News Archive

  • Headteacher Update: Jubilee Celebrations

    Headteacher Update: Jubilee Celebrations

    As part of the Jubilee celebrations we are intending to have a 'Red, White and Blue' non-uniform day on Friday 1st June.

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  • Headteacher Update: May 2012

    Headteacher Update: May 2012

    As part of our annual planning cycle we are constantly evaluating the effectiveness of what we do and looking for ways to do things better.

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  • Connecting Classrooms

    Connecting Classrooms

    We are hosting a group of school children and teachers from Taiwan in July and are looking for host families for 3 nights – Tuesday 10th, Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th July. Please contact Miss Phillips at school if you can help out.

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  • Success in Chemistry Competition

    Success in Chemistry Competition

    Stainburn pupils took their Science too new heights when competing in the Royal Society of Chemistry, “Top of the Bench” competition.  Competing against the top schools in thecountyStainburn’s elite chemists came third out of the twelve schools participating, and were the first state funded school in the competition.  This was an outstanding performance for the [...]

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  • Stainburn Radio podcast comes runner-up in competition

    Stainburn Radio podcast comes runner-up in competition

    The Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership (MRWS) held a competition for young people to produce a balanced news report about a possible nuclear waste repository in West Cumbria. Stainburn Radio entered a 4 minute podcast featuring interviews with local MP Tony Cunningham and local Councillor  Michael Heaslip. The podcast came runner-up and won the school £150 which will be [...]

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  • Olympic Torch to visit Stainburn School

    Olympic Torch to visit Stainburn School

    The torch relay will be celebrated by schools and community groups who are planning to give six torchbearers a rousing welcome.

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  • BBC News School Report 2012

    BBC News School Report 2012

    Today is news day! Check the BBC News Report page to keep up to date with news day and listen to our final report.

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  • Cumbrian school is hailed by government minister

    Cumbrian school is hailed by government minister

    Stainburn School and Science College in Workington is one of 105 schools to be contacted by schools minister Nick Gibb. He sent his personal congratulations to the most improved secondary schools in England, ones that have seen their pass rates improve every year since 2008. Those who have received letters have seen the most sustained [...]

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  • School children have their say on broadband in Cumbria

    School children have their say on broadband in Cumbria

    School children in West Cumbria have been given the chance to have their say on how they should think superfast broadband should look for Cumbria in the future. Earlier this week the Connecting Cumbria Partnership Board took place at Nelson Thomlinson School, Wigton, giving school children the opportunity to present their views with regard to [...]

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  • CERN visit for Sixth Form Centre

    CERN visit for Sixth Form Centre

    David Barney, of scientific research centre CERN in Geneva, spent the day with physics students and analysed data from the centre’s website.

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