Congratulations to our Intermediate and Senior Public Speaking Teams who took part in the District Finals of the Rotary Club UK's Youth Speaks Competition at Wrexham University on Friday 8th March.

A visit to the 'Match of the Day' set, writing and filming a news bulletin, and watching the lunchtime news being filmed - these were just some of the unique opportunities students recently got to experience during the BBC Young Reporter Day at Media City in Manchester.

Read Upper Sixth student, Tom Goodwin's, news report on the day. 

Jonathan Cunningham, MBE, delivered his lecture to the Sixth entitled 'Infantry Warfighting to Care for the Dying - An Unorthodox View On Dying & Living Your Life to Your Very Last Breath' on Friday 8th March.  Read Lower Sixth student, Reeve Taylor's write up of the lecture.

The Sixth Form welcomed John Egan, Speciality Carbons Operations and Product Line Director from the Cabot Corporation in to speak to them on 'Engineering = Ingenuity'.  Read Upper Sixth student, Ethan Carley's write up of the lecture.  

Alex T Smith, award-winning children's illustrator and author, visited the Prep to talk to children in Years 2 to 4 as part of the School's wider World Book Day activities.

The Sixth Form welcomed Bernie Broad, former Grenadier Guardsman and Captain of the Great British Invictus Games Team to talk to them as part of the Nicholls Lecture Series.  Read Upper Sixth student, Toby Brown's write up of the lecture.

This month, we have launched Birkenhead Futures as part of the School's ongoing commitment to offering the very best bespoke advice and guidance for our Sixth Form students.

We welcome recently Professor Gary Sheffield, Professor of War Studies at Wolverhampton University, to talk to students from Years 10, 11 and Sixth Form.  Read Jack Grundy's write up of the talk.

Roisin McCafferty delivered an informative lecture on Physiotherapy as part of our Nicholls Lecture Series, that provided valuable insights into this field, whilst also providing universally vital messages.  Read Sean Carpenter, Deputy Head Student's write up of the lecture.

On Friday 1st February, we welcomed Old Birkonian, James Boumphrey back to the School to talk to the Sixth Form in the Nicholls Lecture Series about his work as a Technology Consultant at Deloittes.