Being a Community
Successful community work at Westborough High School is due to the excellent co-operation and commitment that exists between staff, students, local residents and outside agencies.
Our students have worked in partnership with National organisations such as ‘Going for Green,’ English Nature, Living Earth and BTCV. Kirklees Environmental Service, Young Dewsbury, Community Development Service, West Yorkshire Police Consultation Committee. Local groups such as the Westtown CAND group, Savile town Women’s group, Moorside Regeneration group and the local Neighourhood groups.
Westborough High School is the base for the Kirklees pilot project looking at accreditation for community work, linking the Duke of Edinburgh scheme, with the Mayor’s Award in conjunction with the University of the First Age.
Some of our recent projects and achievements include:
• National Award, Living Earth competition for the Westtown Neighbourhood partnership group.
• Princess Diana Memorial Award for voluntary peer monitoring project, 2 years running.
• European runners up in the Henry Ford Conservation awards for local conservation projects.
• Westborough High School student involved in St John’s Flatts regeneration scheme including winning the logo competition.
• Grants from the Jenny Wood Environmental Trust and English Nature for our student designed Nature trail.
• Kirklees Environmental Award for our School Nature Trail.
Year 9 Community Week - 180 students every year work for a week:
• Helping in the classrooms of local junior, infant and nursery schools.
• Work-shadow Social workers
and Community workers.
• Participate in Environmental projects Arts, Music and Environmental projects at Thornhill Mountain, Brooklyn Beck, Crows Nest Park Tree Nursery, Pentlands Infants Nature Trail, Heckmondwike Bowling Green and many more