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West Derby School is an all boys 11-16 school with a mixed Sixth Form located in Liverpool. #wedeliversuccess

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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
Today we donated all our safety goggles, gloves and aprons to a local #NHS hospital. We cannot thank all our healthcare professionals enough, we know this is only a drop in the ocean, but we hope it helps.
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
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Congratulations Jack, A*A*A off the @Cambridge_Uni in September to study Politics, we are so proud!!!!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
If you son is making the move from primary and is joining us in September, here is a sneak peak of our Year 7 Transition & First Day Guide! Just working on a virtual tour of the school to show our new boys around. All will soon be published on our website and emailed to parents.
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
It's back! From Monday our free breakfast club will start again! Students can grab a bagel in the canteen from 8:15am until 8:40am. Available to all students! @magic_breakfast
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
Our school community will be taking part in @lpoolcouncil #LetsGetTested again this Friday, proud to do our part!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
Welcome new Year7!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
Karen doing a sterling job keeping the place clean!! #wedeliversuccess
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
So proud of our @WDS6thForm Year 13 today! We wish you all the best for the future.
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
A huge congratulations to the #Classof2020 ! We wish all our students the best of luck in the future!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mums out there! Our boys may not always say it but we know they love you lots! #MothersDay2021
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
Today we welcome back all our students! Year 7 and 12 had a great start yesterday, now it's time for everyone else!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
Another beautiful morning at West Derby! #wedeliversuccess
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
Why not take the day off, enjoy the sunshine 🌞🌞, go for a walk, run or bikeride 🚶‍♂️🏃‍♂️🚴‍♂️ have a BBQ 🍗🌭, or just take 5 minutes to yourself 🧘‍♂️. Remember your mental health is as important as your physical health! #MentalHealthAwareness
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
WDS will remain operating for ALL students until 2:55pm on Friday 20th March. If your child is healthy, please ensure that he attends school. Information on home learning will be provided over the next 2 days. Thank you for your understanding and support at this difficult time.
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
WDS off to Alton Towers for the day! Have a great time 😊
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
Congratulations to our all of our wonderful Y11 students on your results today! Good luck for the future boys #wds
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
We have reset countless passwords today in preparation for our @MicrosoftTeams tester lessons for Years 7 to 10 but it was worth it! Great to see our boys and catch up! Looking forward to moving to live lessons soon!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
After 22 years we are saying goodbye to Mr Stowers, the photocopying king!! The work never stops, even on the last day! Miss you already and thank you for all your dedication to the school over the past 2 decades. 👨‍🦲👩‍🦲👩‍🦲👩‍🦲👩‍🦲👩‍🦲👩‍🦲👩‍🦲👩‍🦲👩‍🦲
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
It has been a tough week back with ups and downs. As ever our students, staff and families adapted quickly. Year 12 took part in virtual lessons in school so as not to fall behind. A fantastic effort by all involved! #wedeliversuccess @WDS6thForm
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
This will be our last full week of online lessons (hopefully) before our phased return on the 8th. Enjoy the sunny day today away from a screen! Go for a walk🚶‍♂️ or bike ride 🚴‍♀️ and keep safe!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
We live in a fantastic city, make the most of the #BankHolidayWeekend and get out there and enjoy it! #Liverpool @The_Palmhouse @LiverpoolParks
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
2 years
Year 7 enjoyed their guided tour of Knowsley Safari Park during today's Personal Growth Day. They have learnt so many fun facts about various animals!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
11 months
Year 8 National Cup Final - Wishing our boys the best of luck!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
Our staff have been working hard over the past week and have prepared home learning packs for all students. Further details to follow. Parents, please keep an eye out for text messages, emails and visit our website. We will do everything we can to keep you updated.
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
1 year
Fabulous Day out at Knowsley Safari Park! Massive well done to Year 7, it was a huge success and the boys were ALL fabulous! Thank you to the wonderful staff who all helped run the school trip.
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
We are really looking forward to our return to school in September. We have put together a reopening guide for parents and students. This will be available on our website from Monday and will also be emailed to all parents/carers.
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
Plans are underway for our reopening w/c 8th March!! We will update parents early next week with reopening times, safety procedures and testing arrangements...... can't wait to get back! #wedeliversuccess
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
6 years
What a wonderful poem written by one of our Year 8 students! Change can be scary but everyone at West Derby will always look out for you! #wedeliversuccess
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
Great news for Liam Naylor who has been selected to play for Scotland in the ICC U19 World Cricket Cup qualifier in Holland #proudmoment
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
Our sports hall has been turned into a makeshift socially distant assembly hall ready for back to school assemblies. Again, a huge thank you to our site staff!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
A huge thank you to @magic_breakfast for our breakfast packs! 100 packs sent out today for those who need it most.
