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Please find the Schools Allergy policy below Allergy-Policy-2026-27   

Please find information regarding results day in the document below: Exams Results Day 2026

Please note, GCSE results day for 2026 will be Thursday 20th August.

Students at The Orchard have been spreading Christmas joy all around Consett this week! First, we visited Redwell Hills Care Home to deliver handmade cards and biscuits to the residents. Then, we took donations to Glenroyd House, a charitable organisation which...

The following days have been identified as whole school staff training days, therefore school will be closed to all pupils on these days. Monday 07/10/2024  Monday 06/01/2025    

Ian Abbiss, from St John’s Ambulance, visited us to deliver a scenario-based and hands-on Street First Aid session. Students learned crucial skills such as how to put a friend in the recovery position, how to create a tourniquet and how to administer CPR....

Durham County Council Apprenticeships are now live on North East Jobs closing date for the apprenticeships is 24th March  https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk   Information sessions will be in County Hall on the 28th of February and the 13th of March from 4 till 6 in...

Some of our KS4 pupils in the Maples have just had their passing out parade after successfully completing an 11-week level 1 resilience programme with Durham County and Darlington Fire Brigade which was sanctioned by the Durham Police and Crime commissioner. This was...