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Last week Dowdales students took part in ‘Make your Mark’ elections. This ballot, organised through the British Youth Council, gives students a chance to have a say on the biggest issues facing them today. At Dowdales School the elections were organised by a number of our Year 11 Citizenship GCSE students as part of their […]

Just before the half term break Dowdales School welcomed primary students who are part of the Dowdales School Primary Package to take part in their annual gymnastic competition. The students performed fantastically and made our students job, as judges, really difficult. Well done to all who took part – I know the event was a

Thank you to all who have supported our food bank collection; we have raised over £300 through financial donations (as well as donations of food and time via our GCSE Citizenship class). Our Head Student team delivered that money this week! The food bank are so very grateful as they say January is one of

Thank you to the Dowdales School community for all your support with our fund raising last term. In December and over Christmas we raised £310.90 for the Barrow Foodbank which will go to supporting people in need in January.  This fund raising was in conjunction with the GCSE Citizenship class who went to the food

On Monday we welcomed, into Dowdales school, a representative from Oxford University’s Queen’s College who ran sessions for students in years 7-10 . The sessions focused on studying at university, a typical day in the life of an Oxford student and the benefits from studying for a degree. The students said the sessions were really

At Dowdales we have taken part in a week of fun filled events: Year 10 Health and Social Care students took part in the jobs skills conference in Barrow; Year 8 students enjoyed a STEM workshop with Hyett Education; and Year 10 led Newton Village school Academy students in primary sports. Well done to all,

I am proud to present our Head Senior Students of 2023-2024. Ms Aubrey, Headteacher.

Year 8 and 9 students went on a four day trip to the Opal Coast in Northern France last week. They spent time in the Cité Europe shopping centre in Calais and on the beach at Wimereux, a lovely seaside resort near Boulogne-sur-Mer. They also made a stop at a World War One war graves

This week we held our 2023 Dowdales School GCSE Art Exhibition! Year 11 art students, thank you for sharing your work from the last two years – it was brilliant to see how your ideas developed into your final pieces. Thank you to all who came to view the pieces – they are certainly inspirational

Good luck to all of Team Dowdales taking part in the Coniston to Barrow.Stay safe, drink plenty, look after each other and don’t forget your suncream!