News Stories

• Career Journey – Alex Tallett
  While at a recent careers fair, Withernsea High School’s Careers Leader, Viki Foster, spoke to representatives from construction company Balfour Beatty who revealed they had recently taken on a former student of the school as an apprentice.  
• Foundations laid for careers in construction
  A group of Year 11 students from Withernsea High School have been given an opportunity to explore the wide variety of jobs available within the construction industry at a joint business, trade and careers event.
• Students learn essential life-saving skills
  Year 7 students at Withernsea High School are among some of the estimated 35,000 students at schools across Yorkshire who have learnt essential life-saving skills as part of this year’s Restart a Heart campaign.
• Inspirational careers event attracts record number of visitors
  Organisers of an ‘inspirational’ careers fair are celebrating the success of their most recent event after attracting a record number of visitors for the second year in a row, including a group of students from Withernsea High School
• Primary pupils experience a taste of high school life
  Primary school pupils from across Holderness were given a taste of high school life last Thursday, October 10, as they engaged in a variety of activities at Withernsea High School’s Year 5 and 6 Open Evening.
• World Mental Health Day
  Thursday 10th October is World Mental Health Day - a chance to talk about mental health in general, how we need to look after it, and how important it is to talk about things and get help if we feel that we need it.
• WHS celebrates 100% attendance heroes
  As part of a continuing commitment to deliver and sustain a school-wide approach to improving attendance, students at Withernsea High School are benefitting from a number of incentives designed to recognise and reward the school’s top attenders.
• Running club celebrates two successful years
  Withernsea High School’s weekly running club celebrated its second anniversary this week with a renewed invite for further participants to get involved.
• Students harvest the rewards of outdoor learning
  Students from the school’s ERP (Enhanced Resource Provision) have celebrated the end of a successful growing season with the collection of their final crop of vegetables from their outdoor classroom.
• Year 11 Geographers enjoy urban fieldwork experience
  Withernsea High School’s Year 11 Geographers recently visited Beverley where they completed the second of two fieldwork assignments, both of which form a crucial element of their continuing studies.