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
2 years
Extremely proud of our fantastic History and Politics students achieving incredible results and, our wonderful Mr Sharpe who is beaming with pride for his students. Well done boys. #WDS #WDS6thform
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
Day one is done and dusted for all year groups. Kick off those new shoes and rest those weary feet! Guess what teacher walked around in just socks for most of the afternoon! We start all over again tomorrow at 8:45am #newshoes #sorefeet #wedeliversuccess #FirstDayOfSchool2019
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
Great response from Years 11,12 and 13 today during online lessons. More of the same tomorrow!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
A letter from the Headteacher:
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
Don't usually get to see the school from this angle!! #UCL #liverpoolparade
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
Congratulations to our wonderful sixth form students on your results today! Good luck for your exciting futures ahead! #wds
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
Again, thank you to all our families who donated to our food bank appeal at today's Year 7 Christmas Market. We have never collected so much to donate!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
This Friday we will be running a twitter showcase day, showing off our amazing students and staff in lessons and their work! Keep an eye out! @WDS6thForm @Y7TransitionWDS #wedeliversuccess
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
It might not be much but it's a start! Put the laptop, ipad or whatever away for the day and have some fun! 📴SatchelOne 📴Teams 📴Moodle Get outside and get some fresh air and throw a few snow/slush balls! 🌨❄
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
As week 2 begins, remember we miss you too!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
7 years
Congratulations to all our GCSE students today!!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
Our Head of Departments and SLT met yesterday to discuss our plans for September. Great to get everyones opinion and plan a way forward for September. Also nice to see everyone, albeit virtually!! 💻 We cannot wait to welcome our students back! #wedeliversuccess
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
Tomorrows the day!!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
6 years
What a lovely surprise from a grateful parent☺️
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
A huge thank you to our school community who very kindly donated to our Christmas Hamper Appeal! The generosity of our community knows no bounds! Thank you!!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
2 years
Congratulations to our amazing Y13 who have achieved absolutely fantastic results, including the top A* grades. We couldn't be more proud! #WDS #WDS6thform
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
Year 7 science assessment today.... student asks “what is osmosis”?...... another student shouts out “them triangle things you get when you have a curry”!!...... sometimes you just have to laugh!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
Nearly 300 students tested today as part of the city wide testing programme. The mature attitudes from Years 7, 8, 12 and 13 was great to see. Year 9, 10 and 11 up tomorrow. @WDS6thForm @lpoolcouncil #LetsGetTested
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
It's 7:45 on a Thursday morning, our @magic_breakfast club is open and Callum is keeping everyone's spirits up during these uncertain times #wedeliversuccess
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
There is no denying that Christmas 2020 will be very different compared to previous years, but is important to remember the good times and look forward to the future!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
All @westderbyschool and @WDS6thForm students back tomorrow at 8:45am. Don't worry, it will not be as bad as you think!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
6 years
Congratulations to all our students who collected results today!! #gcseresultsday2018
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
GCSE Results Day is tomorrow! Students can collect their results between 9:30-11:30am in Cafe West. Good luck to all!! #wedeliversuccess
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
This morning we held our first virtual assembly with Year 7. Every student received a 100% badge to remind them to always give 100% in and out of lessons. We hope they wear it with pride! #wedeliversuccess
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
6 years
Welcome back to 2018!! What a way to start the year, our whole school are listening to motivational speaker @AndyGbootneck , brilliant start to the year!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
Will are still finalising details after today's government announcement and will be contacting parents/carers shortly. Thank you.
