ASA TODAY - Success Edition 2017

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Alumni

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ASA TODAY

Success Edition, October 2017

The All Saints’ Academy Newspaper

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All Saints’ achieve record results!

All Saints’ Academy students achieved their best ever Maths and English results in the most challenging GCSE examinations ever. An outstanding 12% improvement at A*-C GCSE Mathematics heralded a significant amount of excellent grades at the higher level including several at the new maximum Grade 9. This puts a good number of All Saints’ students in the top 3 percent of all students nationally.

Our improved A-level and GCSE results this year reflects our drive for all students to succeed, underpinned by the highest standards in teaching, learning and discipline. This marks the start of a future where All Saints’ Academy students will increasingly stand shoulder to shoulder with the highest achieving students in the country.

‘This year has seen the introduction of the most challenging examinations in 30 years. I am delighted that our students’ hard work and studiousness has paid off.’

Mr McNiffe Principal

HIGHEST EVER A*-C GRADES AT GCSE Well done Year 11

CLASS OF 2017

Success Edition, October 2017

The All Saints’ Academy Newspaper

All Saints’ Academy students rise to the challenge The Academic Year of 2016-17 marked the biggest changes in national examinations for 30 years. The bar was raised and all GCSE and A Level exams got much harder. However, never daunted by the challenge, our Year 11 and Year 13 students worked even harder to achieve the greatest ever success of any Academy year group who have gone before them. Our Year 13 students gained the best ever A Level results with a 100% pass rate, with improved results at A*-B and A*-C and our GCSE students recorded the greatest higher level outcomes at A*-C and 9-4 grades.

Mr McN

Our focus on ensuring excellence in teaching, learning iffe and assessment coupled with our students practising an excellent Principa l attitude towards their learning has made sure they all succeed. All Saints’ Academy is one of a minority of schools to improve results in the summer of 2017, which shows that an attitude for excellence and hard work really does pay off.

Some of the A Level results included 40% of our Photography students gaining grades at A* and 90% achieving A*-B. 100% of our Law students achieved a pass with 64% of these achieving grades at A*-A. Philosophy and Ethics was another overwhelming success with 100% of students getting A*-B grades.

Our GCSE results are phenomenal with a 3% improvement in English and a whopping 12% improvement in Mathematics, with four students gaining the new Grade 9; putting them in-line with the top 2% of students in the country. There were also fantastic gains in other subjects with a 19% improvement in Physics, Computer Science and Catering. A 10% improvement in Biology, Religious Studies and 11% in Geography. Subjects such as History and GCSE Business Studies are performing well above national average, with outstanding results too in Health and Social Care, PE, Art and Design and Music.

I am so proud of the significant improvement our students and staff have achieved this year, as it marks the beginning of a new era of continued success because our current Year 11 and Year 13 students are destined to outstrip the achievements of 2017 in 2018. No matter how high the bar is set, All Saints’ Academy is now in a position to achieve it. Why? Because we have the dedication and expectation for all to thrive and succeed. Well done on a great 2017 and we look forward with confidence to an exciting future.

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“Never daunted by the challenge, our Year 11 and Year 13 students worked even harder to achieve the greatest ever success of any Academy year group who have gone before them.” - Mr McNiffe

“Our GCSE results are phenomenal!”

- Mr McNiffe

“It really is an honour to spend time with students during August to see the sheer delight in the achievements that all of the hard work and dedication has brought.”

- Mr Wilkinson

Hard work pays off! n ilkinso l W r M a rincip Vice P

What a successful year for our students and their families.

It really is an honour to spend time with students during August to see the sheer delight in the achievements that all of the hard work and dedication has brought. The Cotswold Hall is always packed with teachers too, who have interrupted their holiday because they are just as eager to learn how well their students have done. This is just one of the many tangible signs of the strength of togetherness that exists in the All Saints' family. So, on behalf of all of the Class of 2017, I'd like to offer a huge thanks to the vast team of teachers and support staff who worked with equal determination, skill and effort to enable all to reach their target grades this summer. Thank you one and all.

The task this year, was made even more challeng-

ing for the teachers in providing the expert guidance in Mathematics and English as the new GCSE courses began.

