Ballakermeen High School is a fully comprehensive secondary school serving Douglas, Isle of Man. There are over 1,700 students aged 11 – 18.
Centrally located on a secure, single site we enjoy a reputation for high academic achievement, excellent pastoral care, and a proud record in sport and the arts. Although we are a large institution, we are a close-knit community where many kinds of success are celebrated and every individual is valued. We are passionate about learning and about helping our students to make the most of their time with us.
Our values are Kindness, Honesty, and Respect.
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Ballakermeen students celebrated National Poetry Day yesterday by pulling out a ‘lucky dip’ poem from the ‘poetry box’ taken around school by librarian Ros. This has become a regular event over the years and has fostered a love of poetry among many students past and present! Students all over schoo…
Congratulations to the Year 7 girls who played their first hockey fixture yesterday against CRHS. With some late additions to the team, the girls had never played together and some hadn’t even been to a practice! They adapted really well, losing the first 2 games and drawing the next 2 games. A lot…
Year 9 girls played their first ever 11 a side hockey match on Friday against Ramsey Grammar. It was a very even game with Balla taking the lead early in the 2nd half, only for Ramsey to equalize just before the end. Well done to all the girls who played and congratulations to Mya who received the…
The Year 7s took part in their first ever rugby fixture, representing Ballakermeen High School. We had two teams that took on Ramsey Grammer School. Both matches were very competitive and the boys demonstrated some very good rugby throughout the game. A big well done to Balla A team who won 6 tries…
Congratulations to the Senior Hockey team who played against RGS last night. Despite horrendous wet and windy conditions, and a long period without any competitive hockey fixtures for school, the girls put on a tremendous display of hockey winning 5-0. Goal scorers were Ela 1, Lara 1 and a hat-tric…
Thank you to author and speaker Chris Bonnello who visited Ballakermeen today to give a talk to Year 8 and the A Level English Language students, as part of Manx LitFest Schools Day! The A Level students remained with Chris after the talk for a further short discussion all about creative writing.
This week 7MS6 have been very busy creating their own posters to help pupils 'be ready for learning'. Pupils have been reflecting on how to be ready for school and what that looks like at Ballakermeen through our latest PSHE lessons. As you can see, a lot of creative fun was had desgining these!
Year 12 Geography students have been out and about over the last couple of days completing fieldwork. They have been measuring rivers, drawing field sketches of the Clypse Reservoir, observing mass movement in Laxey and looking at the flood management strategies and collecting microclimate data in…
