Here are our news articles. We hope that you enjoy reading them.

We are always happy to publish articles about our current and former students.

Please contact Mrs Coles (a.coles@balshaws.org.uk) if you would be interested in having an article on our website. 

Thank you.

Image of Girls' 5-a-side Succcess
9 February 2024

Girls' 5-a-side Succcess

Our girls’ football teams have been very busy representing school in the South Ribble 5-a-side indoor tournaments at All Hallow's recently.

Image of Lancashire County Cross Country Championships
6 February 2024

Lancashire County Cross Country Championships

It was a pleasure to go and support a number of our students on Saturday morning, as they represented South Ribble at the Lancashire County Cross Country Championships. 

Image of U13s Basketball Team Success
31 January 2024

U13s Basketball Team Success

On the 30th January our U13s basketball team attended the South Ribble tournament organised at Worden High School.

Image of Kiera's American Football Success!
31 January 2024

Kiera's American Football Success!

We were delighted to hear from former Balshavian Kiera recently when she shared exciting news about her American football success!

Image of Great Gymnastics!
25 January 2024

Great Gymnastics!

On Wednesday 24th January, 18 of our students competed in the South Ribble Schools Floor and Vault Gymnastics Championships at Worden Academy.

Image of U16 Girls' Football Team Progress in the Lancashire Cup
22 January 2024

U16 Girls' Football Team Progress in the Lancashire Cup

On Thursday 18th January, our U16s girls’ football team were in action in the quarter final of the Lancashire Cup against Bishop Rawstorne.

Image of Sam Selected for American Football GB Squad!
17 January 2024

Sam Selected for American Football GB Squad!

Congratulations to Sam C, in Year 11, who has been selected for the American Football U17 Great Britain squad.

Image of Year 7 Girls Through to Semi-finals of the Lancashire Cup!
15 January 2024

Year 7 Girls Through to Semi-finals of the Lancashire Cup!

After an impressive 3-0 win away at Bowland, we are delighted to say that our Year 7 girls’ football team made it through to the semi-finals of the Lancashire cup, on Thursday 11th January.

Image of Merry Melodies
21 December 2023

Merry Melodies

On what was a cold and windy evening of Wednesday 20th December, we hosted our Merry Melodies concert in school.

Image of Christmas Jumper and Trainer Day
21 December 2023

Christmas Jumper and Trainer Day

On Thursday 21st December, students and staff were invited to wear Christmas jumpers and trainers.

Image of Christmas Hampers 2023!
20 December 2023

Christmas Hampers 2023!

We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone for their donations of items for our Christmas Hamper collection again this year.

Image of Silent Disco!
18 December 2023

Silent Disco!

On Thursday 14th December, we had a Christmas silent disco for our Year 7 and 8 students.