These courses are well known to be more difficult than previous courses and offer a change from traditional letter grades to number grades from 1 to 9. In the new courses a grade 9 is awarded to only the very highest achieving students (top 3% in England), while a grade 7 is equivalent to a grade A and a grade 4 is equivalent to a grade C on the previous exams. The work done by our teams of teachers to ensure that they knew how best to teach the new courses resulted in our best ever set of GCSE results in these critical subjects and we are so proud. This year most other subjects are moving to the new GCSE 9-1 courses, and we will do just as well in those.

In the academic year 2016-17 a clear shift in levels of commitment to studies was seen by the Year 11 students, following the lead of our teaching team. The teaching staff met on a weekly basis to look at every student in detail to analyse how best to help them achieve their targets and quickly implemented plans which our students took up with relish. Every lunch time, evening of the week and even weekends were used to work with students in addition to their classroom studies and homework - it really was a level above what any previous group of All Saints' students have done and has set a standard for all future groups to match. We have no doubt that students will continue this drive to succeed which is now part and parcel of student life in the family at All Saints' Academy.

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ASA TODAY The All Saints’ Academy Newspaper

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Sixth Form results soar

By Mr Simcox

Assistant Vice Principal

2017 was our highest ever performance with A Levels. This was very pleasing as most of our students took the new A Level exams. These new exams saw students tested on topics over the two years of the course!

A Level A*-B results were the highest ever at 26%.

Students achieved 56% A*-C at A Level this year (a 10% increase on 2016). Overall the Sixth Form achieved 100% pass rate (A*-E) exceeding the national average at 98%

A Level subjects that performed extremely well included: Photography (40% A*s), RE (100% A*-B), Film Studies and History.

All applied subjects performed well with Distinction* - Merits at 84% (national average was 61%) and Distinction* - Distinction at 59% (national average was 36%). There was a 100% pass rate in the applied subjects. BTEC Health & Social, Hospitality, Business, Dance, IT and Law achieved exceptional results too.

Savannah Williams 4 x Distinction* UWE to study Law Kerryanne Bill Distinction*, A & C University of Surrey to study Mental Health Nursing Rhiannon Watts A, B & C Queen Mary’s University to study History

ROLE OF HONOUR Beth Halford A*, B & D Studying as part of Christian Performing Arts Charity (NGM)

Poppy Slack 2 x Distinction* & B University of Bath Spa to study Film & Screen Studies

Nadia Cooper A*, C & D University of Gloucestershire to study Criminology

Hannah Whelan 3 x Distinction* & C University of Leeds to study Sport and Exercise Science

Joshua Njenga 2 x Distinction* & D University of Plymouth to study Mechanical Design & Manufacture

Chloe Walker Disctinction*, B & B University of Gloucestershire to study Social Work

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Megan Roberts A*, Distinction* & D University of Gloucestershire to study English Lauryn Smith 2 x Distinction* & Distinction UWE to study Criminology & Law Paige Minchin 2 x Distinction* & C Applying for university in 2018

Pass Rate Well done to Sixth Form

SIXTH FORM RESULTS

Success Edition, October 2017

English

The All Saints’ Academy Newspaper

Maths In English Literature, almost all the students achieved A*-C, and there was a massive increase in Language and Literature passes. All of this shows that with hard work and dedication, anything is possible. We are proud that all of our students have chosen to carry on their studies at university. An A Level in English is their passport to their dream future: will it be yours?

I am very proud of our A Level students who worked hard all year and achieved a 100% pass rate. All students achieved a place at university for their chosen subject – well done! Those moving into Year 13 maths from AS Maths have a strong base of knowledge and will go on to do well next year. Keep up the hard work everyone!

Year 13 A Level Business Our Year 13 Business A level students achieved our best results to date with 100% A* - D and 40% A*- B. We also saw Sydney Fitzsimmons retake her AS module resulting in an A for her AS. Well done to all the students who worked tirelessly throughout the year.

Year 12 & 13 BTEC Business Well done to our BTEC Level 3 Business students dents who achieved 69% Dist* - Dist and 100% Dist* - Pass. Students completed a rigorous array of coursework units stemming from The Business Environment, Finance, Marketing, Communication, Starting a Small Business and Business Ethics in the Modern World. Students were engaged, motivated and driven to succeed from start to finish which resulted in their fantastic grades which they fully deserve.

Huge well done to the students in every year group from all of Business Staff. A massive thanks should also go to parents for their continuous support throughout the year.

Mr Kelly, Head of Technology Faculty

The Art and Design Department is celebrating another year of fantastic A Level Fine Art. 50% of AS Fine Art students gained A-B grades and 100% achieved A-E passes. In this challenging A Level 100% of Fine Art students achieved A*-C grades! We look forward to an amazing year ahead with our new Year 12 and 13 students.

