Year 5 pupils at St Andrews Primary School have completed a Mini Medics training course as part of our Primary Outreach Programme.

We offer an extensive programme of Primary Outreach sessions to local primary schools, which offer opportunities for young children to develop new skills in everything from film making to photography and cooking.

Pupils from Timothy Hackworth Primary School have begun a six-week long creative Photography course at King James as part of our Outreach Programme.

Pupils from Woodhouse Primary School are attending weekly sessions with our Media Department to learn filmmaking and editing.

Recently, an emergency situation arose when a local resident needed urgent medical care from the North East Air Ambulance and we were pleased to assist by providing a safe landing space.

Congratulations to Lilly H, Year 6 pupil at Thornhill Primary School in Shildon, who is the winner of our Year 6 Open Evening competition.

What a fantastic evening we had at our annual Year 6 Open Evening event this year, with 833 visitors joining us in school!

Our annual Year 5 Curriculum Weeks has been a huge success with hundreds of pupils from local primary schools joining us at King James to take part in a host of educational activities in all subjects.

We have an extensive Primary Outreach programme at King James with sessions that give youngsters from local primary schools the opportunity to develop new skills by trying something a little different. This year, we have introduced an exciting new session in film production with our Media Studies Department.

Our Health & Safety Officer, and in-house First Aid Instructor, Jonathan Page has launched an exciting new Outreach opportunity for primary pupils called Mini Medics.