February 2025 archive

Sixth Form Reaches for the Top!

With the recent publication of school’s results from across the country it has been revealed that our Sixth Form is looking in increadably good standing amongst the dozens of other institutions across the wider North East. From Middlesbrough to Sunderland, Newcastle to Northumberland, many of the North East’s recent school leavers excelled in their A …

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Year 12 Take Part in a Radicalisation Workshop

We were delighted to welcome Peter Hyman, a former policy adviser to both Tony Blair and more recently Sir Keir Starmer, to Southmoor on Wednesday. He held a workshop on online radicalisation, and gathered views from our sixth form students that will feature in the research paper he is writing.

Charged Up at Sunbelt Rentals

We are very proud to be the official school in the Northeast that is part of the Sunbelt Rentals Beacon Schools Project. On Tuesday, our Year 12 Engineering students took part in the first part of this project with a visit to the AESC Gigafactory being built by Wates in Washington. During the visit, our …

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Sports Leaders Get Geared Up

Team Southmoor Student Volunteer programme is up and running and students across the school are already enjoying the opportunities that having a dedicated team of sixth formers is providing. Taking on Coaching, Managing, Journalism and Photography roles the volunteers are gaining valuable, real world industry experience that will not only benefit the students that they …

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Mapping Regeneration

Our Year 12 Geographers visited East Boldon and Hendon as part of their A Level topic on regeneration – comparing contrasting local places. After completing extensive secondary research, they collected primary data which will allow them to compare the character of these contrasting places.