudent when students in Year 11 and 13 are taking external examinations, for example.

Please do not ring the school to ask if we are open. If there is no closure message on the school website then we are open as normal.

A decision to close the school during the school day

If weather conditions deteriorate during the school day and there is a need for early closure we will send parents an email / message through Edulink and notification will be immediately placed on the NSB website. Students in Years 7-13 will be asked to return to their Form Bases where they will be able to contact parents / carers on their mobile phones so that the Form Tutor can confirm that the student can leave the school site. If students do not have mobile phones they will be able to use the school's phones to contact parents. We ask that parents / carers discuss arrangements for cases of severe weather closure with their children in advance, to ensure that students can safely return from school to home or an alternative safe venue.  All students who cannot get safely home during the school day or whose parent / carers we cannot contact, will be supervised in school until their parents / carers can collect them.

We will always make every effort to remain open to our students and we will only close if appraisal of health and safety factors dictate that closure is the only option.

Richard Bernard

Executive Headteacher

Northampton School for Boys Trust

GCSE certificates for students currently in Y12, will need to see their form tutor to collect.

We hope these articles highlight the achievements, resilience, and impact of these remarkable women.

The NSB community rose to the occasion with so much thought and even more energy, making this year's Charity Week the most successful yet! The money raised is so important but It's not only about the money - it's about the spirit of charity and raising awareness for our chosen charities, encouraging empathy and compassion for others and young people coming together to make an impact with the support of staff, parents and carers. And they really showed the NSB ethos and spirit! 

Our Charities this year have been chosen from suggestions given to us from the students and staff of NSB who want to support causes that are close to their hearts, where often they have witnessed the amazing work these charities undertake or where they have seen the devastation in other countries on TV and Social Media and want to do their bit to help.

Our Charities:

International

Mbekweni School in South Africa

Unicef: Jamaica Appeal   

War Child

Médecins Sans Frontieres UK (Doctors Without Borders)     

National

Teenage Cancer Trust

Alzheimer's Society

Motor Neurone Disease – The 745 Game (supporting 3 charities; The Rob Burrow Discretionary Trust, The 4ED Foundation and My Name’s Doddie Foundation)

NSPCC 

Sarcoma UK

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Local

BacZachislegacy – former student Zac Forkskitt’s legacy helping young adults with cancer. Zac unfortunately lost his brave battle in March 2016.

The Lowdown – free counselling, sexual health and LGBTQ+ support service for 11-25

Cynthia Spencer Hospice – palliative care for adults with life limiting illnesses.

Baby Basics - Northampton

Some highlights from the week include The Killer Whale Challenge - the BTEC crew and staff rowing for 12 hours overnight, the equivalent length of 100,000 Killer Whales! So far they have raised £1771- well done to them!

If you want to know more (and see a photo of Mr Bradbury's new pink hair) or would like to make a donation, the link is below:

Killer Whale BTEC Challenge

We have raised £4000 from XX Factor with some class acts and lots of fun, hosted by Miss Bason with guest student comperes and fabulous judging panels across the week and the staff band even made an appearance. Over £1000 came in from the staff panto and more money from I'm A House Leader Get me Out of Here and the House Taskmaster competition. We have had netball matches, non-uniform day, the raffle, Festive/Winter jumper day, Brightwell, Chipsey, Manley, Washington and 6^th Form Days...all the Form events and challenges...and so much more! And we have sorted and bagged over 2,000 Tins, Toys and Toiletries and delivered them to The McCarthy-Dixon Foundation, Eve and The Hope Centre ensuring a brighter Christmas for so many.  

Shout outs to:

Charlie Auburn in 7Q. He raised £115 for the form challenge - a run/bike/swim the Nene 

Jenson Avill (7J), handed in £110 that he personally raised for their sponsored run

9I 'swam the  channel' and they also made £50 in 4 minutes selling donuts

8S have raised over £200 for their sponsored event - they ran/rowed/cycled (and one stair master!) an ultramarathon - to improve on their marathon from last year.

7K's cake sale and sponsored event (basket ball hoop shoot) managed to raise £284

9Q  raised £58 from a "Build-your-own baguette" station and did a joint-effort triathlon 

8K raised £140 with their drinks and cake sale and 9K's Tombola raised £210

13L have raised £86.80 by dressing up as things starting with L!

But that is just the tip of the iceberg - these are just the ones I know about - every Form was doing their bit and it is so appreciated!

Thank you to students, staff, parents/carers for your generosity - to anyone and everybody who took part in whatever way; every pound paid, cake made, every song sung, challenge smashed, raffle ticket bought, item donated - whatever it was, it will make such a difference locally, and further afield.

And now for the latest on the total - we are still counting but is has now reached an eye watering £13, 500 - an amazing achievement in such a short amount go time - well done everyone - you will literally have changed lives.

Have a lovely break

Lindsay Greenaway

(If you are wondering - the raffle has been drawn and there will be emails going out today and in the new year)

Some of the amazing activities we have done over Charity week this week.

A diversion route has been agreed with the local council for Wellingborough Rd and St. Edmond's Road. There will also be three-way traffic lights at the junction of Rushmere road /Billing Road/ Billing Road East. Diagram of the closures and diversion routes are below.

6th and 7th December 2025.

 The Team has sent it with the following message:

"First and foremost, we would like to extend the biggest thank you to Miss Adabale. Her support, advice and ideas were vital to the completion of the edition and the gratitude we have for her attentive role in the production of the journal is immeasurable. We would also like to thank both the Science and Maths departments of Northampton School for Boys for their enthusiasm in the recruitment of our new cohort of writers,  without whom this edition would’ve never been published.

It has been an honour to work alongside an amazing new cohort of writers under the support of the most fabulous subject editors. The contributions of the editorial and writer teams are highly commended for their respect, hard work and impeccable research on topics to explore the impact of some of the greatest scientific individuals and appreciation of STEM within black heritage. Congratulations to Wilfred Peck (Year 7) and Ummur Ali (Year 11) for their winning essays on this year’s Black History Month Science Essay Competition!"

NSB Science Journal Editorial Team