Spanish

Josh recieves a hug from friend Nicola after getting into university Our A Level Spanish students shone with their spanish speaking exam results this summer!

Our students developed effective communication skills in Spanish alongside a thorough understanding of the culture and countries/ communities where Spanish is spoken.

Miss Ayling & Mr Mirams, Assistant Heads of Science

Mrs Minto, Head of PE

In A Level we were delighted with our 100% pass rate. It was a pleasing set of grades for our A Level students, with 66% A*-C, we are confident for next year’s results. We are really pleased with Rhiannon Watts who achieved an A grade and Ola Holm whose persistent hard work resulted in her surpassing expectations and receiving a C grade.

I would like to thank all the Hospitality, Catering and Food Science students for all their hard work, motivation and dedication. The Hospitality and Catering course was in its final year and achieved 100% pass rate with outstanding results attaining Distinction and Distinction*. The Year 12 Food Science and Nutrition students did very well with 80% of students attaining at least Merit. An impressive result especially considering this was the first year through this qualification.

Mrs Derwent, Head of Design Technology

Miss Lewis, Head of History

Religious Education

Health and Social Care

Geography

At A Level, we achieved some outstanding results. Students gained 100% A*-B. These grades were similarly down to the very best efforts on the part of students. Special thanks to Mrs Boyle for working with these students in Term 1 and 2 of Year 13. Bethany Wiltshire and Sydney Fitzsimmons deserve special mention for reaching and exceeding their target grades. The RE team would like to wish them every success in the future.

The Health and Social Care department is incredibly proud of the 2017 Year 13 cohort, who achieved an amazing 100% A* - A pass rate this summer. Each and every student should be proud of this achievement. The department would like to thank the students for their hard work over the last two years. Well done all of you!

Miss Morley, Head of Health & Social Care

Mr Caheny, Head of Religious Education

A Level Geography produced a 100% pass rate and we are pleased with our students’ achievements. A special mention goes to Bethany Halford and Alex Regan for their continued hard work and dedication. Their commitment to study sessions and completing past questions really shone through. Well done all and we wish you the best for the future!

Mrs Sallis, Head of Geography

Product Design

Year 13 BTEC IT - 100% Pass Rate Our Year 13 students did the department proud by achieving some excellent results with 11 of the 12 students achieving a Distinction*- Distinction (92%)

I would like to say a huge well done to all of the A Level Product Design students for their hard work and commitment whilst studying this course. With a demanding and large e-portfolio to produce as well as manufacturing their own product, the students did exceptionally well. For both AS and A Level following in the footsteps of previous years, students achieved a fantastic 100% pass rate with over 55% of pupils this year achieving 4+ levels of progress. Special congratulations to Nicola Crawford for achieving an outstanding A grade in her controlled assessment and an overall B grade and I would personally like to wish all of the Product Design students good luck in this academic year of study.

Year 12 BTEC National in IT - 75% Merit-Pass The students did a great job with the challenges of the new specification. Students looked at the role of social media in the business context and created a social media campaign.

They also had an extremely demanding controlled assessment where they had to create a system to manage information using databases. Well done to all students involved.

Miss Holland, Assistant Head of DT

A Level IT - 100% A* - E Great A Level IT results beating National Average being 85%. Congratulations to all the students for their hard work and dedication and a big thankyou to parents for their continued support.

Mrs Odedra, Head of IT

Kerryanne Bill with her results

Mrs Bayliss, Head of Art & Design

The Sixth Form produced amazing results with another year of 100% pass rate for the Level 3 extended diploma and diploma in sport. Year 12 have started the new BTEC Level 3 course, which is very demanding. However, students achieved some excellent results in their unit 2 exams with five students gaining Distinction.

Catering

IT and Computing

Photography

Sport

Miss Baynham-Williams, Head of Drama

History

Mrs Le Marechal, Head of MFL

Mrs Bayliss, Head of Art & Design

75% of Photography students gained A-B grades and 100% achieved A-E passes. 100% of A Level Photography students achieved A*-C grades! Three Photography students attained the outsanding A* grade, congratulations to Bethany Halford, Nadia Cooper and Megan Roberts. We wish all the Year 13 students every success in their future and look forward to an amazing year ahead with our new Year 12 and 13 students.

