News Archive

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  Reaching for the stars with Bedrock

  Students in Year 9 and Year 10 are developing their reading and vocabulary skills in a host of imaginative ways. During one of their English lessons each week, all students are logging into their continued...

  11 February 2021

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  National Apprenticeship Week - 8th -14th February 2021

  As part of our Careers Education programme at Saints Peter and Paul, we will be taking part in this year's National Apprenticeship week. It is an opportunity to find out more about continued...

  9 February 2021

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  Advent Challenge

  As part of our Advent Challenge during December, some of our wonderful Year 10 students went out and delivered hampers for some of our local residents. We couldn't have done this without the continued...

  13 January 2021

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  Covid Testing Facility

  During the Christmas holidays and earlier this week, our teams were working hard to set up COVID testing facilities at school in-line with government requirements. At the moment, we are being asked continued...

  7 January 2021

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  Care Homes Christmas Cards

  On Friday 11th December Ms Edwards organised two sessions in school based on our value of compassion. The students learnt more about the value of compassion in form time; learning what it is, how continued...

  22 December 2020

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  Consultation on Proposed Changes to School Admissions Policy 2022

  In partnership with the Archdiocese of Liverpool, we are proposing a reduction in our Pupil Admission Number from 300 to 280 from September 2022. The following consultation documents have been continued...

  9 December 2020

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  Student Leaders

  Our new School Leaders have now been announced! We were blown away by the quality of this year's student leader and prefect applications. Our successful students encompass all our school is about: continued...

  7 December 2020

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  Launch Of Advent Challenge

  Advent is the four weeks leading up to Christmas and at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School it is always a time for giving. In December, we challenge ourselves as a community to fund raise continued...

  1 December 2020

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  Wonderful Act of Kindness

  This morning, Year 11 students Aimee and Faith found a significant amount of money on Highfield Road on their way to school. Admirably, they didn't hesitate in handing it into Mr Sharp as soon as continued...

  19 November 2020

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  Brilliant Club Charity

  The Brilliant Club charity exists to increase the number of underrepresented pupils progress to highly selective universities. The Scholar Programme recruits, trains and places PhD tutors into continued...

  5 November 2020

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  New Rewards System

  We have recently introduced our new rewards systems to our students. The system focuses mainly on our school values; Respect, Compassion and Aspiration. All students are encouraged to embody these continued...

  4 November 2020

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  Alumni Students Support Local Community

  These Saints Peter and Paul alumni students from Teyas Legacy truly are amazing and embody every good value that we try to instil in our students. They are stepping up at a time when their continued...

  25 October 2020

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  Jouriya's Journey

  Our fabulous alumni student Jouriya left us earlier this year with a raft of high GCSEs. She is now at Carmel College and has hopes to be a doctor. Her story is particularly incredible as she is continued...

  13 October 2020

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  Update from Chaplain Kate - Autumn Half Term

  Dear families, Our themes for Collective Worship this half term have been allowing us to explore our sense of community and interconnectedness, in terms of who we are as individuals, as a school continued...

  7 October 2020

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  October Is Black History Month

  Black History Month promotes and celebrates Black achievements and contributions to society and aims to nurture an understanding of Black history and culture. It takes place during February in the continued...

  7 October 2020

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  National Poetry Day 2020 

  Thursday 1 October was National Poetry Day and we marked the occasion by sharing our favourite poems. Our social media Twitter feed was very busy as students and staff’s favourite continued...

  7 October 2020

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  It's Finally Time For Our Virtual Open Day!

  While we would love to be welcoming you into our school this week, in light of COVID-19 restrictions, it just isn't possible at the moment. We're so proud of everything the school has achieved in continued...

  30 September 2020

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  Public Health England - Guidance for Parents and Guardians

  Please download the letter from Public Health England, detailing how Test and Trace works for students in schools. PHE Letter to parents and guardians-.pdf continued...

  28 September 2020

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  Students Shine In Latest GCSE Results

  Students have defied all the challenges that 2020 has thrown at them by achieving a record-breaking set of GCSE results. After suffering much disappointment when the exams were cancelled continued...

  20 August 2020

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  The Brilliant Club

  Last week, six Year 9 students and five Year 10 students were involved in an exciting initiative called ‘The Brilliant Club’. The Brilliant Club exists to increase the number of continued...

  30 June 2020

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  Summer Term Careers Education Calendar

  The Careers Education Team at Saints Peter and Paul has been very busy in recent months supporting individual students and offering a range of information and opportunities to take part in different continued...

  29 June 2020

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  Refugee Week - 15th - 21st June

  Refugee Week is a UK-wide festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees. This year’s theme is ‘Imagine’: an invitation to imagine– and continued...

