Ryan Giggs surprises Loreto student on Results Day

Loreto student Zainab Ahmed got more than she bargained for on results day this year. She was collecting her results for her BTEC Sport and A Levels when one of her footballing heroes, Ryan Giggs walked in to greet her

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Results Day Information 2019

We look forward to seeing Upper/ Lower Sixth in college on results day to share your joy and where appropriate offer advice and guidance. Thursday, 15th August 2019 GCE Advanced Level Results and Advanced BTEC results are published on Thursday

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Loreto students’ art work on display in London

The work of three of our talented A Level students has been on display at the prestigious Cloud Land exhibition organised by the SFCA (Sixth Form Colleges Association) and held at Alexandra Palace in London. The purpose of the National

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Progression Day

Lower sixth students have been involved in a number of preparatory activities designed to get them off to a flying start when they recommence their courses in September. In addition to subject based work, they have been guided through the

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Loreto College wins SFCA Award

We are delighted to announce that Loreto College have been named as the winners of the Sixth Form College Association Social Mobility Award; for its commitment to supporting learners from all communities and to enhancing life chances for all young people.

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Ex-Loreto Dance student shines in national competition

Matthew Rawcliffe, who left Loreto two years ago, and is now in his second year at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, has achieved major success in the prestigious biannual BBC Young Dancer Competition. The competition features four categories

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BTEC Performing Arts showcase impresses audience

The Summer term for BTEC Performing Arts students was brought to a close in style with their showcase evening(pictured above in costume for Girls Like That); presenting two plays to a packed audience. Students had been working on two units:

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West Side Story – Theatre Trip

As part of the A Level Music course, one area of study is Musical Theatre. They examine the work of a range of composers, including the legendary Leonard Bernstein. The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester have staged an acclaimed re-imagining of

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Social Responsibility Awards

The second Loreto College Social Responsibility Awards evening took place recently. This biannual event involves members of the Loreto family nominating worthy recipients, who have gone that ‘extra mile’ and made a real difference in their own communities or further

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Lourdes Pilgrimage 2019

On 21st April, a group from Loreto College embarked on their Easter Pilgrimage to Lourdes with HCPT as part of the Manchester Regional Group. Each year HCPT takes around 1000 disabled and disadvantaged children aged 8-18 to the HCPT Easter

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Loreto Education Trust

Last week, at Loreto College, we had the honour of welcoming several IBVM Sisters, approximately 20, including Sister Noelle, General Leader and Sister Judy, General Consultor who travelled from Rome for the Loreto Education Trust Annual General Meeting. The Loreto

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English Department Reading Group

A small but enthusiastic group met just after Easter to discuss the Reading Group’s latest selection, The Door, by Hungarian writer Magda Szabo. This unusual novel, published originally in 1987 and translated into English in 1995, and again in 2015,

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Ayan’s sponsored silence

At Loreto, many of our students and staff take part in many activities to raise funds and awareness for charities. We received an update from the local charity cornerstone (click here to visit the cornerstone website) telling us of Ayan’s fundraising

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Juvenes Translatores competition winner

Back in November 2018, five of our top linguists took part in Juvenes Translatores, a translation competition organised by the European Commission and which involved schools and colleges from the 28 EU countries. One of our students, Benjamin Gibson, got

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Easter Concert 2019

An undoubted highlight of the Loreto year is the Easter Concert, an annual celebration of the musical talents of our students. This spectacular event has now found a permanent, and natural, home at the Royal Northern College of Music, and

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Loreto College: National Basketball Champions!

Loreto College U17 Boys were crowned Dynamic English Schools champions after beating Charnwood College 92-78 at the National Basketball Performance Centre. Josh Grant was named MVP after scoring 24 points and bagging countless rebounds, with Luke Gordos (16), Malachi Boakye-Yiadom

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