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24 September 2024

School to Close Early for Year 5 and year 6 Open Evening

School will close to students at 2:10pm on Thursday 26th September to enable staff to prepare for the Year 5 and Year 6 Open Evening.

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24 September 2024

Our Charity Ambassadors' Macmillan Coffee Morning

Our Sixth Form College Charity Ambassadors are hosting a Macmillan Cancer Support Coffee Morning at break on Friday 27th September.

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23 September 2024

Ms Thurland Shares her First Headteacher's Blog of the New School Year

Ms Thurland has shared her September 2024 Headteacher's Blog of the new school year, looking ahead to some of the many activities planned for the term.

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19 July 2024

Our July Newsletter is Out Now

Our July Newsletter is out now and packed full of celebrations of CHS.

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18 July 2024

Celebrating CHS at our New Scholars' Awards Evening

We held our first ever Scholars' Awards Evening in July to recognise the students and staff who perfectly represent our school community and school values.

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15 July 2024

FREE Summer Teen Membership At Local Leisure Centres

Students aged 14-16 and in receipt of benefits related free school meals can get FREE leisure centre membership over the summer.

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11 July 2024

Message for Sports Centre Customers

Box Lane will be closed over the summer break but there will still be access to the Sports Centre for customers.

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11 July 2024

Rhys Reaches Tournament Final

Year 9 Rhys E made it all the way through to the final of his first ever adult Tennis tournament in July.

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9 July 2024

A Date for Your Diary

Our 2024 Christmas Market will take place on Friday 6th December.

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4 July 2024

Year 7's Recipe for Success

Students in 7b5 created their own Congleton High School Recipe for Success in their English lessons.

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4 July 2024

High School Musical was a Community Triumph!

Our Head of Performing Arts, Mrs Mackreth, shares her review of the four wonderful performances of High School Musical in July.

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4 July 2024

High School Musical Raffle Raises £260 for Gee's Foundation

Our High School Musical Raffle raised over £260 for The Georgia Leigh Ogden Foundation

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3 July 2024

Election Day at CHS

All our students got the opportunity to take part in a mock election in July.

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2 July 2024

Savannah and Nyla Secure 2024/25 Loughborough Lightning Place

Savannah H and Nylah BM have secured places on the Loughborough Lightning Netball programme for 2024/25.

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1 July 2024

Two Great Days with our New Year 7 Students

It was a joy to spend two Transition days with our September Year 7 students at the end of June

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25 June 2024

Sports Day Raises Almost £300 for Gee's Foundation

Two Sixth Form Charity Ambassador teams raised almost £300 for The Georgia Leigh Ogden Foundation at Sports Day

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6 June 2024

Transition Information Film for New Year 7 Students and Families

We have put together a short film to help answer all the transition questions asked by our new Year 7 students.

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6 June 2024

Election Fever Comes to CHS!

Students will take part in our own Mock Election on Wednesday 3rd July and compare the results to the real thing!

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3 June 2024

Our Science Words of the Week

Our Science Words of the Week this week are Wavelength and Ultrasonic.

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23 May 2024

Our Spring in a Frame Photography Winners

Year 7 Freddie L and Year 9 Jess D were the winners of our Spring in a Frame photography competition.

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22 May 2024

Join Us for our Spring in a Frame Exhibition

Families can join us from 3:20pm on Wednesday 22nd May for our Spring in a Frame Photography Exhibition and Awards.

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21 May 2024

Ms. Thurland Meets our New Year 7 Students

Ms. Thurland has been visiting our partner primary schools to meet with our new Year 7 students.

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20 May 2024

Our Science Words of the Week

Our Science Words of the Week this week are Terminate and Density

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15 May 2024

High School Musical Tickets Now on Sale

Tickets are now on sale for our whole school production - High School Musical on 3rd and 4th July.

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2 May 2024

Congleton Library Seeks Summer Volunteers

Cheshire East Libraries are recruiting volunteers (aged 13 and over) to help with the Summer Reading Challenge.

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25 April 2024

Year 13 Drama Students Perform for Examiners, Family and Friends

Our Year 13 Drama students completed their scripted exams to an examiner and an audience of friends and family in April .

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24 April 2024

Community Champion Vouchers from Morrisons

We were delighted to receive £30 of vouchers from Morrisons Congleton for being Community Champion.

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23 April 2024

Over 100 Entries for Spring in a Frame Photography Competition

We've had over 100 photographs submitted for our Spring in a Frame Competition and the shortlisted images will be on show at our Exhibition and Awards on Wednesday 22nd May.

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22 April 2024

Over £5.5k Raised for Charity So Far this Year

Our 2023-24 Charity fundraising total now stands at an incredible £5,579.59!

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16 April 2024

FREE Elevate Learning Support Webinars For Parents and Carers

Study skills experts, Elevate, are offering FREE learning skills webinars for parents and carers.

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28 March 2024

Our March Newsletter is Out Now

Our March Newsletter is out now.

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19 March 2024

Celebrating our High Flying Key Stage 3 Artists

Our KS3 Art Exhibition was the perfect opportunity to share the high flying talent of CHS artists with our community.

