Barnard Castle School

Hundreds of children enjoy spectacular sporting festival

29th September 2022

Teams came from as far away as Slough and Dunbar, as well as the North-East, Yorkshire and Cumbria, with more than 350 pupils taking part in the Barnard Castle School…

Old Barnardian Evie Brenkley who spent her gap year working at Barnard Castle School and is heading to Oxford University to study music with a choral scholarship

16th August 2022

AN oboist is celebrating the end of her gap year on a high note after successfully securing a choral scholarship at Oxford University. Former Barnard Castle School student Evie Brenkley…

Rugby Teacher Scores with Mental Health

13th July 2022

A MONTH-LONG sporting challenge has come to a successful conclusion as a rugby teacher tries to raise greater awareness of mental health issues.

Students Celebrate Spectacular End of Year

6th July 2022

Students and staff invited families to share in spectacular end of year celebrations which saw them join in lessons, witness a variety of sporting prowess and have a ball.

Back to forward, schoolboy rugby player selected for England tour of South Africa

28th June 2022

Barnard Castle School sixth former Jacob Oliver who has been selected as hooker to join the England U18 squad for a tour of South Africa, pictured with the ball after…

Budding Barnard Castle School entrepreneurs show judges why they should be hired

23rd June 2022

Sixth formers found themselves on the crest of a wave after spending a day with industry mentors. Young entrepreneurs from Barnard Castle School were asked to provide a marketing strategy…

Stagestruck, teachers and pupils from Barnard Castle Preparatory School take to the West End stage of the production of Matilda The Musical after bumping into an Old Barnardian in London

8th June 2022

CHILDREN were given a glimpse of the wonderful life they could have ‘when they grow up’ after bumping into a former pupil in the capital’s theatre land.   Year 6…

Barnard Castle pupils put in a shipshape performance

28th March 2022

YOUNG performers proved to be all shipshape and Bristol fashion in their latest school production. Barnard Castle Preparatory School sailed the seven seas with seven songs in their adaptation of…

Barnard Castle enjoy success at world’s biggest sevens contest

28th March 2022

SCHOOLBOY rugby players lived out their sporting dreams after taking part in the biggest rugby sevens competition in the world, with the first team reaching the semi-finals. Barnard Castle School’s…

Barnard Castle bounces back from the pandemic with epic concert at the Sage

21st March 2022

A school community bounced back from the pandemic in spectacular fashion with a whole school concert featuring hundreds of performers at a world famous venue. An audience of parents packed…