Y11 Drama Exam
GCSE Drama students in Year 11 recently presented their scripted pieces for Component 2 assessment. These pieces were marked by an external examiner with full costume, props, sound, and lighting in the Performance Space. The students all gave an excellent account of themselves, presenting pieces from a wide range of playwrights, such as Willy Russell […]
Y11 Pinewood Studios Trip
Y11 students recently visited the world famous Pinewood Studios as part of Futures Festival – the UK’s largest Film and TV careers festival. As a working film studio, responsible for franchises such as Harry Potter, James Bond and Mission Impossible, students had the opportunity to experience working in the film and TV industry and to speak to industry professionals […]
Wickersley Sixth Form Records Strong A Level Improvement
Wickersley Sixth Form’s Value Added (VA) results – the key performance measure for Post-16 education – have been officially published on the Government website. Our 2024 VA results are the first to be published since 2019, making them the first opportunity to truly assess our progress since before the pandemic. 2024 WSSC Academic VA = […]
Wickersley Weekly Wins
Last month, we held two of our Wickersley Wins! The students have had some fantastic achievements and should be very proud of themselves. Those attending Weekly Wins also receive a nomination postcard to take home, and a praise point for their positive news. Well done everyone! #WeAreProudOfOurAchievements
Y10 Science Success
This week, Y10 students celebrated their success in Science! Educake is an online platform used to revise Science, and each week, all students are set questions on Educake by their teachers to complete as homework. Students are also able to set themselves additional questions to further study and improve their knowledge and understanding. Class 10b/Ph1 […]
WonderDome Visit Wickersley!
At the end of half term, Y9 and Y13 Physics students attended a virtual space show, as they were lucky enough to have WonderDome come and visit Wickersley. During the session, WonderDome helped the students visualise what it’s actually like up in space, providing them with a deeper insight on their current topic. This was […]
Y13 British Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad
Recently, two of our Y13 Physics students took part in the British Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad Round 1. Mark and Korben joined 267 students from schools across the country to compete in the 2 hour Astro Olympiad Challenge. This paper is designed to give students further exposure to problem solving in astronomy and astrophysics, beyond that […]
100 Club at WSSC!
WSSC held its very own 100 Club event for the third half term of this academic year. This was to celebrate those students who had 100% attendance between 6th January – 14th February. 878 students attended every day during HT3. Students with 100% attendance for this half term received a cookie, and the students with […]
Y9 Effort Awards
Y9 continue to be excellent, and this was reflected in their recent data collection. Here are our Bronze, Silver, and Gold award winners proudly celebrating their awards for effort. Congratulations to all winners! #WeAreProudOfOurAchievements
Children’s Mental Health Week
Last week was Children’s Mental Health Week, to promote this, our Wickersley Wellbeing Ambassadors delivered a presentation to the whole of Y7 and Y8. They also ran a grow your own stand, and helped at the With Me in Mind stand. Amazing work, well done! #WeSupportEachOther #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek2025
