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Y7 residential to Condover Hall

Our Year 7 students recently embarked on a three-day residential adventure at Condover Hall in Shrewsbury, marking a wonderful way to celebrate their excellent start to the academic year. This

Artist of the Month October 2023

In recognition of the exciting work being produced by our students in the Art Room, each month students from each year group who have demonstrated exceptional skill and creativity, will

Virtual Open Day Experience

When you find the right school for your son or daughter, it just instinctively feels right and this is how we hope you will feel after you experience our Virtual

Pupil joins sewing army providing scrubs for NHS

Prep VI pupil, Evie Browne, has spent every Saturday for the last three months learning how to sew and her commitment to mastering this complex skill is now being put

Senior Vocal Group perform at St Ann's Hospice

Spreading Christmas joy at St Ann’s Hospice

Last week our Senior Vocal Group visited St. Ann’s Hospice to spread a little Christmas cheer and help make this time of year special for those in need of care.

Prep Christmas calendar of events 2019

December is an extremely busy and exciting time in the Bridgewater School Prep Department, with lots of festive activities planned for the children in the run up to Christmas. In

2021 Malaysia Expedition announced

Following 18 months’ of fundraising, training and preparation, July 2018 saw a group of Bridgewater Sixth Formers embark upon a school expedition to Tanzania that would prove to be a

Bridgewater pupil joins Ambition Race Team

Bridgewater’s junior skier set to join Ambition Race Team

Ten year old Allegra Turton is flying high following her invitation to join the Ambition Race Team, one of GBR’s leading alpine ski racing academies responsible for producing a number

Prep Magazine Summer Edition 2019

The Prep Magazine is a quarterly publication which proudly showcases the achievements of our school’s younger pupils and provides a snapshot of what they have been working on across the

Artwork of the Month – November 2018

Congratulations to the following students whose fabulous artwork has been selected by the Art Department for November’s Artwork of the Month award: Meg Robinson, Year 7 Bre McFayden, Year 7

Sixth Form Tanzania Expedition 2018

Some of our Sixth Form students have recently enjoyed a ‘practice run’ for their eagerly anticipated expedition to Tanzania later in the summer term. The purpose of the weekend was to

Annual Music and Art Exhibition Showcase in aid of St Ann’s Hospice

Tickets are going fast for our annual Music and Art Showcase Evening in aid of St.Ann’s Hospice this Thursday 24th May from 5.45 to 7pm. With a multitude of talent

Independent School Association (ISA) Essay Competition 2018 Winner

Congratulations go to our extremely creative author, Anna Redfern (Year 10) who has won the first prize in the National ISA Favonius Senior Essay Writing Competition. Mrs Strang, Head of

Bridgewater and Broadoak Primary School join together to solve the crime!

Bridgewater School welcomed Year 6 pupils from nearby Broadoak School, Worsley today for an afternoon of science fun! Using an array of science equipment and CSI techniques, children had to

Prep Head Boy makes Halle Choir

Lyall Rowland in Prep VI has a had a fantastic year to date. Not only is he our current ‘Head Boy’ for the Prep School but he has also been

Lessons from Auschwitz

Chloe Povey, one of our Yr 12 Sixth Formers, has recently participated in a life changing project. Organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust, the ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ project aims to

Phil and Paul from ‘Class of 92’ help with football training

Kindly organised by one of our parents, Mr Tony Camilleri, our Under 16’s Football Team enjoyed a fabulous opportunity to meet with football idols Paul Scholes and Phil Neville for

En Garde!

Fencing has proved to be a very popular extra-curricular sport at Bridgewater School with a number of our pupils and in the case of one of our Year 11 students,

Harvest Festival 2017

A great opportunity for our younger pupils to understand that there are many people less fortunate within our community and to give thanks for what we have. St Mark’s Church,

Macmillan Cake and Coffee morning 2017 – £736.56 raised!

Great result for our Cake and Coffee morning organised by our very able and organised Sixth Former’s – they raised a fantastic £736.56 for Macmillan Cancer Support…our younger children were

Aiming High!

Teachers, parents and pupils joined together at our Annual Prize Giving Ceremony last Thursday to share some of the highlights of 2016/17 and the amazing achievements of pupils and staff

A cut and thrust world!

