September 2018 Dear Parent I am sorry to have to contact you with news of further delays to our building work. Despite several consultations during the summer holidays and reassurances from the construction company Kier, it has become clear today that the main school building is not in a safe state to allow all students Read More …
Turton School & Sixth Form has now closed for the summer holidays GCSE results can be collected from the Sixth Form Common Room from 9am on Thursday 23rd August. Staff will be available for support and to celebrate with students. School re-opens in September, but please be aware of the following… Year 7 and Year Read More …
July 2018 Dear Parent We are writing to notify you about an important change in Bolton’s code of conduct regarding penalty notice fines for irregular attendance at school. From 1st September 2018, the criteria for issuing a penalty notice will be reduced and a fine will be considered where a pupil has had 10 Read More …
Dear Parent As you will be aware there are major building works in school as we create our new purpose built dining room which will be ready for September. In the meantime there will be slight changes to the catering provision in school. After half term we will be down to one kitchen, however the Read More …
Bring a bag to school: Thursday 10th May
Interview with Mrs Bali – Teachers are getting their running shoes on to raise funds for Ex-Student Ross Smith…Team: Leah Ridley, Lottie Keighley
BBC School Report 2018: Kier building work at Turton School Turton involved in major new building project… Team:Becca Cove-Burrell & Izzie Banks
Holocaust Beacon AwardMP Visits Turton School to find out about the Holocaust Teaching Programme… Lecturer Tom Howard from University College London also came on the visit to show his support for the Beacon Award… Sixth formers – Danielle Jeffries and Jessie Blake talk about their experience of visiting Auschwitz… Mr. Tither being interviewed on teaching the Holocaust in schools… Team:Sansa Read More …
SHOULD THE VOTING AGE BE REDUCED TO 16?By Martha Smith, Eleanor Martin, Libby Roberts and Ayesha RaufA third of the world’s population is under 18 yet they lack any representation and have no say in how their country is run. In 2009, the UK Youth Parliament debated the minimum voting age and whether it should Read More …
LGBT – Do We Have Equality Yet?By Megan Heeks and Lexie HorrocksRecently, schools have been trying to fight homophobia in the classroom, but is this enough as more LGBT students are being discriminated against every year? We recently completed a survey in a classroom asking “do you think schools educate students enough about LGBT discrimination?” Read More …