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.

This is a good training opportunity for our rugby players over Easter.

A big final week. Monday- Badminton and biking club. Tuesday- Yr 7 boys and girls football games at home v Upper Heaton. Yr 8 training on the field. Thursday- Yr 9 boys football QF v Oakbank at home. Yr 7 boys and ks3 girls badminton event at Carlton Keighley. No girls football or rugby.

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.

Well done to our basketball team winning 28-6 against Tong. Our player of the day was Ben. The warriors were on fire!!!

Brilliant rugby today from our yr7s and 8s against Beckfoot Thornton. We lost 11-10 in the yr8s and 9-7 in the yr7s. Kian and Lelan were the players of the day.

Our yr9 students have been continuing their D of E training today at Appleton.

Well done to our new group of mountain bikers. It is great to see our OAA activities thriving as always.

This is a great new opportunity for our badminton juniors. Andrew is really keen to see badminton developing in the region. These sessions are at Lightcliffe Academy on a Saturday morning between 10-11. The cost is £7 per session and parents can play as well. For more information message Andrew.

We have contacted all the parents of our sports tour students and our badminton players regarding ordering some new Appleton kit. If your interested in seeing what is available please use the link attached. We are very grateful to sportsbulk for setting this up. www.sportsbulk.co.uk/category_s/1...

We are so proud of our Ethan who has earned a place on the Great Britain Under‑16 Ball Hockey Team. Representing GBR comes with significant costs. To help make this opportunity possible, we are pleased to play our part in promoting Ethan's fundraising efforts. www.gofundme.com/f/Ethans-GBU...

We have 4 away quarter finals after half term!! The draws are as below. Yr 7s Salts away Yr 8s Carlton Bolling away Yr 9s Oakbank away Yr 10s Carlton Bolling away. These schools allow spectators normally so lets get loads of parents attending!!

Our Yr 8s loved their champions party in GE2. Well done everyone.

We have won the Yr8 Bradford schools south league. We won 9-1 today against Grange to win the league. Our yr9s won 4-0 and finished 2nd in their league. We have now qualified for the Bradford schools knockout stages in all 5 yr groups. Amazing is the word!!!

I am so proud of our KS3 and KS4 boys national badminton teams. We had plenty of wins throughout the day. We finished the day with a great 8-2 win over Silcoates school from Wakefield. Overall out of West Yorkshire our ks3 boys finished 6th and our ks4 boys finished 9th. Xavier was our top player.

Our Yr 10 boys lost 2-0 to BBEC today but still finish second in our group and progress to the quarter finals.

Our Yr7s and Yr9s enjoyed their football rewards party for qualifying for the Bradford schools quarter finals.

Hello We are so delighted to report that our Yr 9 boys football team beat BBG 4-1 and therefore guaranteed progression. Even more amazing though was our Yr 7 boys team, who having beaten Tong on Tuesday, drew 2-2 with the unbeaten BBG and hopefully secured the final spot into their quarter finals.

Mr Sunderland and Mr Young are so proud to report our Yr 7 boys and girls beat Tong this afternoon. Our boys won 7-4 with Seb R the star player and our girls won 6-5 with Matilda C dominating. Our boys now play BBG with the chance to win the league on Thursday.

I am so proud to say our Yr 8 girls have become West Yorkshire state comprehensive badminton team champions. We competed brilliantly against the top grammar schools in West Yorkshire and won loads of points. Emily D was our player of the day.

We did it. Our Yr 9 boys won 8-1 against Beckfoot Upper Heaton. They were awesome. Alfie W was our player of the day.

Well that was a monsoon!! Our Yr9s lost 6-4 away at Beckfoot Thornton in the terrible conditions. We are proud of our boys though who came back from 5-1 down at half term. Jake MT was our player of the day.

This was a brilliant effort against a top team. We lost 2-0 to St Bedes Yr 9. They have been winning games by 8 or 9 goals but today they met our boys and found life much more difficult!! Louis was our captain and start player.

I am delighted to report a double win in badminton today. Our Key Stage 3 boys won 10-6 against their Ks3 boys and our Ks4 boys won 9-0. Mr Youngs son Jayden was the losing opposition captain!!! Arnie was the player of the day.

This is a local rugby playing opportunity for our Yr 7 students.

One word. Stunning.

We are so proud of our Ethan Marsden whom has been selected to represent theGreat Britain Under 16s Ball Hockey team in Slovakia in June/July this year. Well done Ethan for everything you have achieved.

Our lunchtime badminton club was huge today. Great to see.

Well done to our brilliant rugby players training in the freezing temperatures this evening.

This is a possible opportunity for our talented Year 7 rugby players.

Please check out our sports pages on the Christmas secondary newsletter.

Well done to our Yr 10 rugby team playing in the Yorkshire cup against Castleford Academy. We came up against very tough opposition but we didn't give up and we scored a try! Oliver was player of the day.

As we come to the end of 2025 please remember to vote for your favourite teacher, member of staff or student at the awards. It would be great to see our brilliant staff and students recognised.

A frustrating 3-2 loss for our Yr8s against Tong. 2 wins and a loss now in the league. Great effort from everyone though and the player of the day was Joe P.

Well done to our badminton players tonight. It was a disappointing set of results for us but our players will learn from their mistakes and improve. Olivia was our player of the day winning 2 games with her partner Kayden. Mr Young was also very proud to have his lad Jayden playing for Bingley.

Well done to our 23 strong badminton team playing against Queen Elizabeth grammar school. We drew the upper half 6-6 and lost the lower half 12-7. To see so many of our students involved was awesome. Arnie and Huzzeifa got the pair of the day.

Our brilliant Yr 7 boys badminton team are ready for their first fixture next week.

We are so proud of our Jayden from Y10 who had the opportunity yesterday to attend RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire and fly in a RAF Grub Tutor Training aircraft. He took control of the aircraft with guidance from his tutor.

Our Yr7 football team lost to Beckfoot Thornton today but played really well. We are very proud of them all.

Hello. I am delighted to report our Key stage 4 boys won the Bradford badminton championships this afternoon. We beat Carlton Bolling and Bingley Grammar. I am so proud to say we have now won 5 football matches and 3 badminton tournaments in a row. Tomorrow our Yr 7 footballers take centre stage.

We are so proud of our Joseph who has won, for the 3rd year running, the Wyke rugby award for most tries scored this season. Brilliant.

We are double Bradford champions in badminton. Our KS3 boys and girls both won today and progress to the national quarter finals in Leeds in February. Alfie was the player of the round. Amazing.

Please join me in congratulating Ishmeal and Charlie for winning numerous awards at the Wyke rugby presentation evening. We are so proud of team Appleton.

Our badminton players did great this evening at Immanuel. We beat both Carlton Bolling and Immanuel with our KS4 boys team and we beat Immanuel with our KS3 boys team. Well done everyone and well done to Janusz and Hitesh who were our unbeaten pair of the day.

We have done it again. 5 in a row for our football teams. Absolutely amazing. Our Yr10s won 3-1 against Beckfoot Thornton.

Yes yes yes we have done it again. Our football teams have now won 4 in a row. Our Yr 9s won 4-3 against BBEC. Well done also to our Yr8 star goalie Jacob who was brilliant and claimed player of the day.