Year 9 students taking part in the BBC’s School Report – Annual News Day!

Annual News Day with BBC School ReportsToday a selection of year 9 students are participating in the “BBC News School Report” which gives 11-16 year-old students in the UK the chance to make their own news reports for a real audience.Articles and videos will start to be published from this afternoon onwards on our  LIVE PAGE! (Please check Read More …

Turton School to become an Academy ( Please read )

AcademisationDespite last week’s TUC article in the Bolton News, Turton’s governing board actually only voted on whether to academise or not on Monday.  The vote was overwhelmingly in favour of academisation and there are very good reasons for this. Turton’s aim is to maintain its strong position as a community school that serves the local area, Read More …

Turton Community Sports Centre Appeal (Turton School Parents’ Association)

Turton Community Sports Centre Roof Appeal (Turton School Parents’ Association)Dear Sir/MadamTurton School is very proud to run a community sports centre which provides affordable and easy access to sports activities for local residents. Since taking over the running of the centre in 2012 the sports centre staff have worked hard to increase the range of Read More …

Rising Stars: A careers talk by Gunan Shang – Material Science

Rising Stars:  A careers talk by Gunan Shang.Turton recently hosted a careers talk by Gunan Shang (a former student in material science) for our design technology students. “I really enjoyed the Turton career talk of material science. I found the subject very interesting and Gunan made the job of material scientist seem very enjoyable and compelling. Read More …

Scholastic Book Club Sale!

Scholastic Book Club Sale If you’re wondering why your child hasn’t brought home the Scholastic Book Club leaflet this term, it’s because this one is not available in paper format, instead orders should be placed online here https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/schools/turton-high. You can still have books delivered to your child in school free of charge and we still benefit Read More …

Macmillan Cancer Support Cake Sale

Macmillan Cancer Support Cake SaleA cake sale was organised to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.A range of delicious cakes were baked and eaten by staff and students. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”35″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_pro_thumbnail_grid” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″ thumbnail_width=”240″ thumbnail_height=”160″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ images_per_page=”20″ border_size=”0″ border_color=”#eeeeee” spacing=”2″ number_of_columns=”0″ ngg_triggers_display=”never” captions_enabled=”0″ captions_display_sharing=”1″ captions_display_title=”1″ captions_display_description=”1″ captions_animation=”slideup” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]  

Operation Christmas Child

Operation Christmas ChildOperation Christmas Child is the world’s largest children’s Christmas project, bringing hope and joy into the lives of some of the world’s poorest children. It does this through a gift-filled shoebox delivered to children who are living in poverty, who are ill in hospital, who have been orphaned, abandoned, who are living on the streets or who have been the Read More …