What an amazing term we have had. We started by winning the triple in the Bradford badminton leagues. We then finished 3rd in Bradford for the first time in Yr 7 and 8 rugby league. Of course we then won the tour before winning the Tong rugby and the Grange football events. Thanks everyone.

Our footballers had a brilliant party in GE2 with Mr Young. We are so proud of them.

I am delighted to say we won the Grange Year 8 football tournament. We were up against Beckfoot Thornton, Delta Valley and Grange and finished unbeaten. Another party in GE2 tomorrow then!! What a brilliant half term we have had.

We are very proud of our junior rugby lads who competed brilliantly at the Leeds Rhinos Challenge this weekend. Well done everyone involved.

Year 9 students had a fantastic time in the Lake District last week on a multi-activity residential. The group took on the challenge of climbing two mountains, scaling new heights on the climbing wall and canoeing on Derwentwater despite challenging conditions - well done all!'

We have had a great afternoon winning the Tong rugby league tournament. In the final we beat Tong 9-1 to take the prize which was a Bradford Bulls signed rugby ball. Joey was the captain and Noah the player of the day. Rugby League champions. Get in!

Mr Youngs sports tour party was very popular (And Loud!!!!!). Massive thanks also to Jenny Wallwork of Badminton England for the badminton shirts.

Our players player of the tour was Jake and our player of the tour winning the Mr Young trophy is KIAN!!!

Presentation time. Our football winner was Tilly, badminton winner was Kain and rugby winner was Freddie. Well done guys.

Our badminton players were amazing today but just fell short although Newport did bring in some 17 year olds to make sure they won!! Overall we finish the tour as 5-2 winners. Unbelievable.

Well done to our brilliant footballers yesterday. 3 wins, a draw and a loss. So proud of you all.

Morning from our champions. We have already won the tour now lets win the badminton as well.

We have had an amazing day. We won 3 football matches, drew 1 and lost 1 and we won our rugby fixture. This evening presentations were made to our superstar athletes chosen yesterday by the director of sport at Uppingham school. Well done Will, Gracie and Blake. We also had captain speeches.

Lazer extreme is awesome.

We have some big celebrations for winning the tour. It is going crazy here. Feel free to send your congratulations for our superstars.

Happy birthday Emily. Enjoy your surprise party!!! Also shop time is always popular!!

Our rugby team won 14-11. We also won the u12s girls football fixture v Worthen on penalties. Our u13s boys lost in football to a strong Worthen u14s side but never mind we are 5-1 in the tour and with only badminton to come tomorrow we are going to win the tour. YES!!!!

Our rugby teams drew the opening game against Shrewsbury Lions 7-7. Game 2 to follow.

We are on the way to Worthen for the two football fixtures and Shrewsbury for the rugby. Just in case you have forgotten we are 3-0 up!!!

Ronnie, Joseph, Jake and Kain won the survival den challenge!!

Yes yes yes. Our yr8s have also beaten the Shropshire champions and our yr7 girls drew. We are 3-0 up in the tour. We are in dreamland!!!!+

Survival is going great. First update from the football is an 8-2 win for our yr7 boys. Wow!! We are 2-0 in the tour!!!

We are having a great morning of football, swimming, badminton and survival!!

Morning run time. Lets go

Morning from Condover. 6.30AM and we are ready to run.

We have finally arrived!!

Some more photos from our amazing day at Uppingham school.

Thanks Wyke Rugby team for your support.

Yes yes yes we did it. We beat Uppingham by just 5 points in the athletics. We are so excited. We are 1-0 up in the tour. Get in!!!

We have taken over Grantham services!!

Morning everyone from the coach. We are so excited. Thanks everyone for your support this morning.

We are so proud of you Dylan for your achievements. Well done.

Our Yr7 and 8s finished third tonight at the Bulls rugby event. This means that combined with last week's third place we secured our Bronze medal position. Unfortunately, we miss out by one place on representing the Bradford Bulls but to be the third best rugby school in Bradford means so much.

Y10 Silver DofE training expedition took place this weekend in the Yorkshire Dales. Students explored the area around Grassington and Kettlewell. Well done to everyone involved in some very warm weather

Happy Shakespeare day @appletonacademy.bsky.social! Students had the opportunity to complete a quiz as a form, watch celebrity Shakespeare videos, enter a prize draw, create an art installation in the atrium and work with our artist and writer in residence. "All the world's a stage" Shakespeare

We are so excited about the 2026 sports tour team. Lets go Appleton Academy.

We completed the badminton triple with a key stage 4 boys Bradford final win against Beckfoot 9-0. Unfortunately our key stage 3 boys lost 2-7 against Carlton Bolling meaning we just missed out on the quadruple. Overall though we won the Bradford leagues for yr7, ks3 girls and ks4 boys. Awesome.

The breaktime Yr 7 rugby party was wild!!! Well done guys and well done to player of the event Noah

We are so proud of our yr7 rugby students. We came third in Bradford at the Super 9s event. Our best ever result.

We are so proud of our Yr 8 boys who gave Carlton Bolling a tough quarter final. We lost 3-1 but deserved much more. This is the end of our involvement in the Bradford schools league this year but I am so proud of all of our teams as we of course qualified for the quarter finals in every year group.

Our Yr 10s sadly lost today in football to Carlton Bolling and are therefore out of the Bradford schools cup. Congratulations guys for reaching the quarter finals.

Y7 Climbing Club students attended a trip at the Freeklime centre in Huddersfield on Tuesday 24th March. The group had a go at a new style of climbing called bouldering and had a great time challenging themselves and trying really hard! Well done all who attended.

We are so grateful to former England international badminton player Jenny Wallwork for donating a large supply of badminton kit for our talented juniors. There is also a very special prize ready for our tour badminton captain.

Our incredible badminton dominance of Bradford continues. Our KS3 girls became Bradford schools champions beating Carlton Keighley in the final 6-3. Our Yr 7 boys became Bradford schools champions beating Cottingley 8-1 and Carlton Keighley 9-0. After Easter we go for an unprecedented quadruple!!

We are so proud of our yr 9 boys football team despite a tough 3-1 loss to Beckfoot Oakbank in the Bradford schools quarter final. It was 0-0 at half time and our students matched a good side all the way.

Hello everyone. I am delighted to report that our Yr 7 boys and girls teams thrashed Beckfoot Upper Heaton 6-0 and. 10-0 respectively. Despite the terrible weather and very delayed start our students were excellent and are working really hard in preparation for the tour.

Our local new community badminton club based at Lightcliffe Academy is now training on a Saturday morning 10-12 and a Tuesday evening 7.30-9. Juniors must attend with an adult. Please contact Andrew to book.

Appleton Combined Cadet Force held its first parents' information evening for Y8 pupils, parents and carers. This was supported by some of our senior cadets from local units. They talked about their experiences and all of the amazing opportunities and activities they have been able to access.

We are delighted to say that Ethan Marsden has been nominated for the Bradford sports awards Young Sportsman of the year award. This is brilliant recognition of his achievements.

We did it. Our KS3 and KS4 boys badminton teams both beat Carlton Keighley and qualify for the Bradford league finals. We are so pleased.