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
It might be raining outside but it's nice and warm at our breakfast club! @magic_breakfast
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
Our free @magic_breakfast kicks off again tomorrow morning. Open to all year groups from 8am. #fuelforlearning #wedeliversuccess
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
Heading in to Barclays for LifeSkills sessions today #year11 @CareerReadyUK @CareerEnt @YourLifeSkills
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
11 months
For anyone wishing to watch the football match here is the link; 1:30pm Kick off! From everyone at West Derby, Come on boys! Good Luck!!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
2 years
Fabulous Day out at Knowsley Safari Park! Massive well done to Year 7, it was a huge success and the boys were ALL fabulous! We even met the lovely 'Roger and Arthur' Sealions. Thank you to the wonderful staff who all helped run the school trip
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
Preparations are well underway for next week! All classrooms ready to go. Please visit our website for more information
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
A great way to start the new half term, well done to 100+ boys in Years 7 and 8 who have maintained 💯% attendance since September! Enjoy your reward!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
2 years
At the end of last week, Year 7 had a blast taking part in this year's #LiverpoolMathsParty ! Working in teams, students tried their luck at a carousel of challenges, testing their mathematical reasoning and problem solving skills! We can't wait until next year! @llpartnership
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
7 years
A massive congratulations to all our A LEVEL students today, best ever results for WDS!!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
Next week we will be running award assemblies for all year groups via @MicrosoftTeams . Can't wait to reward our hard working students! #wedeliversuccess @westderbyschool @Y7TransitionWDS
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
It's officially the first day of the summer holidays! 🌧🌧🌧 Well done to all our students who engaged so well with online learning over the past 4 months and a thank you to staff for delivering lessons from home to year 10 and 12!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
It will be important to maintain a routine over the coming weeks. We have put together a home learning timetable for students to follow. This can be downloaded from our website, feel free to edit to meet the needs of your family!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
6 years
Congratulations to all our award winners tonight! And a huge thank you to @StephenTwigg , our guest speaker!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
What a fantastic volcano by Sean Donnelly in 8B, well done! @WDS_GEOG #wedeliversuccess
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
Congratulations to the Year 10 Football team on reaching the Merseyside Cup Final. They beat Rainhill High School 3-0 (away). The final will be held at the Heron Eccles Football Hub (L187HZ) on Thursday 9th May, 2pm kick-off. #wds
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
Right, done for the day! No more pins/passwords/email resets! We will start all over again tomorrow. Remember to use our dedicated email address for all queries concerning online learning. Thank you for your patience today! 😴😴😴😴
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
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Some of our wonderful Y13 students who have been accepted onto their chosen university course! We are so proud and excited for what the future holds for you all. #WDS #WDS6thform
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
Online lessons start again tomorrow after the half term break. Please check you Teams calendar and school email for invites! Any problems please email: hwsupport @westderbyschool .co.uk
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
As ever, we are adapting how we teach our students to meet the changing circumstances. Students have adapted admirably to this new way of learning! #wedeliversuccess
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
6 years
Enjoy your summer holidays boys!!! See you all in September!!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
Along with our praise postcards that get posted home, we have started to email students a little certificate just to say well done! Sometimes its the simple things that matter!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
We have just heard fantastic news from Liverpool Schoolboys’ manager: Sam Bradley (Y9)U14 Merseyside team. National Cup Winners! Fantastic achievement, please congratulate him when you see him next!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
Some of our talented drama performers at a packed house!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
We have sent our School Reopenong Guide to all parents via email. It is also available on our website. We understand that parents and students may be nervous about our return, we have followed all the guidelines given to us and hope that this document will help reassure you.
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
Nearly there! Can all parents and carers please ensure they read our reopening guide available on the school website:
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
Preparations are well underway for our Year 7 Christmas Market on Friday! The 🎄⛄🎁
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
It's breakfast time!! Our free @magic_breakfast club runs every morning!! #wedeliversuccess #fuelforlearning
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
3 years
A very busy morning in the #science department. Year 7 looking at combustion and equations and Year 13 investigating diffusion #wedeliversuccess @WDS6thForm
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
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All ready for our annual award evening, cannot wait to welcome students and parents from 6pm! #wedeliversuccess
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
Remember, every student can access a free, healthy breakfast, every day! #NSBP #fuelforlearning @magic_breakfast
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
Message for peace from West Derby School... 3,2,1🎬
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
A massive thank you to all the new Year 7 boys and parents who attended our Transition Evening today. We look forward to seeing you in September!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
7 years
1 minute silence held at West Derby School, well done boys #Manchester
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
5 years
It's here #LFC
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
6 years
It’s a record breaker!!!! Thanks to you all who brought in cakes, baked, bought raffle tickets or generously donated money: you raised a huge £700.46!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Special thanks to the Sixth Form Cake Crew!!!
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@westderbyschool
West Derby School
4 years
It's our showcase Friday, here is Jay in Year 7 to get the ball rolling!! Fabulous DT work in Ms Carney's lesson. #wedeliversuccess @WDS6thForm @Y7TransitionWDS
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