21/12/22
Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year
We wish pupils, parents, staff, Old Westcliffians and friends of the School a happy and restful Christmas holiday break and a peaceful New Year.
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19/12/22Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols
We are looking forward to the School’s Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols this evening. As we join together for this joyful occasion, this is a further opportunity to enjoy a performance by our School Choir, accompanied by some of our talented musicians. The School Hall is beautifully de...Read Full Story
12/12/22BFI Southbank Visit
Upper and Lower Sixth French A Level students enjoyed a stimulating day at the BFI on the South Bank on 1 December. During the morning session, which was conducted entirely in French, the students discovered the New Wave in French cinema. Through comparing five New Wave classics, including Au Bout d...Read Full Story
08/12/22The Festive Season Has Begun
The festive season at WHSB began on Friday as the Big Band took to the stage for this wonderful annual Christmas show. Headlined by the superb WHSB Big Band – including Jacob (Lower Sixth), singer with the Big Band - this celebration also featured our talented musicians in the Westcliff Jazz B...Read Full Story
05/12/22Sweeney Todd Drama Production
We wish all the pupils involved with Westcliff Drama the very best of luck for their performances of Sweeney Todd this week. The pupils take to the stage on 6, 7, 8 and 9 December to perform our Senior Production of Stephen Sondheim’s dark musical tale of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. T...Read Full Story
04/12/22Under 16 Table Tennis County Champions
Pupils from Westcliff High School for Boys have become County Champions in the Under 16 Table Tennis England competition. We are proud of Rajat (Year 10), Aaryan (Year 10), Aiden (Year 9) and Alex (Year 9) for their success in this competition. The WHSB Team won matches against other local schools t...Read Full Story
02/12/22National Writers Competition Success
Congratulations to Fizlee (Year 10) for his success in the national Young Writers competition. Young Writers organised this poetry competition during the last academic year, around the theme of ‘Empowered’. 35,500 entries were received from 1,500 schools. Fizlee (Year 10) won the Autu...Read Full Story
01/12/22QCEC 2022
Congratulations to the pupils who entered The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition (QCEC) this year. Well done to William (Year 8 ) who achieved a Gold Award, and Jarish (Year 8 ) and Ariq (Year 10 ) who both achieved Silver Awards, for their fantastic achievements. The QCEC is the world...Read Full Story
29/11/22Year 9 GCHQ National Language Competition
Congratulations to the Year 9 pupils from WHSB who were chosen to participate in the first ever GCHQ National Language Competition recently. Their achievements were impressive indeed and WHSB was placed 21st in the country, from more than 1000 teams. The pupils faced several challenges including...Read Full Story
28/11/22WHSB Careers In Medicine
We have three incredibly experienced professionals presenting their pathway into careers within medicine as well as sharing some of the exciting projects they have been involved with to date. This event will take place on Wednesday 30 Novemeber 2022 at WHSB between 7:00pm and 9:00pm. Please book you...Read Full Story
24/11/22Pupils Experience Live Local Jazz
Ten lucky pupils from the GCSE and A Level cohorts at WHSB were able to snap up tickets to a very special evening of live jazz music at the Hot Box in Chelmsford. This trip gave pupils the chance to experience live jazz from some of the very best musicians working today. Jazz Band, The Fellowship...Read Full Story
23/11/22Essex Rugby Waterfall Final for Year 8 Westcliff High School for Boys’ Team
On Tuesday 8 November, Year 8 pupils from Westcliff High School for Boys travelled to Brentwood School to take part in the finals of the Essex Rugby Waterfall Competition, after qualifying without losing a game in the preceding weeks. The first game of the group stage was against Robert Clack School...Read Full Story