News: scholarly excellence

Celebrating CHS at our New Scholars' Awards Evening

We held our first ever Scholars' Awards Evening in July to recognise the students and staff who perfectly represent our school community and school values.

Great CHS Alumnus News

Sebastian Lynch (class of 2021) has graduated from Loughborough University with a First Class Honours degree in Mathematics. 

Our Science Words of the Week.

Ask your child what they can tell you about the words: Hemisphere and Summer.

Year 7's Recipe for Success

Students in 7b5 created their own Congleton High School Recipe for Success in their English lessons.

Our Winning Year 10 Scientists

22 of our Year 10 Scientists took part in the UKBC Biology Challenge, winning Gold, Bronze and COmmendations.

Year 7 Scholarly Excellence in Science

Ms Figiel's Year 7 Science Class devised some really creative ways to revise for their SAS Exam.

Our Science Words of the Week

Our Science Words of the Week this week are Wavelength and Ultrasonic.

Year 12 Chemists Learn More About Aspirin

In their lessons, our Year 12 Chemists have been learning about Aspirin - it's history and how it is made.

MFL Club Classroom Tourists Arrive in Germany

In their first meeting after the Easter break, our MFL Club classroom tourists learned about all things German!

7HV's Posters are Out of This World!

Mr Holmes challenged 7HV to work in pairs on posters about space.

Key Stage 3 Scientists Study Life in Miniature

Our Key Stage 3 Scientists compared animal and plant cells under the microscope in their after-school Science Club.

Students Challenged in House Launch Week

Our House Launch Week officially began on Monday 22nd April with two quizzes for students to complete throughout the week.

FREE Elevate Learning Support Webinars For Parents and Carers

Study skills experts, Elevate, are offering FREE learning skills webinars for parents and carers.

Year 10 English Students Take Over the Lesson

Jozsef and Lennon helped classmates improve their creative prose writing recently.

Students Enjoy Trust-Wide Debating Competition

Year 9 and year 10 students took part in a TLP schools Debating Competition in March

Olivia and Daniel - Our Year 7 Spring Term Headteacher's Award Winners

Congratulations to Olivia G and Daniel P, our Year 7 Headteacher’s Award winners for the Spring Term.

After School English Revision Sessions for Year 11 Students

Our English faculty are running after school English Literature revision sessions to support Year 11 students with all the set GCSE texts.

March Issue of the CHS Science Bulletin Out Now!

Year 13 Scientist, Ben D, has published the March issue of his Science Bulletin, which is packed full of interesting Science facts and quirky information.

Year 8 Cryptographers Attend Oxford Prizegiving

Our talented Year Cryptographers - Lauren W, Lydia H, Sophie C and Tilly B - travelled down to Oxford in March to collect their award and lots of prizes for winning the CyberFirst Girls Competition.

Ben Informs and Inspires Student Scientists

Year 13 Scientist, Ben D, has put together the first of a series of interesting and informative Science Bulletins.

Year 12 Biologists Change Congleton Weather

In order to measure plant transpiration, our Year 12 Biologists created some artificial weather conditions!

Introducing our New School Logos

Introducing our new main school and Sixth Form logos, which now clearly communicate our values and expectations.

Gold, Silver and Bronze Maths Trust Challenge Medals for CHS

Our amazing students amassed a total of 37 medals in The UK Mathematics Trust Intermediate Maths Challenge.

Practice Makes Prefect!

We held our first upper and lower school Prefect Workshop at the end of January, which was a really enjoyable and positive event.

Year 7 Scientists Make a Great Start to 2024

Three of our Year 7 Scientists earned well-deserved Scholarly Excellence points for their great approach to revision.

Helping Year 9 Make Important Options Choices

Year 9 students and their parents/carers have been invited to join us for our Options Evening from 5:30-7:30pm on Thursday 11th January to find out more about selecting GCSE/BTEC Options for study in Years 10 and 11.

Our December Newsletter is Out Now

Read all about our busy half-term in the December newsletter.

Zachary's Guess Wins the Prize!

Year 7 Zachary J made the winning guess in our Christmas LRC Competition to guess the total number of pages in the book snowman.

Harry Demonstrates Courage, Ambition and Scholarly Excellence

English teacher, Mrs Jakobsen, was delighted with the writing assessment results from her Year 8 class, particularly the work by Harry F.

Year 10 Students get Creative with their English Homework

Mrs Smith challenged her Year 10 GCSE English Language students to think on the spot and she wasn't disappointed by the result!

Scholarly Excellence from Year 9 English Students

Mrs McKenzie's Year 9 English students demonstrated Scholarly Excellence in their essays discussing set text, The Hate You Give.

Bright Spark, Lexi, Demonstrates Scholarly Excellence

Lexi B's work on the Electricity topic in Science was a shining example of Scholarly Excellence.

Harrison Sums Up Scholarly Excellence

Year 11 Harrison W has consistently demonstrated Scholarly Excellence in Maths this year.

Head Thanks Students with Breakfast

Year 13 Biologists Model Scholarly Excellence

Mrs Jackson-Moss' Year 13 Biologists have demonstrated Scholarly Excellence in their studies

Scholarly Excellence from GCSE English Students

Mrs McKenzie has shared some of the work submitted by her GCSE English Literature students, which demonstrates our "Scholarly Excellence" school vision.

Year 7 Scientists Impress with Scholarly Excellence

Science teacher, Ms Figiel, has been impressed by her Year 7 students' independent revision preparation for their first test of the year.

Sixth Form Student Abbi Demonstrates Scholarly Excellence

Year 12 Abbi R has impressed with her detailed and organised work, making a strong start to A Level English Literature.

Scholarly Excellence Displayed in Science Faculty

Jasmine and Abigail's work, demonstrating Scholarly Excellence will be on show in the Science faculty

Achieving Scholarly excellence in Biology

Mrs Fitzsimmons’ Year 11 Biologists, Abi F, Amy H and Lottie, consistently work hard to achieve scholarly excellence

Kitty Demonstrates Scholarly Excellence

Year 9 Kitty's English homework was a great example of scholarly excellence