Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award
The Whitehaven Academy students completed their Duke of Edinburgh Silver expedition on the weekend of 3rd – 5th May. Walking through Eskdale then Nether Wasdale via Santon Bridge to their…
Abbot Hall Forage Festival
What an experience! A gallery tour in Abbott Hall, performing our devised piece: ‘Our world’, becoming a supportive audience for two other school groups and seeing thought provoking work from…
CyberFirst Empower Event
On Thursday 29th February 37 Year 9 girls from The Whitehaven Academy joined 14 other schools, including CET’ s William Howard and Workington Academy at Cumbria’s first ever girls Empower…
Surprise Flash Mob!
A couple of months ago, Mr Youngman asked Miss Skillen and Miss Pearson to think of a way for the school community to thank Mrs Gaston for her seventeen years…
Year 8 Robotics Competition 2024
The Whitehaven Academy proudly hosted the Year 8 interschool robotics competition again this year, kindly sponsored and supported once again by Sellafield and also supported by STEM. The day was…
EAT presents ‘A night at the movies’
Congratulations to our all of our amazing students and staff who have been working hard behind the scenes over the last few weeks to create performances for EAT presents ‘A…
Year 9 Micro:bit Competition with the NDA
On Friday 8th December our Year 9 students took part in a science fayre style Micro:bit Competition kindly judged by a team from the NDA. All of our students in…
The Whitehaven Academy’s CyberFirst Girls
In the month of November 20 of our Year 8 girls took part in the National Cyber Security Centre’s CyberFirst Girls competition. They showed amazing resilience in cracking a variety…
Community, Culture And CPD: One School’s Journey To Improvement
This blog post was written by Ambition Institute. “Something that’s been really important for me as a headteacher is seeing the talent that exists within,” says Nigel Youngman, headteacher of The…
CET’s Big Coffee Morning
Last Friday, numerous cakes, biscuits, buns and hot drinks were devoured across all of our Trust schools for CET’s Big Coffee Morning, in an effort to raise money for the…