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• Wednesday 13 May 2026 Sefton U14's success for Xander and Euan Huge congratulations to Xander and Euan in Year 9 who were representing Sefton district schools U-14's in the National cup final last weekend against Southampton at Stoke Cities bet365 Stadium?Well not only did they represent themselves Chesterfield and the district impeccably well, they also went on and won the cup into the bargain! Final score 1-0 in a tense and highly competitive encounter.The boys are also playing in the north-west District cup final towards the end of May and the team currently sit top of the north-west District league on our set to achieve a unique treble never been achieved before by any Sefton team.
• Friday 17 April 2026 GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title
• Thursday 12 February 2026 Reading Intervention at Chesterfield High School Our latest reading assessments for pupils receiving reading support, show significant progress across the school, with students making an average of 17.6 months' improvement over just four months. Nearly two‑thirds of pupils improved their reading age, and 60% made accelerated progress (gaining five months or more). Impressively, over a third improved by two years or more, demonstrating the strong impact of our Reading Intervention Team.
• Thursday 18 December 2025 Year 7 Interform Football Competition Congratulations to Form 7K who took home the trophy having beaten 7D in the final by 2-0.
• Thursday 18 December 2025 Chesterfield High School celebrates NACE Challenge Award third accreditation
• Tuesday 16 December 2025 Year 9 Shine in the Reindeer Ramble!
• Monday 15 December 2025 Year 7 Christmas Carol Competition Spreads Festive Cheer
• Tuesday 25 November 2025 Thank you! A huge thank you to our business sponsors for their generosity for our PRIDE awards @chesterfieldhigh @jjpjeweller @abode.estate.agents @castlegreenhomes @kenyonbrothers @inspiringmindscrosby @canpropertymanagement
• Friday 7 November 2025 Merseyside Anti Bullying Conference 2025 Well done to our school choir who represented the school admirably at the Merseyside Schools Anti Bullying Conference 2025. The students' performed songs by signing & participated in the conference to raise awareness of this year's anti bullying theme ' Power for Good'. The event took place at St George's Hall supported by dignitaries and organisations such as the NSPCC so the students were able to gain further information and network with other schools. This ties in with our Anti- Bullying week events to raise awareness and empower students to support each other. Thank you to Mrs Allen and Miss Meredith for making this event possible.
• Wednesday 8 October 2025 Congratulations Noah!
• Wednesday 8 October 2025 Netball results 7.10.25 Our netballers carried on their winning streak last night with a clean sweep against
• Monday 6 October 2025 Sophie heads for the skies! Sophie Parry, a year 13 student at Chesterfield High School, has been invited, by British Airways, for a coveted experience day at Heathrow Airport. Sophie, also a Cadet Corporal in the School's Combined Cadet Force, attended the National Air and Space Camp in August. BA where in attendance as part of an aviation Industry Day. Sophie dreams to become an airline pilot and BA were particularly impressed by her natural aptitude, active engagement and enthusiasm. Now she is 1 of only 8 Air Cadets, identified across the UK, to get this amazing invitation. Sophie hopes that this experience, along with her Air Cadet qualifications, will stand her in good stead for the BA Speedbird Pilot Academy.'
• Wednesday 1 October 2025 Netballers off to a great start! Our Netballers got off to a great start last night with a clean sheet across all year groups away to Maghull High
• Thursday 17 July 2025 Bringing Art back to the Park
• Tuesday 8 July 2025 Gold DofE Expedition "Gold DofE crew took on the River Wye from Hay-on-Wye to Byecross campsite like pros 🛶💪 Challenging conditions? Just added to the adventure. Soaked but smiling all the way! #GoldDofE #RiverWye #TeamworkWins"
• Monday 30 June 2025 Summer Concert - Now that's what I call Musicals! We're thrilled to announce this year's Summer Concert, Now That's What I Call Musicals!, a celebration of musical theatre through the decades. Our talented students have been working incredibly hard, rehearsing songs from a range of beloved musicals – from Broadway classics to modern hits!
• Friday 27 June 2025 Goodbye Year 11 Class of 2025 On Friday, we said goodbye to the Class of 2025. Students attended the school on the morning to reflect on their time at Chesterfield High through their Leavers' Assembly and shirt signing. We then had the opportunity to celebrate their hard work and dedication across the year at the Prom which took place at Aintree Racecourse. An amazing evening was had by both students and staff to round off a successful GCSE season for the cohort. We wish the best for all students and look forward to seeing them in August for results day.
• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Year 9 Philip Zhu Foundation challenge
• Wednesday 21 May 2025 BAE Systems Roadshow visits Chesterfield High We were delighted to welcome the BAE Systems Roadshow team to school on Tuesday 20th May who delivered a showcase on Artificial Intelligence to Year 8 and how it is already making a tremendous impact across the globe. They demonstrated some already well-established tools and illustrated with the assistance of their AI robotic dog, Fluffy how it can be applied to engineering careers. The students participated in creating the ideas for an AI generated song and matching music video. This resulted in an unicorn appearing in a western based music video and a rainbow suited clown in a gangsta rap video about dogs and frogs.
• Tuesday 6 May 2025 Y10 GCSE Spanish Students take part in a Film studies Day Last week, our Year 10 GCSE Spanish students had the opportunity to visit Lancaster University and take part in a Spanish Film Studies day. Students were introduced to the work of renowned Spanish filmmaker, Almodóvar.
• Tuesday 6 May 2025 North West Spanish Spelling Bee Regional Finals success! Last Thursday, three of our budding linguists in Year 7 visited the University of Liverpool and took part in the North West Spanish Spelling Bee Regional Finals. These students studied diligently and gave a tremendous performance on the day.
• Wednesday 26 March 2025 Netball Season comes to an end! Last week was the annual South Sefton Netball tournament at Wavertree Sports Park. The standard across Sefton is continuing to improve year on year and we were one of a few schools entering the tournament with a team in every year group from Year 7 to Year 10.
• Tuesday 11 March 2025 Congratulations to Chloe who has competed in the Judo British Schools Championships in Sheffield and won Silver. This was her first national competition and we are really proud of how well she did. She was up against tough competition, some of whom were two belts higher than she was. This follows her winning Gold at the Liverpool Open Judo Competition 2 weeks ago.
• Tuesday 4 March 2025 European Youth Parliament Success for our Sixth Formers
• Wednesday 12 February 2025 Netball results - Jan 25
• Wednesday 12 February 2025 Year 8 Writing competition This year, we are asking Y8 Pupils to write persuasively about a positive change they would like to see in their local community.
• Thursday 6 February 2025 Walk in White On Tuesday this week, 100 of our Y7 students took part in a nationwide movement to support World Cancer Day and raise awareness, by doing the 'Walk in White Event'.
• Wednesday 29 January 2025 James Takes Center Stage Hosting Major Liverpool Music Initiative Launch Chesterfield High School student James has played a pivotal role in launching an initiative set to transform music education across the Liverpool City Region, serving as both host and performer at the prestigious launch of the Sound! Music Hub.
• Monday 27 January 2025 Children's Mental Health Week 3rd Feb
• Wednesday 18 December 2024 Year 7 Alder Hey Toy Appeal During Year 7 Student Council meetings at the start of term, our new year 7 identified that they wished to collect toys for children who will sadly spend their Christmas at Alder Hey Hospital this year. For the past half term they have been busy promoting their toy appeal across the school community and have been amazed by the overwhelming support they have been given. Year 7 would like to thank all students and parents/ carers who kindly donated toys and gift sets particularly for babies and teenagers. They would also like to thanks the Waterloo Rugby Club U14 squad who donated a huge box filled with toys for us to take to the children.

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