Cormac Sale from Heaton, Bolton is proving a force to be reckoned with on the fencing circuit. At only 14 years old he is already the very proud owner of

Double success for former pupils

Former pupils, Maddy and Ali Hannant, have been celebrating their double successes this year following graduation from their respective universities, as well as moving onto the next exciting stage of

Celebrating Achievement – our Annual Prize Giving Ceremony 2017

We love to celebrate the achievements and successes of all our pupils throughout the school. Excitement is mounting for our annual Prize Giving Ceremony on Thursday 28th September at Victoria

29th September 9am to 2pm – Cake & Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support

Once again we’d love to invite you to our school Cake and Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Pop along to Bridgewater School Prep Hall on Friday 29th

Fun in the sun today for our little ones

Great to see our new Kindergarten and Reception Classes already settling in, making new friends and having a great time in the sun!

2017 A Level results – 100% pass rate again!!!

We are proud and delighted to announce that once again our students have achieved 100% pass rate at A-level! Over half of all grades are A*-B and a quarter are

Exemplary behaviour by our pupils

Students from Bridgewater recently enjoyed a sports activities trip to Club La Santa, Lanzarote. The school received the following email from a passenger on the return flight regarding the conduct

Shotguns at the ready!

Senior pupils at Bridgewater School have recently been enjoying the experience of Clay Pigeon shooting encouraged by our very own Emma Williams, former President of the University of York’s Clay

“You’re hired!” – Yr 8 Enterprise Challenge

Just two hours to form a team, allocate roles, design a new product and roll out to market with a sparkling presentation to boot! Sound familiar? Yr 8 students totally

Fantastic ‘bouldering’ skills demonstrated by YRs 7 and 8

Some of our YR 7 and 8 pupils have been enjoying the challenges of ‘Bouldering’ this year as an extra curricular activity. Bouldering is rock climbing stripped down to its raw

A natural star in the making!

Eight year old Joe Corcoran is a memorable face in and around Bridgewater School, Worsley. Highly energetic, outgoing, gregarious and friendly, Joe is a popular member of Prep III. By

Mia beats 1,500 others in national creative writing competition

Mia Fraser (YR 8) recently achieved outstanding success in a national creative writing competition organised by the National Literacy Trust in partnership with Routledge publishers. The National Literacy Trust is

Fantastic fund-raising efforts by pupils, parents and staff!

Here at Bridgewater, we understand the importance of families and ‘giving something back’ and so we’d just like to say a big shout out THANK YOU to all our pupils,

Samuel is quick off the mark!

Samuel Ashadu (age 11) and his younger brother Ethan (age 10) are both keen members of Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club in Eccles. Last weekend Samuel competed in the Greater Manchester

Beware the dangers of swimming in canals in hot weather!

Children are frequently warned about the dangers of swimming in canals and quarries in the hot weather….looks like someone needs to get the message out there to the local wildlife!

Music and Art Showcase in aid of St Ann’s Hospice

As our academic year draws to a close, we will be hosting our annual Art Exhibition featuring the fabulous work of our final year students alongside our Music Showcase on Tuesday, 23rd

“The Double” for our school football teams

Fantastic win last week for our U14 8 a-side Football Team at Abbeygate College, Chester making them the new ISA (North) Champions. This marks a double win for the school

Teachers V 6th Form Football

Energising learning for GCSE historians

As part of the school’s Enrichment Programme, our GCSE students recently embarked on a thrilling US History trip aimed at fostering deeper understanding by seeing some of the sites they

Celebrating creativity: Artist of the Month

Creativity is integral to everything we do, and our value of Inspiration is no more evident than in the vibrant energy of our Art Room. As a community, we celebrate the

Wood Street Mission Gift Appeal 2024

Every child deserves a magical Christmas, regardless of circumstance. That is why we are once again proud to support Wood Street Mission with their Christmas Gift Appeal. We are reaching

Students mesmerise with SIX: TEEN EDITION

Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived. This famous rhyme echoed through the halls of Bridgewater School as students took on the challenge of staging SIX: TEEN EDITION, a pop-infused retelling of