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 Year 7 Football Team Success
27 April 2023

Year 7 Football Team Success

The Year 7 football team were in South Ribble Cup action on Tuesday 18th April.

Image of Lenten Charity Fabulous Fundraising
31 March 2023

Lenten Charity Fabulous Fundraising

Our Lenten Charity fortnight of fabulous fundraising is complete!

Image of South Ribble Schools Gymnastics Championships
24 March 2023

South Ribble Schools Gymnastics Championships

In February, our Gymnastics team competed in the South Ribble Schools Floor and Vault Championships at Worden Academy.

Image of Swimming Superstar!
16 March 2023

Swimming Superstar!

Beth A, in Year 8, is a really is a dedicated swimming superstar and has taken part in three county swimming competitions already this year and won lots of medals!

Image of South Ribble Netball Coaching
21 February 2023

South Ribble Netball Coaching

Thank you so much to Laura and Liz from South Ribble Netball club for a fantastic session with our Year 7 netballers!

Image of U13 Boys Basketball Team
8 February 2023

U13 Boys Basketball Team

Well done to our U13s basketball team who took part in their first basketball fixtures. They played 4 fixtures winning 3 of them in what was a fantastic start to the season.

Image of Year 7 Netball
2 February 2023

Year 7 Netball

Well done to the Year 7 netball team who played in the first round of the South Ribble league on Monday 30th January at All Hallows’.

Image of Superstar Safaa!
16 December 2022

Superstar Safaa!

We are thrilled to announce that Safaa, who left Balshaw’s in 2020, attended a Runshaw College Awards ceremony this month and won ‘Student of the Year!

Image of Fabulous Football!
14 December 2022

Fabulous Football!

Our girls have been really busy with their fabulous football skills recently.

Image of Indoor Athletics
6 December 2022

Indoor Athletics

Well done to our boys Indoor Athletics team who competed at the South Ribble competition held at All Hallows.

Image of Rotary Youth Speaks and English-Speaking Union's Public Speaking Competitions
2 December 2022

Rotary Youth Speaks and English-Speaking Union's Public Speaking Competitions

Our students have recently taken part in Rotary Youth Speaks and English-Speaking Union's Public Speaking Competitions

Image of Great Gymnastics!
30 November 2022

Great Gymnastics!

Congratulations to Mia, in Year 7, who recently took part in a gymnastics competition in Leicester and won two medals.