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18 March 2024

CHS Team Smashes Swimathon Record!

Twenty-one of our students and Mr Brassington took part in the Congleton Rotary Swimathon setting a fantastic new Swimathon team record.

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18 March 2024

Box Lane Parking Concerns

There have been serious concerns raised again about cars parked on Box Lane at drop off and pick up, which are causing a danger for our students and other road users.

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18 March 2024

CHS Alumna, Jessica, Helps Students Follow in her Footsteps.

CHS alumna and member of the Les Miserables West End ensemble, Jessica Joslin, is running a one day Les Miserables workshop for students aged 12-18 at Astbury Village Hall in April.

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18 March 2024

Georgia Donates to The Little Princess Trust

Congleton Sixth Form College student, Georgia B, has made her third donation to The Little Princess Trust.

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18 March 2024

Can You Spot the Bot?

Our Year 12 English Language students took part in research to find out whether humans can spot AI text. You can have a go too!

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14 March 2024

Supporting Red Nose Day at CHS

We're celebrating and supporting Red Nose Day at CHS on Friday 15th March.

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6 March 2024

Belle Qualifies for Hickstead

Year 8 Belle L qualified for a place in the NSEA Eventers Challenge National Championships at Hickstead in May

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5 March 2024

Spring in a Frame Competition is back!

Our 'Spring in a Frame' wildlife photography competition is back and there are lots of great prizes up for grabs!

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5 March 2024

MMR Vaccination Catch Up Sessions

Cheshire East are providing an outdoor bus clinic, which offers a walk-in service for any students who haven't had the MMR vaccine or are uncertain of their vaccine status.

Image of Key Stage 3 Hot Air Balloon Art Exhibition
4 March 2024

Key Stage 3 Hot Air Balloon Art Exhibition

We will be exhibiting a display of KS3 students' artwork in the Main Hall on Thursday 14th March

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4 March 2024

Year 7 Students Challenged to a Readathon for our First House Competition.

To coincide with World Book Day UK our first House competition was a Readathon for Year 7 students.

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28 February 2024

National Careers Week at CHS

It's National Careers Week from 4th to 9th March and we'll be supporting all our students with their ongoing careers explorations.

Image of Belle Represents CHS and Qualifies for National Championships
26 February 2024

Belle Represents CHS and Qualifies for National Championships

Year 8 Belle L represented CHS in the National Schools Equestrian Association Show Jumping Qualifier in February.

Image of Olly Takes Taekwon-Do Bronze
26 February 2024

Olly Takes Taekwon-Do Bronze

Olly secured a bronze medal in the ITF England National Taekwon-Do Championships in February

Image of Year 12 Biologists Change Congleton Weather
26 February 2024

Year 12 Biologists Change Congleton Weather

In order to measure plant transpiration, our Year 12 Biologists created some artificial weather conditions!

Image of Valentine Disco Raises another £547 for Gee's Foundation
26 February 2024

Valentine Disco Raises another £547 for Gee's Foundation

Sales of tickets, refreshments and roses at our Year 7 and 8 Valentine Disco raised £547 for our ongoing fundraising for The Georgia Leigh Ogden Foundation.

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26 February 2024

Introducing our New School Logos

Introducing our new main school and Sixth Form logos, which now clearly communicate our values and expectations.

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11 January 2024

Students and Staff Needed for Swimathon

We're taking part in the Congleton Rotary Swimathon again this year and are inviting students and staff to sign up.

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22 December 2023

Our December Newsletter is Out Now

Read all about our busy half-term in the December newsletter.

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20 December 2023

Celebrating the Rewards of Seven Great Years at CHS

We were very proud to be able to celebrate our Year 13 Class of 2022-23's seven great years at CHS at our Sixth Form Awards Evening.

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15 December 2023

A Spectacular Christmas Showcase!

Over 100 students from across the school community excelled in our Performing Arts team’s fantastic Christmas Showcase.

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14 December 2023

Year 9's Big Arts Day

In December, our Year 9 students spent a full day exploring their creativity and produced some amazing artworks as a result

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29 November 2023

Celebrating GCSE Effort and Achievement

We were very proud to host an evening celebrating the effort and achievement of our Year 11 class of 2022-23

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22 November 2023

50 CHS Shoebox Gifts for Children Across the World

Thanks to the generosity of CHS families, we collected over 50 shoebox gifts that will be shared with children all over the world at Christmas.

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22 November 2023

Join Us for a Celebration of CHS Performing Arts Talent

Our Performing Arts team are holding their Christmas Showcase on Thursday 14th December from 6pm.

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2 November 2023

Speedy Careers Opportunity for Year 8

As part of our ongoing Careers programme, our Year 8 students took part in a Speed Networking event in November.

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1 November 2023

Year 13 Biologists Model Scholarly Excellence

Mrs Jackson-Moss' Year 13 Biologists have demonstrated Scholarly Excellence in their studies

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19 October 2023

#TeamCHS Continues Winning Streak

What a great way to finish off the half-term, with wins for our Netball and Football teams.