Joseph to take to the high seas
Joe (year 11) has been accepted onto the Ocean Youth Trust Northern Leadership programme and he will help to crew the tall ship James Cook later in the year. Only…
Victorious Upper Wharfedale young farmers win at county event
UPPER Wharfedale Young Farmers including Nathan Johnson (year 9 ) and Daniel Aynesworth (year 8) have won the Yorkshire County Stockman of the Year 2022 competition held in Otley.The contingent…
UK YOUTH PARLIAMENT ELECTION
Isobel Willis, a Year 11 student at Upper Wharfedale School, is standing for election in the UK Youth Parliament ‘Make your Mark’ early next month. Make Your Mark takes place…
SONNY WINS GYMNASTICS GOLD!
Year 7 student, Sonny, started Gymnastics at the age of four, joining Craven Gymnastics Club in Skipton. From the age of six, he began training with coach, Ed Pickering,…
Remote Learning Tips
Tips to help with learning from home Set your space Find an area at home where you can sit comfortably and focus. Try to use a table and chair and…
Another proud day for Upper Wharfedale
Students from Upper Wharfedale discussed the topic of 'Better mental health for all' on BBC Newsround on Saturday 10th October as part of World Mental Health Day.The invitation to this…
Climate Change Teacher
Over the past few weeks Mr Jackson has been completing a selection of 6 courses accredited by the United Nations on climate change. Having passed all the tests, he is…
Upper Wharfedale School’s work to protect students’ mental health has been recognised with a national award
Upper Wharfedale is the first maintained secondary school in North Yorkshire to have been commended for their focus on students and staff wellbeing by being awarded the Carnegie Centre of…
Dementia Friends in the community
Our Equalities Committee have been putting their recent training into practice. Our local community Nursing Home was approached to see if we could support them in any way. All the…
Improving our environment
Year 9 students at Upper Wharfedale School have been working hard to improve the school environment by planting trees. They have planted 30 trees of three different species - cherry,…