We are pleased to announce that next year we will be offering our Year 8 and 9 pupils the opportunity to attend a retreat at Castlerigg Manor, near Keswick. This trip is an important fixture on the St John Henry Newman calendar and many pupils and ex-pupils, including current staff members, recall with fondness their own trips to the Manor.We ...

Stocks of blood are critically low at this time. The NHS is appealing for existing donors to step up and new ones to come forward. Ring 0300 123 23 23 or visit www.blood.co.ukfor details.

As part of our Year of Charity we are holding a food bank drive over the next two weeks where we are kindly asking pupils to bring in items for food parcels which we will deliver over half term.  One tin per pupil would make such a difference. There will be a free breakfast prize for the form who brings in the most tins. If you would like to b...

Following this week's assembly we are asking families and pupils to visit the Cafod website and to sign the petition to help to cancel the crippling debt that some developing countries are facing.  Every hour of every day, the poorest people in the world give the richest people in the world $7 million (about £4 million). Even though we give "a...

  Well done to Leah Johnston in Year 11 who after successful trials has been selected to represent Cumbria in football at Under 16 level.