Further free help, resources and advice is available on the following websites: Mind - for better mental health, Action for Children, Kooth and Young Minds - all have sections for parents and students. #BeReadyForYourFuture

A really impressive achievement by Ali Wilson in Y11, demonstrating fantastic hard work and dedication - well done! #BeRespected #BeValued

All the very best to our fantastic Year 11 on their last day!!

Lakeland Book of the Year by Cumbria Tourism includes an under 16s poetry competition - congratulations Y11 Wiktoria Chrusciel who was this year's winner with What The Gods Gave Us! Her prize was a £200 CPG gift voucher for books and a CPG subscription for the school. #BeValued

Congratulations to Year 11 student Lily Dann And Year 7 student Betony Buller who came second and third respectively in the Cumbria Tourism Lakeland Book of the Year poetry competition for under 16s - both won a prize from CPG! #BeValued

Thursday 24 August - GCSE results JRS will be open: From 09:30am till 11:30am for Year 11 … From 10:30am till 11:30am for Year 10 RE students … ….for you to collect your results Good luck to all our students for their results this week!!

We are all ready to welcome Year 7 and Year 11 for their first day tomorrow (Wednesday 6 September) and Years 8, 9 and 10 on Thursday - looking forward to seeing all our students back at JRS!!

Please join us at our OPEN EVENING for Year 6 and Year 5 parents considering JRS as their secondary school of choice: Wednesday 27 September from 6pm till 8pm - we hope to see you then!! #BeReadyForYourFuture

John Ruskin School will be closed Monday 4th December due to safety concerns for the buses on site. We hope to reopen Tuesday 5th December and will update parents and carers tomorrow afternoon. Take care everyone!

Unfortunately due to site safety issues and concerns over the safety of bus routes, JRS will be closed tomorrow (Tuesday 5 December). JRS will reopen Wednesday 6 December for all students.

This term Year 8 have been creating clay monsters in their Art lessons. There is a lot of excitement as the first lot get loaded into the kiln this week! Watch this space for completed glazed monsters!

Wishing super chef Maisie the very best of luck as she competes in the Future Chef Regional finals today- she’s had the privilege to work with Michelin star chef Ryan Blackburn from the Old Stamp House, Ambleside, to hone her skills in preparation!

Tuesday February 6th is Safer Internet Day: students have begun the day with an assembly on staying safe + being kind online. Videos + resources were from saferinternetday.org where there are materials to support students, parents and carers with behaviour and safety online.

JRS celebrated World Book Day with 6 word short stories read throughout the day from a range of famous writers, including Margaret Atwood, Irvine Welsh and Maggie O'Farrell. #BeValued

Also for World Book Day: eagle eyed students searched for 6 word logos hidden around the school which they exchanged for a breaktime treat. All students received their World Book Day tokens too! #BeResilient

And finally: we have a student and staff six word short story competition running - closing date Monday - keep an eye on X for some examples next week! #BeYou

Thank you to the member of the public who emailed school about the positive conduct of our students: "Sharing a bus from Ambleside to Coniston [today] …the students on the bus were a credit to your school…chatting nicely to each other and being friendly…" #BeYou

Day 1 of the French and art trip to Paris got us ready for Halloween with a trip to the catacombs at night to see some skulls after our ferry journey. #BeYou

Day 2 in Paris involved a visit to Park Asterix. We noticed how creative the designers of the park are when creating the buildings and different themed areas representing different time periods and cultures. #BeReadyForYourFuture