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  • Year 9 Enjoy Engineering Experience Day

    Published 01/04/25

    Year 9 students recently had an exciting Engineering Experience Day,  run for us by the Smallpeice Trust. Working in teams, students had the opportunity to explore designing and building landing craft for a potential visit to Mars. The day included three main sections - designing, testing and a presentation showing their findings. As part of this, students had to assess different conditions on different parts of Mars and decide where to most effectively place their base. Following this, they designed a landing module to successfully land their mars rover safely, modelled using a ping-pong ball and a 9V battery.
    All of the teams successfully landed and worked well together to design an effective lander.

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  • Race for Life Event Raises over £2,200

    Published 28/03/25

    Our Race for Life Event last Friday has raised over £2,200 which is absolutely fantastic!

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  • Students Showcase Their Talent at the Dance Recital

    Published 28/03/25

    On Wednesday evening (March 26), 65 students showcased their wonderful talent and passion for dance at the annual Dance Recital.

    An audience of over 200 were treated to a range of styles by students across Years 7 to 13  who are members of our Dance Club, Dance Leaders and those who study Dance.
    There were a range of styles performed including Contemporary, Commercial, Jazz, Tap and Ballet from BTEC assessment work to extracurricular clubs and students’ own choreographed pieces and their dedication and passion were evident in every routine. 

    All the dancers involved, along with our student photographer in Year 10 and student backstage crew, were so professional and enthusiastic during the show. 

    It was fantastic to see all their hard work and creativity come to light in the performance.

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  • Supporting Race for Life on Friday 21 March

    Published 14/03/25

    On Friday 21 March we are supporting the Cancer Research UK Race for Life as a whole school event.  

    Starting in Tutor Time, students will have the opportunity to run or walk a marked out route of our school  field. Students can come into school in their NLS PE kit and NLS blazer on Friday and can wear a pink accessory and remember to bring a water bottle.

    All students and staff are encouraged to donate £1, either in cash or via ParentPay (www.parentpay.com)

    image of NLS logo, Race for life pink banner and Cancer Research UK logo

    This event has been rescheduled from its original date of Friday 27 September when we unfortunately had to cancel due to the weather. 

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  • Your Vote Week 2025 – Sixth Form Students get informed and get involved

    Published 14/03/25

    This week our Sixth Form students have been involved in the Electoral Commission’s Your Vote Week. This started by welcoming Matt Western (MP) to North Leamington School to speak with Sixth Form Politics students, and was capped with a visit by a team from the local authority.  

    17 Students standing in a classroom with Matt Western (MP) and Mr Taylor, Head of Sixth Form

    The aim of  'Your Vote Week' is to support young people to have the knowledge they need to get involved in democracy and elections – in particular, to use their vote. This year’s theme is: “get informed and get involved”.
    This entails accessing trustworthy information to get informed about politics, democracy and elections, and taking the first steps to get involved locally. At NLS, we have:

    • Offered coverage of Electoral Commission resources in Tutor Time
    • Students experienced an assembly from the Local Authority around using the vote available to them now (as 18 year olds) or soon (as that landmark age approaches)
    • A poster campaign (with QR codes linked to information bases)
    • Linked Matt Western’s visit to this drive for political involvement from our students
    • Continued to entrust our Student Leaders with collaborative projects aimed at enhancing student voice in the Sixth Form and the wider school

    On Thursday we welcomed Steve, Harriet and Emily who gave a terrific assembly to Sixth Form students on the vitality of using their vote and ended the session with a mock vote on whether the age of voting in England should be lowered to 16 – to follow suit with other home nations and to better correspond with the ability to marry, pay taxes or be involved in the armed forces at that age!

    A Sixth Form posting their vote in the ballot boxA Sixth Form posting their vote in the ballot box

    A Sixth Form posting their vote in the ballot boxThree people from the Local Authority and Mr Taylor Head of Sixth Form in front of the purple curtain in the theatre where an assembly took place in the theatre

     

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  • Year 7 enjoy their first residential opportunity at Whitemoor Lakes

    Published 13/03/25

    Year 7 students enjoyed a weekend residential at Whitemoor Lakes Activity Centre during the weekend of March 7.

    There were three days of adventurous activities including assault courses, team games, the zip wire, and campfires. Each activity session was designed to build confidence, communication, teamwork, leadership, and certainly pushed students out of their comfort zones. It was lovely to see the Year 7 students growing in confidence and as a team. The way the students encouraged each other to challenge themselves was fantastic to see. 

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  • NLS student Kaddy, delivers a speech in the House of Commons as part of her role as a Member of Youth Parliament

    Published 10/03/25

    One of our students, Kaddy, who is a Member of Youth Parliament (MYP), recently had the opportunity to deliver a speech in the Houses of Parliament and has shared her experience. 

    As a member of Youth Parliament (MYP), Kaddy’s role is to positively represent the views of children and young people in the Local Authority in the national UK Youth Parliament (UKYP). An important part of their role is attending the House of Commons Sitting in London. This is a unique opportunity as MYPs are the only group, other than MPs, permitted to sit on the green benches

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  • Celebrating World Book Day

    Published 07/03/25

    It’s been another wonderful World Book Day for NLS. There were a whole host of literary characters on sight today. The reception team went spotty with 101 Dalmatians, Maths brought to life the search for Where’s Wally and English took students on a journey into the worlds of Julia Donaldson with the likes of the Gruffalo, Zog and Stickman. A chocolatey prize was given to the Science department who abandoned their chemical bonds for James Bond for the day. Rumours also circulated that Peter Pan was also on a visit from Neverland!

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  • Year 10 Parents Revision Evening-Wednesday 2 April-5.45pm (6.00pm start) until 7.15pm.

    Published 03/03/25

    Join us for the Year 10 Revision Evening on Wednesday 2 April. The evening aims to provide guidance and support to equip parents/carers to support their child on revision. The event is from 5.45pm (6.00pm start) until 7.15pm.

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  • Ski Trip 2025

    Published 26/02/25

    On Friday 14 February, NLS students and staff braved the demands of a lengthy coach journey to Austria to experience all the fantastic things that a school ski trip has to offer! Full of excitement, the executive coach was at Dover for the ferry crossing in near-record time. Before we knew it, we were in France, then Germany and, finally, Austria. A 25 hour coach journey is never going to be fun but students showed great grit, resilience and humour.
    The good news: plenty of snow in resort!
    By 21:00, everyone was ready for sleep and the arduous journey there soon became a fading memory.

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  • North Leamington School Ranked No 1 in Warwickshire for Sixth Form

    Published 13/02/25

    Today, nationally the progress and attainment for A level qualifications has been released by the DfE  and we are delighted to share that North Leamington School tops the table and is the number one school for  16-18 performance in progress. Nationally this puts NLS 171st out of over 4000 providers of 16-18 provision across the country, top 3%!  

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  • Student Winner Winner Chicken Dinner Competition

    Published 12/02/25

    Today, at lunch time, students had an extra dish to chose from when making their lunch selection – the winning dish from our student Winner  Winner Chicken Dinner Competition. 

    We launched a whole school competition earlier this term inviting students to create a healthy, tasty chicken dish that would go down a treat in our canteen. The winning dish would then be prepared, cooked and served to students during lunch time.

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