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OB Headspace Lecture Series - Benjamin Lai (York 81)
Wednesday, 25 September 2024Thank you to Benjamin Lai (York '81) for delivering today's Headspace Lecture. Benjamin shared his journey after leaving school, which included studying...
OB Sgt David Hartley (Durham '38)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024OB Sgt David Hartley (Durham '38) was a gilder pilot during the Second World War and flew into D-Day and the ill-fated Battle of Arnhem.
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Lee Dickson (North '03) returns to Newcastle Falcons
Monday, 23 September 2024Newcastle Falcons have announced the return of OB Lee Dickson (North '03).
He will join the club as a skills coach while continuing to be...
He will join the club as a skills coach while continuing to be...
Joe Davis (Dale '24) Newcastle Falcons
Thursday, 19 September 2024Newcastle Falcons have named their team for tomorrow night's Gallagher Premiership opener at home to Bristol Bears.
OB Joe Davis (Dale '24)...
OB Joe Davis (Dale '24)...
OB Headspace Lecture Series - Amelia Oates (Marwood '21) 'Journalism'
Thursday, 19 September 2024What an incredible start to our 2024/25 Headspace Lecture Series!
Amelia Oates (Marwood '21) shared her insights from her journalism degree,...
Amelia Oates (Marwood '21) shared her insights from her journalism degree,...
Darlington OB Drinks
Thursday, 19 September 2024Thank you very much to everyone for coming along and supporting the first Barnardian Drinks of this new academic term. It was brilliant to meet you all,...
The Speed Project
Friday, 23 August 2024OBs Alex Tait, Perry Alexander and Tom Catterick are setting off today to tackle an extreme challenge The Speed Project, a relay across the South of France...
OBs playing for Mowden Park
Friday, 23 August 2024Congratulations to OBs Oscar Usher (Dale '22), Harry Rickard ('23), Jacob Newnam (Tees/North '21) and Matthew Osbourne (Tees '21) who will all be joining...
Sporting Stories with Karl Dickson
Friday, 23 August 2024Thursday, 5th September, Sporting Stories with OB Karl Dickson (York, 00), Former scrum-half Karl will speak about his career and a few tales along the...
OB Sam Carling voted in as the joint youngest MP
Tuesday, 23 July 2024Amazing to see OB Sam Carling (Tees '20) being interviewed on BBC Breakfast after being voted in as the joint youngest MP.
Watch the full interview...
Watch the full interview...
Paul Million (Tees' 89)
Thursday, 27 June 2024Exciting News!
OB Paul Million has been featured on the 'Never Throw in the Towel' podcast with Anthony Hutton.
In this captivating discussion,...
OB Paul Million has been featured on the 'Never Throw in the Towel' podcast with Anthony Hutton.
In this captivating discussion,...
Headspace - OB Ashley Cooke (Durham '81)
Thursday, 20 June 2024It was great to welcome back OB Ashley Cooke (Durham '81) for our last OB Headspace lecture of the year, which took place today. Ashley presented his...
Commemoration of Bentley Beetham's legacy
Friday, 7 June 2024It was an honour to attend a special commemoration event this morning in recognition of OB Bentley Beetham’s amazing legacy as a respected teacher,...
80th Anniversary of D Day
Thursday, 6 June 2024Our Combined Cadet Force had the honour of being involved in this years local commemorations for D Day at Barnard Castle Town Council’s Offices....
Ed Williamson
Tuesday, 4 June 2024OB Ed Williamson (Tees '02) has been featured in Living North Magazine, discussing how he turned his passion for art into a career after retiring from...
OB Emma Peat
Friday, 31 May 2024Join OB Emma Peat (Bowes '12) on the new episode of the Engaged Volunteer Podcast.
Emma is an Event Workforce Manager at Formula E. The episode...
Emma is an Event Workforce Manager at Formula E. The episode...
OB Lee Dickson
Thursday, 30 May 2024OB Lee Dickson features on @therugbypaper latest podcast episode. The full...
Duncan Lorimer (Tees '87)
Friday, 24 May 2024We are thrilled to learn that OB Duncan Lorimer (Tees '87) has been elected as a fellow of The Royal Society!
Since 2006, he has been a Professor...
Since 2006, he has been a Professor...
OB Alex Spurr (North '98)
Thursday, 23 May 2024Thank you very much to OB Alex Spurr (North, 98), TEP & Director at Clark Willis Solicitors for coming back to the School for the first time since...
OB Tamara Ullyart (Marwood '19)
Thursday, 16 May 2024It was a pleasure to welcome back OB Tamara Ullyart (Bowes '19) to school. Tamara recently completed her degree in English Literature and Linguistics...
Patrick Grant - Release of book
Thursday, 9 May 2024OB Patrick Grant was on The One Show last night talking about repairing clothes, and understanding quality and the joy of bringing things back to life...
Liam Johnson Headspace
Wednesday, 1 May 2024We were delighted to see OB Liam Johnson (Dale,06) come back to Barnard Castle School yesterday for the Headspace Lecture Series. Liam has an incredible...
When the Fell-Rains Fall - Robin Leslie (Durham '57)
Wednesday, 17 April 2024OB Robin Leslie (Durham '57) has written a poem titled 'When The Fell-Rains Fall’, all about playing rugby at school. Which we have proudly...
Old Barnardian Weekend 2024
Monday, 15 April 2024We are so excited to finally be able to share more news about what OB Weekend is going to look like. We have tried to ensure that there is something for...