Mrs Austin, Head of Music

This year saw the first set of students taking the new A Level Biology, Chemistry and Physics specification and even with the increase in the challenge of the questions we still achieved a significant increase in results. Applied Science A Level increased by 12% in Year 12 and 33% in Year 13.

A Level biology secured an increase of 12% achieving the top grades of A*-B and Chemistry had a 33% increase for A*-C grades at A Level and AS Level. AS Level Physics also increased by 37%. Well done to everyone involved.

We wish you all the very best with your futures!!

Fine Art

AS Level drama students showed great determination and passion throughout their exams this year. The engaging performance of Dennis Potter’s ‘Blue Remembered Hills’ received some fantastic feedback with 100% A-C for individual performance marks. We would like to congratulate the AS Level students for putting in a tremendous amount of effort into their performances.

The Music department is very proud of the fact that all of the Year 13 students achieved a merit or higher in BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate in Music Technology (Production). These students worked incredibly hard and we would like to congratulate them.

Miss Wife, Head of Maths

Mrs Battershill, Head of English

Business Studies

Drama

Music

Science

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Dance

The Year 13’s will be sadly missed and showed lots of dedication throughout the two years of study for BTEC Level 3 Dance and the majority achieved Distinction/Distinction*.

Mrs Minto, Head of PE

Media

Film Studies A Level A Level and AS 70% of students achieved C or higher for the third year running. In the last two years seven students have gone on to study Film or Media related degrees. Bath Spa University and University of Gloucestershire being popular destinations.

Creative Media BTEC Creative Media BTEC also had an outstanding year, with 80% achieving Distinction or Distinction*.

Mr Wright, Head of Media

Psychology & Sociology A fantastic set of results from our A Level students with 100% pass rate A*-C with 40% achieving A*-B in Psychology and 66% achieving A*-B in Sociology. Each of our students worked really hard to achieve the grades they required to get into their university courses.

Miss Scott-Johnson, Teacher of Psychology & Sociology

Some of our successful students at UCAS with the Education Minister and Chair of UCAS

Zea celebrating her results

Success Edition, October 2017

ASA ALUMNI The All Saints’ Academy Newspaper

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Congratulations to our graduates!

We catch up with some of our fantastic alumni

Rory Ford

Demi Wheeler

Alistair potter

Bryoni Bradshaw

Jed seers

LLB law university of reading

BA (Hons) Media & Communications Birmingham City University

BSc maths exeter university

BA (hons) Drama & musical theatre wolverhampton university

BSc Sport & Physical education cardiff metropolitan university

My biggest achievement during my time at Reading was representing the university after winning an internal negotiation competition where we reached the regional final.

My advice for students would be to always work on building your CV. Part time jobs and extra curricular activities will really help going forward. Enjoy this stage of your lives, it’s exciting and something you should really try and embrace! Don’t get too disappointed if things don’t always go your way. I was rejected by my firm choice university on results day and it all worked out well in the end.

All Saints’ gave me advice on my personal statement and were always there as an extra proof reader.

Use the facilities available to you they are extremely knowledgeable!

I have accepted a job to be a trainee solicitor but the job position doesn’t open until 2018. I am currently studying the LPC course at the University of Law in Bristol. I am also studying for a Masters in Law and Business at the same time as part of my course.

My advice would be to do what you love, it’s a long three years if you pick a course that you don’t enjoy!

All Saints’ helped me reached my goals for university in several ways, from encouraging me to apply to university in the first place, to supporting me with my personal statement and helping me prepare an outstanding portfolio showcasing my work, which gained me 5/5 of my university choices. The staff at All Saints’ always supported and encouraged me through the process of setting and achieving my goals and they continued to do so throughout my three years at university.

I was lucky enough to find a graduate job just a week after I left university. My current job role is Regulatory Communications Assistant in the marketing department at Zurich Insurance. I may not have fallen directly in to the media market but I am transferring the skills and knowledge I have gained from my media and communications degree into marketing and am enjoying working in this challenging but enjoyable role.

When looking at universities I would make sure to research the area along with the university. You will be living there for the next three years so make sure to check what the local area has to offer. Go along to university open days and ask questions! I went to see three universities and liked the University of Exeter best. I also liked the local towns surrounding the university which was important to me when choosing.

The teachers at All Saints’ were fantastic at supporting me when making course adjustments that I needed to continue on to my next step.

They provided me with help and guidance to be successful in my studies.

