Westholme School
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Westholme School is an independent school
set on the edge of the countryside to the west of Blackburn, England, providing a caring learning environment for girls aged 2 to 18 and boys aged 2 to 11. There are five separate departments of the school which cater for students from nursery
to sixth form
. The supportive atmosphere and strong links between the sites allows each child to develop their own strengths and achieve academic success.
The five different departments are:
Westholme boasts excellent facilities such as a professional full sized theatre and Sportsmark Gold awarded sports facilities including a new all weather pitch at the Senior School site. The current purpose built nursery is also being extended.
Examination results at SATS, GCSE and A Level stages are consistently very good and most pupils leaving the sixth form go on to study a variety of subjects at university.
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
set on the edge of the countryside to the west of Blackburn, England, providing a caring learning environment for girls aged 2 to 18 and boys aged 2 to 11. There are five separate departments of the school which cater for students from nursery
Nursery school
A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of one and five years, staffed by suitably qualified and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than simply providing childcare...
to sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
. The supportive atmosphere and strong links between the sites allows each child to develop their own strengths and achieve academic success.
The five different departments are:
- Senior School for Girls - Wilmar Lodge For Girls Aged 11–18, this also incorporates the School's Sixth Form
- Girls' Junior School - Beardwood Bank For Girls Aged 7–11
- Boys' Junior School - Beardwood House For boys aged 7–11 Opened 2003
- Infant School - Billinge House For girls and boys aged 3–7
- Nursery For girls and boys aged 2–3 , opened 2006
Westholme boasts excellent facilities such as a professional full sized theatre and Sportsmark Gold awarded sports facilities including a new all weather pitch at the Senior School site. The current purpose built nursery is also being extended.
Examination results at SATS, GCSE and A Level stages are consistently very good and most pupils leaving the sixth form go on to study a variety of subjects at university.
Notable former pupils
- Helen FlanaganHelen FlanaganHelen Joyce Flanagan is a British actress best known for playing Rosie Webster in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.Flanagan has played Rosie Webster in Coronation Street since 2000, when she was ten years old....
(Actress) - Anne SavageAnne Savage (DJ)Anne Savage is a UK hard dance DJ.-Early life:Savage was born in Burnley, Lancashire and raised in the Ribble Valley. She attended, the private Westholme School. She took classical guitar lessons at an early age. In the late 1980s she played guitar in a punk band called 53rd State.-Career:Savage...
(Hard dance DJ) - Mohini Sule (CBBC Presenter)
- Diana VickersDiana VickersDiana Vickers is an English singer-songwriter, stage actress and fashion designer who initially came to public attention as a semi-finalist on the fifth series of British talent show The X Factor in 2008...
(Singer-songwriter and stage actress) - Vanessa Jolly (Newspaper Editor)