We encourage our students to participate in the numerous activities organised after school and we provide a range of activities, to allow students to follow their interests and enthusiasms for learning and for wider school life. The current extra-curricular activities programme may be accessed from the link below, but some activities include:
Sports and games (football, cricket, basketball, dance, rugby, netball)
ICT facilities
Science Club
Study Support
We also have thriving Drama and Music teams, who offer:
Individual instrument tuition on a wide range of instruments
Annual musical and theatre productions involving students of all ages
Access to state-of-the-art technology in both Music and Drama
Opportunities coming up include but are not limited to
Oxbridge society
Medical/Dentistry/Veterinary society
CAMPS International – 2024 Ecuador Expedition
V50/V100 – volunteering awards
SEND/SILC Support
EPQ – extended project
Reading club/librarian
Support a sporting activity
Post 16 subject mentors for lower school
MFL work with younger students at Allerton C of E
STEM club and lab technician support.
Anti-bullying ambassador
LJWB voluntary work
Supervision of lower school students at break and lunch
Computing club
Maecare and Maecare: digital champions (supporting the elderly)
Eco Schools Leader
Charity events
Post 16 reading buddies
Classics club
Use of Art facilities and rooms after school.
Helping staff to run Art club for lower school.
LEAP – Business start-up activities
National Theatre New Views – playwriting competition
AHS Media: working in the Allerton Eye
Duke of Edinburgh Silver
The Ethics Cup – debating competition
Gold Arts Award
The Craft of Innovation (entrepreneurial group work)
Bar Mock Trial
School drama production
Student Leaders
Principal Students
Fieldwork opportunities within subjects
As a result of high-quality teaching and the broader experiences to which they are exposed, students are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage in their education.
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The curriculum in the sixth form offers students support in applying to university or moving into employment.
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…there is now an effective programme of intervention and support for students who are at risk of underachievement.
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Student achievement is outstanding. They reach high levels of attainment. Students have high expectations of themselves.
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Students in the sixth form say that they are well supported pastorally and that they feel safe.
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Students identified teaching as the strength of the sixth form. Teachers’ subject knowledge is excellent.
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Students in the sixth form benefit from strong teaching and high-quality pastoral support.
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Allerton High School
King Lane, Leeds
West Yorkshire LS17 7AG