Alex Gray 'Apollo' (Durham '09)
Tuesday, 9 April 2024Alex Gray has been featured on the podcast 'The Good, The Bad and The Rugby' talking about life in the NFL, Rugby and his feature in the show Gladiators....
OB Evie Milbank (Marwood '18)
Thursday, 21 March 2024Prep school students had the pleasure of catching up with OB Evie Milbank (Marwood ‘18) yesterday, as she told them all about her African adventures!...
School Cricket Tour to Dubai
Thursday, 21 March 2024Over Half Term Barney's 1st XI Cricket Team had unforgettable tour of Dubai.
They had the pleasure of meeting OB Mathew Tait (Tees '04) at the...
They had the pleasure of meeting OB Mathew Tait (Tees '04) at the...
Sam Leeming (Durham '15)
Thursday, 21 March 2024OB Sam Leeming (Durham '15) returned to Barney to deliver a kicking masterclass during Senior Games . We are very grateful to Sam for lending his expertise...
Caroline Waldin Headspace
Wednesday, 20 March 2024It was a pleasure to invite OB Caroline Waldin (Bowes '17) back to be our final headspace speaker of the Lent Term, who did an incredible job at engaging...
Hamish Glover Headspace
Wednesday, 13 March 2024Hamish Glover (Dale ’15) talked with our students today about his journey to becoming a vet. Hamish did an incredible talk about the different roles...
Ed Gibbon Headspace
Friday, 8 March 2024Ed Gibbon (North ’01) was our Headspace speaker this week. He spoke to the students about his life post Barney and how he built his business from...
Guy Pepper (Dale '21)
Monday, 26 February 2024Amazing news to hear that OB Guy Pepper started for England Rugby's A team on Sunday against Portugal!
Guy Pepper (Dale '21)
Thursday, 15 February 2024It has been announced that Newcastle Falcons player and OB Guy Pepper (Dale ’21) will be on the England A squad preparing for their game against...
Jonny Coser (North '14)
Wednesday, 14 February 2024We welcomed back OB Jonny Coser (North ’14) who came to talk to our students about his journey to becoming a lawyer. He highlighted the highs and...
Nick Talbot (Da '94)
Tuesday, 13 February 2024As we are starting to prepare our 2024 Connect magazine, we wanted to take this opportunity to look back on some of the insightful interviews that came...
Patrick Grant (York '90)
Monday, 12 February 2024OB Patrick Grant (York '90) has been featured in the Financial Times with an interview about how he fashioned a new direction at business school. The...
Guy Pepper (Dale '21)
Thursday, 8 February 2024Guy Pepper has been nominated for the Premiership Rugby player of the month award, Senior Academy forward.
Jacob Oliver (Tees '23)
Thursday, 8 February 2024A proud moment as OB Jacob Oliver received his England U20s cap following Englands win over Italy in Treviso.
Freddie Lockwood (York '19)
Thursday, 8 February 2024OB Freddie Lockwood has renewed his contract with Newcastle Falcons for a further 2 years. Congratulations Freddie!
Josh Peat (Dale '11)
Thursday, 8 February 2024Josh, an Associate Surveyor at Dalcour Maclaren, fascinated Senior School students with his talk on renewable energy, including the issues surrounding...
Richard Parker (Dale '00)
Thursday, 8 February 2024Richard came to talk to our students about entrepreneurship, and about his journey running a business. He instilled in the group that it is not about the...
Sandeep Baliga (Tees '04)
Thursday, 8 February 2024It was a pleasure to welcome OB Sandeep Baliga back to Barney today, our first visiting HeadSpace speaker of the Lent Term
Sandeep, who works in the...
Sandeep, who works in the...
Alex Gray (Durham '09)
Thursday, 8 February 2024If anyone has been watching the new season of the BBC programme Gladiators, you may have spotted OB Alex Gray on the show under the name 'Apollo'....
Tom (North '10) and Jack Atha (York '10) on podcast episode PRsonal
Tuesday, 9 January 2024OBs Tom (North,10) and Jack Atha (York, 10) share each other like, dislikes – and their girlfriends even share the same name.
The pair also work...
The pair also work...
OB Becky Boston
Tuesday, 9 January 2024OB Becky Boston (Marwood ’09) has recently been a featured article in the Cricket Times! Read the full article here: https://crickettimes.com/.../in-pics-meet-becky-boston.../...
Northern Counties Dinner
Tuesday, 9 January 2024A heartfelt shout-out to all who joined us at the Northern Counties Dinner! Your presence turned it into an absolute triumph, and we're overjoyed with...
Barnard Castle School's 11th Headmaster
Tuesday, 9 January 2024We are delighted to announce David Cresswell as Barney’s 11th Headmaster, who will succeed Tony Jackson from September 2024.
To read our full...
To read our full...
Old Barnardian Dubai Weekend
Tuesday, 9 January 2024The Old Barnardian Dubai Weekend. It began with a celebration held at Folly, overlooking the rooftops of the Souk Madinat. Followed the next day by watching...
Congratulations on their engagement!
Tuesday, 9 January 2024Beautiful 'Barney' Congratulations to Hayley Anderson...
Unified Remembrance
Friday, 10 November 2023Unified Remembrance ��️
In a solemn gathering this morning, our entire school stood together to observe Remembrance Day, paying...
In a solemn gathering this morning, our entire school stood together to observe Remembrance Day, paying...