After graduating I did some work experience with the Mr Parkinson in the Maths department at All Saints’ Academy and have been accepted to study for a PGCE to become a secondary Maths Teacher at the University of Exeter.

Don’t be afraid to look around at universities to make sure you choose the right one for you. University is not for everyone but if you are looking into university it can be the most amazing experience.

Without All Saints’ I would not have achieved the qualifications I needed for university.

I also would not have discovered my passion for the arts and would therefore not be where I am today.

Now I have graduated university with a first class degree I am hoping to study a PGCE in post compulsory education, however I am currently working for APM on the NCS programme (National Citizens Service) mentoring school leavers (16 year olds) teaching life skills, independence and promoting social action. This job is unbelievably inspiring and I hope to go further and engage more young people before they start further education.

Make sure you use all of the support that All Saints’ Academy offers as they do care. If you are wanting to go to university make sure you go to the open days as it will give you a good insight of how you will live for at least three years of your life!

All Saints’ Academy helped me reach my goals for university through a lot of support from teachers and the pastoral team. They gave me goals to achieve in order to get the best grades I possibly could to give me the best chance of joining the university that I wished to attend.

Now I have finished university hopefully I will be a PE teacher back at All Saints’ Academy some day but at the moment I am taking a break away from teaching and sport due to an injury. However, I am currently learning a trade in plastering and after this I wish to get back into sport and teaching/coaching.

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DEPARTMENT RESULTS The All Saints’ Academy Newspaper

Success Edition, October 2017

English

Mrs Battershill Head of English

57% Grade 9 - 4

The English department are absolutely delighted for the students, who have achieved some outstanding results. There is no doubt that this was the hardest GCSE year we have seen for more than twenty years, and the hard work and dedication of the students paid off in fine style. More than 40% of students achieved a good GCSE pass of grade 5 or above.

We congratulate all the students on their success. Several students achieved grades placing them in the top 10% of the entire country, including Jake Lockey, Ceri Mavin, Colby Kelly, Caitlin Humphries, Jan Skowron, Tom Miles and Phoebe Harmer.

Of course, the English department also offers A Level qualifications. In English Literature, almost all the students achieved A*-C, and there was a massive increase in Language and Literature passes.

All of this shows that with hard work and dedication, anything is possible. We are proud that all of our students have chosen to carry on their studies at university. An A Level in English is their passport to their dream future: Will it be yours?

70% Grade A*-C

Science

Mr Mirams & Miss Ayling Assistant Heads of Science

Drama

Maths

The drama department had huge successes this year with some students achieving their desired grades in performing. Outstanding results in his exam meant that Jakub Sprenger was able to go to drama school to continue his dreams of becoming a professional actor at BOA. The drama department are especially proud of this and wish him all the luck in the future with his studies.

A special mention has to go to the six Year 10 students that took their GCSE drama exam a whole year early. With 90% of them achieving A*- C. They completed the course in their own time outside of school and went above and beyond to be the best that they could be.

The future looks promising for drama and these students have the skills required to go far in the performing arts industry.

Miss Wife, Head of Maths

Religious Education

54% Grade A*-C

Great News! The RE GCSE results have improved by 10%. Students were entered for the Full Course GCSE and achieved 54% A*- C. It was very much a team effort on the part of students and staff. Special thanks to Miss McClelland and Mr Pinless for going that extra mile for their students. We are delighted with the performance of a number of students who achieved an A grade. These are: Nikoletta Wiecek, Julia Obrebska, Sharney Hill, Hazel Bernales, Caitlin Humphries, Ceri Mavin, Tom Miles, Ana Luisa Desconci Nunes, Jan Skowron, Mary Villaflor and Julia Wronska. Well done to all these students!

Mr Caheny, Head of Religious Education

Art & Design

Miss Baynham-Williams, Head of Drama

History

60% Grade 9 - 4 All Saints’ students enjoyed a record breaking year in Maths with our best ever results! 60% of students achieved a grade 4 or above (equivalent to an old grade C or above) which was a 12% improvement on last year. This is particularly impressive as it was the first year of the new, harder specification! So many of our students worked incredibly hard and took advantage of the support offered by the department, it really shows that hard work pays off!

We also had a record number of students achieving the highest grades with 19% of students achieving at least a grade 7 (equivalent to an old A). This is higher than the national average. Particular congratulations should go to Dylan Palmer, Zack Turner and Colby Kelly who all achieved a grade 9, putting them in the top 2% of the country.

