We take great pride in our students being part of our school, local, national and international communities.

• Our school community thrives on the core values of NTS-ness.
• We have forged new links both in the UK and abroad. Internationally we have forged links in Taiwan with the Connecting
• Classrooms programme and further links in Algeria, Asia and Kenya holding the prestigious British Council ‘International Gold School Award’.
• Outside the school timetable there is a plethora of activities taking place both at lunchtime and after school.
• Our House system encourages pupils to participate in a range of challenges and activities.
• Enrichment is built into our sixth form contract with all students completing a minimum of 30 hours of enrichment a year.

We might not make a point of regularly extolling our virtues in the local newspapers but a taste of activities we involve ourselves in includes:-

• Raising £2,000 annually for our 3 main charities.
• Musical performances and Samba band at local events.
• Annual Mission Christmas & Foodbank Appeals, supporting children in our local area. Over 3000 shoe boxes have been donated in 10 years.
• £3,000 raised each year for Comic Relief/Red Nose Day in the Sixth Form Charity Challenge.
• Duke of Edinburgh silver and gold voluntary placements from over 50 students.
• National Citizenship Service – The Nelson Thomlinson School has the largest number of pupils in Cumbria completing this worthy award.

For further details, see our or Facebook page which regularly features ongoing and forthcoming events.