What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Sometimes a piece of art does more than brighten a wall. It tells people that their history matters, that their community matters and, perhaps most importantly, that they matter too. A striking mural of Leeds suffragette Leonora Cohen has now found a new home at New Bewerley Community School, where
New Bewerley Community School in Beeston is celebrating a highly positive Ofsted report that praises its strong safeguarding culture, ambitious teaching and deeply inclusive ethos. Inspectors highlighted the school’s warm relationships, high expectations for behaviour and rich personal development programme, describing the school as a valued “hub of hope” within
In a story fit for the history books, New Bewerley Community School’s football team took on an entirely new challenge—American football—and emerged victorious at the NFL Leeds United Foundation Event held on Tuesday 2 May 2025 at Elland Road. Despite having never played American football before, the team showcased outstanding
Preferred Homes, the company behind the new Extra Care flats at Hunslet Moor House on Hunslet Hall Road in Beeston have donated £1,000 to New Bewerley Community School’s Christmas present appeal. Headteacher Juli Aldwinkle and Inclusion Manager Cat Barnes visited the flats on Tuesday (26 November 2024) and were shown
A group of staff from New Bewerley Community School in Beeston are set to climb the Three Peaks of Yorkshire to raise vitaly needed funding. The school houses a Resource Provision unit for 20 children with complex learning and physical needs. Many of ther children have profound communication, medical and
Almost 1,000 schoolchildren from 26 primary schools across the north of England, including several from South Leeds, have been treading the boards over the last couple of weeks, as ‘Wonderland Restored’ made a welcome return. Composed by Will Todd, one of the UK’s leading composers, Wonderland Restored was inspired by
New Bewerley Community School’s hard work and dedication to the arts has been recently rewarded with their second Artsmark Platinum award, the only primary school in West Yorkshire to be granted such an accolade. New Bewerley is a whirling snail of creativity on the edge of the city centre. A
Four South Leeds schools could benefit from Opera North’s fundraising push ‘Let Music Inspire’ and donations next week will be doubled. For one week only from Tuesday 19 March, every donation made towards Opera North’s ‘Let Music Inspire’ campaign will be matched pound for pound thanks to the Big Give’s
New Bewerley Community School in Beeston has retained strong links with The World Reimagined (TWR) after winning the prized TWR Bursary sponsored by The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. The school was fortunate to welcome two artists in residence into the school: Sarah Jane Mason and Ladel Bryant to teach and promote
Ofsted has said that New Bewerley Community School in Beeston ‘Requires Improvement’, despite ‘Good’ judgements in four out of five areas. The school was inspected on 20 and 21 September and the report has been published today (17 October 2023). The inspectors praise many aspects of the school describing it