Lego Club have been very busy this term using not only their creative skills but also showing resilience and determination when their plans haven’t always been successful.
The children have been working in groups on different designs while also choosing whether to use the Duplo or standard Lego pieces.
They have designed farms containing a wide variety of animals, a car garage complete with tyres and a mechanic, and a fashion show complete with a model’s runway!
Prep 1 parents were invited into the classroom on Friday to spend some time looking through their children’s books. All the parents were amazed and delighted at just how much work all the children in Prep 1 had completed in just half the school’s academic year. There was an excited buzz as the children proudly…
This week, a number of students were fortunate to benefit from an Oxbridge session on personal statements and the college selection process, with Old Westholmian Julia Gartold taking time out from her studies at Oxford to lead a session with our current applicants. Since leaving Westholme, where she was Deputy Head Girl and led and…
Every child in Prep 6 entered our Public Speaking Competition. Each student had to either read an extract from a book they had particularly enjoyed or write a speech about something they were interested in. They performed their speeches to the whole of Prep 6. The Prep 6 teachers, alongside Mrs Hornby, had a very…
Congratulations to our U14 Girls Netball team, who finished third in the Sisters n Sport Final Four National Finals. Having made their way through the preliminary rounds with some great results against teams from all over the North West, they qualified for the final four event to be held at Loughborough, where they played out…
Following Prep R’s visit to Sharples Farm back in the Spring Term, on Thursday they welcomed Mrs Burns to Westholme. Mrs Burns was also Prep R’s ballet teacher at the start of the academic year, and they have loved the opportunity to learn about her life on the farm too! During Prep R’s visit to…
On Tuesday evening, we welcomed over 600 visitors and over 70 exhibitors through our doors for our University, Apprenticeships and Careers Fair. What a turn out it was and thank you to all of our exhibitors, external visitors and internal families who came on the evening. Organised by Mr Oracz, Head of our INSPIRED Sixth…
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Westholme School was inspected by ISI on 23rd January 2024 – Download Inspection Report
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The school is regulated by the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate – a body approved by the Department for Education for the purpose of inspecting independent schools in the Independent Schools Council (ISC) under Section 162 of the Education Act 2002.
Westholme School was inspected by ISI on 5th, 6th and 7th November 2024. Download Inspection Report
Westholme School was inspected by ISI on 23rd January 2024. Download Inspection Report
Westholme School was inspected by ISI on 13th, 14th and 15th October 2021. Download Inspection Report
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