Year 10 student 15 year old Tommy Sims has been selected to represent Northampton Saints in a national rugby tournament taking place over the bank holiday weekend.

Brooke Weston Year 9 girls netball team took part in the District Netball Tournament at Latimer Performing Arts College where they came third in their pool, just missing out on the semi-finals.

Brooke Weston Academy has been nationally recognised for its exceptional 2016 performance by the Schools, Students and Teachers network (SSAT).

Brooke Weston student Daisy Oram competed in the Kettering and District Eisteddfod competition, an annual festival of music, speech and dramatic arts for amateur performers where she was successful in winning the A S Felton Cup in the 13 Years and under cornet Recital Class.

Daisy practices the cornet five times a week and had to fight her anxiety issues during the competition when on the first day she became too nervous to compete but managed to overcome her fears and came back the next day to win. She said ‘The first day my anxiety got the better of me and I wasn’t able to play at all. I went back on the second day feeling scared and worried that I wouldn’t be able to play or I would go wrong. I played two different pieces tried my best to keep focused and won. It felt amazing, I was shaking I was so happy.’

Brooke Weston Sixth Former Advone Katsande is helping shape courtroom justice for her peers as part of her role with the Children and Family Court Advisory Service.