  15 June 2020

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  Drowning Prevention Week 12th-19th June

  We want to take this opportunity to remember our much loved student Teya who passed away two years ago. This is also a time for us to raise awareness of the dangers of water to try to prevent any continued...

  12 June 2020

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  Accelerated Reader

  Please see our latest update on the wonderful effort students have been making with their reading. Well done all. Accelerated Reader - Year 7 Recognition for Half Term 3 and 4.pdf continued...

  18 May 2020

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  Mental Health Awareness Week

  What is Mental Health Awareness? Mental health problems can affect anyone, at any time. We believe that mental health is everyone's business. So for one week each May, we campaign around a continued...

  18 May 2020

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  A Message To Our Year 11 Students

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  11 May 2020

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  Northern Premier League Football Academy

  In February, Year 11 student Omar and EAL mentor Gill Farrell travelled to Prescott so Omar could attend a trial at the Northern Premier League Football Academy. Omar trained and showed his continued...

  30 March 2020

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  World Book Day

  A huge thank you for supporting World Book Day at the beginning of March! Students and staff at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College celebrated World Book Day with a number of special events continued...

  26 March 2020

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  Year 10 Rugby Success

  Our Year 10 Boys travelled to Brynteg School in Bridgend, Wales recently to compete in the Schools Rugby League competition. It was a hard fought win with the boys finally beating a very good continued...

  12 March 2020

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  Bright Sparks

  In January, Ms Verdin and Ms Farrell attended the 'Bright Sparks' celebration evening at Edgehill University. The college was very well represented with nine families attending out of the 15 continued...

  11 March 2020

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  Learning for Life Day

  Friday 14th February saw our second "Learning for Life Day". The theme this term was The World of Work, and the day was an important part of our CEIAG programme (careers education, information, continued...

  3 March 2020

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  New York Visit

  On Wednesday 12th February 2020, 40 globetrotting students from College had the once in a lifetime opportunity to take part in a Business Studies visit to a true global hub of international continued...

  2 March 2020

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  Iceland Visit

  Just before the half term holiday, a group of Year 10 and Year 11 Geographers set off from Manchester Airport to discover the delights that the volcanic island of Iceland has to offer. It sounds continued...

  25 February 2020

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  Question Time

  Last week we hosted our own Question Time event to discuss all things Brexit. We were able to facilitate some real debate and discussion on the topic and were delighted to be joined by an continued...

  11 February 2020

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  Gold Star Students

  Molly, Oskar and Sebastian were invited to have lunch with Principal Mrs Scott this week, in recognition of their fantastic achievements. All three students have achieved over 200 achievement continued...

  10 February 2020

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  Coronavirus: DfE Advice for Schools, Parents & Carers

  Department for Education Coronavirus helpline The Department for Education has launched a new helpline to answer questions about COVID-19 related to education. Staff, parents, carers and young continued...

  6 February 2020

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  Roll Of Honour For Heroic Students

  The heroic actions of students from Saints Peter & Paul Catholic College in December has been further recognised by international award-winning charity, The Swimming Teachers’ continued...

  3 February 2020

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  Table Tennis Tournament

  Year 11 student Joe won his first British Para Table Tennis Tournament recently. A fantastic achievement, well done Joe! continued...

  20 January 2020

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  Grease Is The Word

  Preparations for our annual College production are well under way and there is lots of excitements already for Grease. To showcase the talents of our students and further involve our local continued...

  16 January 2020

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  Alumni Student Runs Dance Workshop For BTEC Students

  Before Christmas, one of our alumni students, Paige Fenlon, came to run a series of dance workshops with our BTEC students. Paige did BTEC dance when she was at Saints Peter & Paul Catholic continued...

  13 January 2020

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  Care Home Celebrations

  Before the Christmas break we rounded off the final week of term by visiting Halton View Care Home and Madeline McKenna Court. We were very privileged to return to both nursing homes to perform, it continued...

  7 January 2020

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  Students Excel In Music Exams

  Following many months of hard work rehearsing and preparing for their music exams Katie, Phoebe and Matthew took their Woodwind exams in December and we are now delighted to share their success. continued...

  6 January 2020

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  Music Department Spreads Christmas Cheer

  Our musicians and choirs have been incredibly busy this festive period by carrying out their annual performances and distributing Christmas cards at two local care homes. The residents of Mill continued...

  20 December 2019

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  Kingsway Indoor Athletics Competition

  Recently, Ms Caton and Mr Gough took four teams to represent our college at the Kingsway Indoor Athletics Competition. Each student competed in different track and field events throughout the day continued...

  18 December 2019

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  Year 11 Interviews

  Last month, staff from Cronton / Riverside College came into school and interviewed a grand total of 227 of our Year 11 students, all of whom were made conditional offers of admission. As long as continued...

