Tanfield School

⚫️ CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2026 ⚫️

Tanfield School would like to congratulate each and every one of our Year 11 students for their incredible hard work, dedication and resilience over the past 5 years.

We would like to wish you all the best of luck for your chosen next steps and look forward to seeing you all again in August for results day!

We are delighted to congratulate Class of 2025 student Harvey (pictured right) on his selection to represent Great Britain at the WAKO Junior World Championships, taking place in Jesolo, Italy, from 18th–27th September. This is a fantastic achievement, and we wish him every success in the competition.

❗️Year 11 parents/carers ❗️

We are putting together a leavers video for our Year 11 students which will be shown to them on their last day. If you have any photos of their first days at school (Primary or Tanfield School) could you please send them in to [email protected] so we can collate them into a little leavers gift in order to thank them for all the hard work that they have put in over the last 5 years. Thank you very much for all of the photos that we have been sent. They are excellent and a great way for us to give the year 11s a send off that their years of effort and application deserve. There is still time to send us photos if you haven't already done so. As a way of confirming that your photo has been added to the collection, you will receive reply via email so if you have sent it and not received a reply, please try again.

If you have any questions, please get in touch via the email above.

Many thanks for your continued support

Mr Heffernan

Head of Student Guidance: Upper School

Future Business Magnates: Challenge 2 Beamish Museum

On Thursday the 14th May the Future Business Magnate students participated in challenge 5 of the competition at Beamish Museum.

Students showcased their product prototype, an educational card game entitled “This or That?” which celebrates the heritage of County Durham - “compete against your rivals and let your knowledge thrive!” The card game is aimed at individuals of primary school age and upwards.

The students interacted with members of the public visiting Beamish Museum as well as family members. It was a great opportunity to develop their communication skills, explaining their product, their concept and rationale behind its development. The students grew in confidence as the day progressed and it was fantastic to see them so engaged. The team were able to gather vital feedback on whether potential customers would buy their product, at the price set and to gauge the interest and viability of their idea.

If you would like to support our students in voting for their business idea This or That please use the link below.

https://www.durhamstartups.co.uk/future-business-magnates/showcase/?fbm_year=2026

Students from Tanfield School participated in the District Athletics competition at Chester-le-Street Riverside, demonstrating excellent performances across a range of track and field events. The junior girls secured first place in their category, contributing to an outstanding overall team result. As a result, Tanfield School were crowned Derwentside Champions, winning the competition overall. 🏆

❗️Our Year 6 Transition Hub is now live ❗️

We are looking forward to welcoming Year 6 pupils to Team Tanfield. The Hub has been designed to inform pupils, parents and carers of essential information to make the transition to secondary education as smooth as possible.

A letter has been sent to all Year 6 parents/carers, containing access information. If you need help getting access, please email: [email protected]

Happy viewing!

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week! 💜

This years theme is ‘Action’. Yes, awareness is important, but real change comes when we act.

Throughout we’ll be sharing lots of simple mood-boosting actions you can try at home. Why not give a few different tips a try and find what works best for you. Here’s five ways to add a quick mental health boost to your daily routine.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish our Year 11/‘Class of 2026’ all the very best for their GCSE exams.
We are so incredibly proud of you all and what you have overcome to reach this point and we are here for you every step of the way. You have got this!!!

❗️VACANCY ALERT ❗️

Would you like to become a part of Team Tanfield?
Download an application pack by visiting www.tanfieldschool.co.uk/vacancies

⚫️ Closing date for applications: Friday 8th May 2026 at 12 noon

Durham and Darlington CAMHS are offering some parent/carer training related to emotional wellbeing, behaviour development and anxiety across May-August. PARENT CARER CAMHS Training application form May - August 2026

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