Twenty-four Winstanley College students have graduated from The National Citizenship Service Summer programme. The adventurous, community spirited ‘NCSers’ contributed over 700 volunteering hours to a variety of different charities across Wigan and Leigh: a truly fantastic achievement. Those who took …
Saxophonist Kit Mlynar, an award-winning graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, visited aspiring musicians at Winstanley College this week. Kit, who studied at the Royal Academy, complemented her traditional training by touring with The Who’s legendary front …
Over 100 audience members have attended the first few Debating Society debates to watch the 18 competitors battle it out to be crowned winner of the tournament. All 18 competitors must take part in 2 debates, fighting for the chance …
Six Winstanley College staff have been accredited as Lead Practitioners through the SSAT (Schools, Students and Teachers) network, the largest & longest-standing network of secondary schools in England. The accreditation is recognition of the positive impact their work is having on …
Students pitched their business ideas against Winstanley Dragons, Phil Morgan and Kev Ayre yesterday. The hopeful Young Enterprise participants have been working in teams over the last few weeks to come with a product which they believe can generate a …
Congratulations to student, Jessica Booth, who has been crowned winner of Winstanley’s Great Geographical Bake-off . The brief, set by geography teacher, Robynne Wood, was simply to bake a cake with a geographical theme. Entries included Niagra Falls, Stone Henge …
This year, the English and Language department joined forces to celebrate National Poetry Day or ‘Jour de la poésie’. Language students were asked to research and bring French/Spanish poems into college which were then read out and displayed around the …
Tonight is our first Open Evening . Please note that the main car park will get very busy, but thanks to our friends at Orrell Rugby Club, Hewitt’s Business Park and Morpheus Glass, there will be additional parking at these sites. A …
Winstanley music students were delighted to perform as part of St Luke’s Church, Orrell, 90th anniversary celebrations. The concert took place at the church on Thursday 21st September. Performances included classical guitar, a bit of Bach on the church organ, …
Multi award winning director Jason Wingard treated Winstanley Film and Media students to a sneak preview of his latest feature films. ‘In Another Life’ premiers at the London Raindance festival next week and his second film ‘Eaten by Lions’ will …