  18 December 2019

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  Unified European Champions

  Year 10 students Kayla and Liberty both took part in the unified WKO, WRSA, AFSO European championships in Birmingham recently. They both had tough fights to win but they both came home with the continued...

  13 December 2019

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  North West Counties Player Of The Year

  Well done to Year 10 student Luke who was recently awarded North West Counties Player of the Year for Division One. As well as playing rugby for the school team, Luke plays community rugby at continued...

  12 December 2019

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  Senior Citizens Christmas Party

  Last week saw our annual Christmas Party where we hosted more than 100 local residents for an afternoon of raffles, bingo and afternoon tea. The local community enjoyed the festivities while continued...

  11 December 2019

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  Courageous Students

  Our students are amazing and everyday we hear stories about their bravery and courage. At the weekend, three of our Year 10 students - Ethan, Campbell and Joe - went above and beyond by keeping continued...

  10 December 2019

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  Operation Encompass

  Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College participates in a Police led initiative called Operation Encompass. This is a partnership between schools and the Police that helps schools to better continued...

  10 December 2019

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  Year 11 Leavers Presentation Evening

  Our Year 11 Leavers Presentation Evening last week was designed to celebrate the momentous achievements of our 2018/19 Year 11 cohort who received fantastic GCSE results in the summer. We are continued...

  6 December 2019

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  Gold For Hannah

  Hannah from Year 8 recently gained a gold medal in the U13s long jump event at the Liverpool Throws and Jump Festival last month, where she managed a jump of 3.85 metres which is fantastic! continued...

  5 December 2019

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  Halton Table Tennis Championships Team Event

  In yet another display of our sportsmanship and skill, three teams recently represented Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College at the Halton Table Tennis Championships Team Event. We had a very continued...

  4 December 2019

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  MFL Visits To France

  In October, the MFL department along with 70 Year 8 students set off for a 3 day tour of Northern France. Following the long journey through the night & day, they arrived at our beautiful continued...

  25 November 2019

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  Football Tournament

  The Year 7/8 Girl's Football Team enjoyed another evening of success recently at a tournament held at Wade Deacon. Saints Peter and Paul 1 played Wade Deacon 1, winning 3-1 Saints Peter and Paul continued...

  21 November 2019

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  Student Leadership Evening

  “If your actions inspire others to dream more, if your actions inspire others to learn more, if you actions can inspire others to do more and if your actions, above all, inspire others to continued...

  19 November 2019

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  Remembrance Service

  Students and staff from Saints Peter & Paul Catholic College represented the college at this year's Remembrance Service at Victoria Park on Sunday. Mr Jordan and College Chaplain Kate were continued...

  18 November 2019

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  GCSE Rising Stars

  Last week many of our Year 10 and Year 11 GCSE Music students performed at the GCSE 'Rising Stars' Concert. There was a wide range of music, from Chopin's 'Prelude in B minor' to AC/DC's continued...

  13 November 2019

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  Learning For Life Day

  We had our inaugural ‘Learning for Life’ day at the end of last term. The whole day focused on the theme of 'Respect' with every lesson focused on a different aspect of this topic: continued...

  12 November 2019

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  Backyard Jam Event

  Congratulations to student Dylan from Year 11 who entered a BMX Backyard Jam Event last month for performers 15 and over and came 2nd in the competition! He was also awarded the best trick of the continued...

  11 November 2019

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  BBC Radio 1 Teen Hero Awards

  Our students are incredible! Our amazing Year 11 student Liv was honoured this week to be named as a finalist in the BBC Radio 1 Teen Hero Awards. She was recently lucky enough to meet with the continued...

  23 October 2019

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  Trinity College - Arts Bronze Award

  Achievement seems to be a common theme at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College at the moment. Some of our Year 10 students have recently been awarded the Trinity College London Level 1 Arts continued...

  9 October 2019

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  Roald Dahl Day

  "I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be continued...

  8 October 2019

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  Sports News

  Congratulations to our Year 7/8 girls football team who played their first match against Sandymoore on Thursday 3rd October and won 8-0. Fantastic effort girls, well done. Miss Caton continued...

  8 October 2019

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  Trampoline Success

  Here at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College we know that achievement isn't always found in a classroom. Student Molly has been training hard and attending competitions as a trampolinist for continued...

  2 October 2019

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  Drum Corps Championship

  The 40th British Drum Corps Championships were held on Saturday 21st September at the Halton Stadium and a group of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College GCSE music students we were lucky enough continued...

  9 September 2019

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  GCSE and BTEC Exam Success

  Students and staff are ecstatic having received the most successful GCSE and BTEC results for many years. This is a huge step forward for the college which demonstrates that newly implemented continued...

  22 August 2019

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