Gold Award Students At Buckingham Palace Left to right: Matthew Alty, Ross Baillie-Eames, Rebecca Speakman, Amara Coombes and Rebecca James CONGRATULATIONS! Five SJR students who

Brains, Wizards and Scientists Inspire Psychologists The Future Psychologists and A Level Psychology students visited the University of Manchester for the “Brains, wizards and scientists.

Keep Britain Tidy Ambassador Visits College Students at SJR were thrilled to be visited by Keep Britain Tidy Ambassador and Communities hero, Wayne Dixon and

SJR Students’ Royal Invitation A Level Computing students Oliver Farnworth and Louie Matthews had the privilege of meeting HRH Princess Anne at UKFast last week.

SJR Students Are Allied Finance Challenge Winners Again As part of our Elective Programme, SJR’s Future Entrepreneurs have been battling it out with students from

Future Writers’ Publishing Success Left to right: Cara Gaskell, Toby Lynch, Lizzie Wood and Jocelyn Howarth Three Future Writers elective students, Cara Gaskell, Lizzie Wood

Rebekah’s Four Medal Triumph Congratulations to Year 12 student Rebekah Hopper after she competed in the Greater Manchester County Athletics Championships. By the end of

SJR Team Competes In First Boccia Tournament We had a fantastic day at Eccles College, where three students (Holly Billington, Andrew Malone and Tom Gallagher)

TV Director Shares Her Experiences (Story by Oliver Rodgers and Erika Speakman – Future Journalists Elective students) TV director Vicky Thomas visited college and gave

Harry Represents SJR In Public Speaking Competition Year 12 English Literature and Future Writers Elective student Harry Jones represented the college in the prestigious Province

Latin Students Gain University Input Latin enrichment students were treated to a visit from Dr. Philip Burton, of Birmingham University.  His talk was based on

Welcome Back, Chris Forshaw! Chris (fourth from left) with the Future Journalists By Erika Speakman, Oliver Rodgers, Amelia Dean and Jess Ashurst (Future Journalists Elective

Prestigious Psychologist Inspires Next Generation Of Clinicians Dr Paul Campbell, a consultant clinical psychologist spoke to a packed audience of A Level students at SJR.

I’m A Scientist, Get Me Out Of Here! The Future Psychologists took part in the  “I’m a scientist get me out of here!” competition which

Will Is Physicist of the Year 2019 Will (right) with tutor Peter Ware Congratulations are in order for Year 12 student Will Stockley. The former

SJR Linguist Wins Prestigious Oxford University French Award Josie Astin, a talented Y12 dual linguist, has just been awarded the French Language prize at the

Geography Trip To Stockholm As part of their A Level studies, Geography students visited Sweden’s capital, Stockholm. A range of geographies were investigated, including the

Sociology and Media Trip to Lancaster University In a joint departmental venture, 18 Sociology and Film and Media students travelled to Lancaster University for a

BTEC Students Enjoy Their “Outdoor and Adventurous Activities!” Forty five Year 12 students studying BTEC Extended Diploma in Sport and Exercise Science travelled to Low

Going For Gold Winners: Taigen, Danni and Lauren Congratulations to SJR student Taigen Swinburn and her team mates from The Musuko Karate Academy on their

English Literature Students’ Art Exploration Year 13 English Literature students enjoyed a trip to Port Sunlight on the Wirral in order to visit The Lady

Football Students Visit Holland Click here to see more images of the visit. The Football Performance and Excellence students visited Vitesse Arnhem FC on our

SJR Wins “Most Inspirational” College Award SJR has won the accolade of ‘Most Inspirational 16-18 Provider of the Year’ at the prestigious Educate Awards. This

Sport Relief 2018 St John Rigby students and staff got into their sports gear to raise money for Sport Relief. The activities included a cake

Former Student Inspires Future Journalists Francesca (centre) with the Journalism students (By Emily Blanchard, Anna Croft and Kai Platt – Future Journalists Elective students) Former

MP Visits Politics Students Chris Green with the Politics students SJR Politics students would like to thank MP for Bolton West Chris Green for visiting

Business Leader Shares Her Experience With Students Through the Speakers for Schools charity, students enjoyed a presentation followed by a question and answer session with

Students Set Their Sights On Florida SJR students Charly-Dee Evans and Katie Evans have travelled to Florida in order to compete in a prestigious international

Art Students Promote Social Enterprise BTEC L3 Art and Design students attended a marketing and design briefing at the Brick Works in Wigan at the start

Geography Trip To Barcelona Click here to see more images of the visit. SJR Geography students’ visit to Barcelona was an opportunity to develop the

A Brilliant End to the Scholars Programme Students from SJR joined other students from schools and colleges from across Greater Manchester to collect their Graduation

Media Students’ Day At ITV News Studios The students with newscaster Tony Morris Click here to see more photos from the day. A group of

SJR Students At Buckingham Palace Some of our high-achieving students picked up their gold Duke of Edinburgh certificates at the Gold Awards Presentation at Buckingham

Medics and Sports Therapists Gain First Aid Qualification It was smiles all round when the Future Medics and Future Sports Therapists collected their First aid

Partnership Conference Success St Edmund Arrowsmith hosted the annual CCRS Conference for all of the trainee teachers in Wigan and West Lancashire Catholic Schools Direct.

Business Students Investigate The Trafford Centre Students from Year 12 BTEC Business Level 2 and Year 13 BTEC Business Level 3 classes took part in

SJR Mathematicians Go “Pop” Team 1 from SJR finished runners-up in the annual Liverpool John Moores University ‘Pop Maths’ quiz. This was a two hour

Future Entrepreneurs Bid To Retain SJR Crown Last year our Future Entrepreneurs fought for the title of ‘Allied Finance Challenge Winners’ and succeeded in gaining

Inspirational SJR Teachers Gain National Recognition Liz Harrison, Peter McGhee and Sarah Ryder Two teachers from St John Rigby College have been recognised as inspirational

Health & Social Care Students Visit HM Prison Hindley Twenty HASC students visited HM Prison Hindley and participated in a number of insightful and educational

Young Analysts Compete At Liverpool University The Young Analyst competition at the University of Liverpool gave our Y12 students a chance to shine. The students

Future Journalists Experience Life At The BBC By Amelia Dean, Oliver Rodgers and Evan Hurst (Future Journalists Elective students) Click here to see more images

Cambridge Chemistry Challenge Poppy Cruise, Samantha Innocent, Nikita Lad and Hannah Cole are pictured (top) with the Silver Awards they received for successfully taking part

Students Investigate the Games Industry The IT Department have recently been on a visit to EGX in Birmingham. Students had the chance to talk to developers

Psychologists Raise Funds For World Mental Health Day Click here to see more pictures of the event. On World Mental Health day, the Future Psychologists

Ella Takes Taekwondo to the World Stage Ella in action Ella Sands studies Law, History and Politics at SJR, but when she’s not working hard

Students Work With Performance Poet Eva with former tutor Toby Lynch Published poet Eva Curless studied English at St John Rigby College, where she developed

SJR Student in Volleyball Victory BTEC Art and Design student Rhianne Hambleton represented the North West as they soared through the final of the Flying

Outward Bound for our Future Medics and Dentists Smelt Mill in the Trough of Bowland was the idyllic setting as our Future Medics and Dentists