The hard work put in by our Year 11 students and the Science team paid great dividends with almost all qualifications showing an increase in the headline figures.

Core Science increased by 8%, Additional Science by 5% and in the separate Sciences, Biology increased by 11% and Physics by 18%. This was achieved by a focus on exam skills and literacy as well as a dedicated program of interventions that the pupils responded positively to and worked with to secure their best possible outcomes. A huge well done to all of our students!

90% Grade A*-C

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87% Grade A*-C

The Art and Design Department is delighted with the GCSE results this summer. Credit is due to the dedicated staff and hard working students. 87% of students gained A*-C grades 11% above the National average! We were delighted that 45% of students gained the higher grades A*-B. Special congratulations to Shelby Hill and Sophie Kent who despite missing school time due to illness gained A and B grades.

Well done to Wiktoria Sberska who attained A*, Sharney Hill, Wiktoria Sereda, Chloe Snell and Ana Nunes Desconsi for gaining well deserved A grades. The department was thrilled that so many students achieved grades above their target, we are very proud of their commitment and desire to achieve their best.

Mrs Bayliss, Head of Art & Design

64% Grade A*-C

Overall we are delighted with our GCSE results for History. 22% of the cohort achieved an A/A* with an overall 64% of students achieving A*-C which is in line with the national average for a second year running. Huge congratulations go to Ceri Marvin and Jan Skowron who achieved A* grades. Many students exceeded their target grades which is fantastic and thoroughly deserved after sheer hard work, dedication and talent. These students have continued their studies into A Level and we look forward to watching their progress as they develop into historians.

71% Grade A*-C

PE 100% Pass Rate

I am extremely proud to announce that our Year 11 GCSE Business students achieved our best ever results with 71% A*-C. 16% A*- A and 46% A*- B. These fantastic results come from the hard work and dedication of our Year 11 GCSE students and staff. Some students moved three or more grades from the end of Year 10 to their final result in Year 11 which is an example of the outstanding progress made by the students.

I am extremely proud of the Year 11’s for achieving such amazing grades in BTEC Level 2 Sport. The pass rate was 100% Distinction* Pass, for those completing the Level 1 and 2 BTEC sport course. For BTEC Level 2 it was an extremely high pass rate of 90% Distinction* - Pass, with the highest proportion of Distinction and Distinction* we have achieved on the new course.

Mr Kelly, Head of Technology Faculty

Mrs Minto, Head of PE

Business Studies

Miss Lewis, Head of History

Health and Social Care

100% Grade A*-C

The Health and Social Care department is incredibly proud of the 2017 Year 11 Cohort! The class achieved 100% A* - C, with 54% of the class achieving A* - A! This is a fantastic achievement and the entire class should be proud of themselves.

The department would like to thank each and every student who worked so hard throughout both lessons and after school sessions. Clearly, all your hard work paid off! Well done!

Miss Morley, Head of Health and Social Care

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100% Pass Rate

Construction

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100% Pass Rate

Product Design

Congratulations to all of the GCSE Product Design students, another year with a fantastic 100% pass rate. For their demanding controlled assessment, students had the challenge of studying and evidencing the whole design process specifically based on a flat pack light inspired by a 21st century design movement. Students displayed their personal motivation and hard work during lessons in order to gain successful target grades.

This year saw an increase of 6% for A-A*. A special mention to Phoebe Harmer and Ana Nunes Desconsi who respectively achieved a grade B and A and are continuing their skills and knowledge onto A Level Product Design with Miss Holland. As Head of the DT Department, a big well done from Mrs Derwent too.

I would like to pass on my congratulations to the Construction students for their continued hard work throughout Year 11. As a new member of staff coming into Year 11 this was a busy start to the course, however the students maintained the subjects’ excellent track record with another year of 100% pass rate at Level 2, but this time with an increase of 22% of students receiving a Merit. I already set my sights on bettering this next year! Students realise that these continued good results prove that dedication and hard work will pay off.

Mr Shergold, Head of Construction

Mrs Holland, Head of Product Design

Catering

100% Pass Rate

Engineering

I would like to pass on my congratulations to the Engineering cohort for their hard work throughout Year 11.

Special mention to Ceri Mavin for an outstanding performance in both her coursework and exam. Alex Barnard and Ethan Clifford for continued effort throughout the course that significantly helped their overall grade. Mrs Derwent would like to add that she is delighted with the progress the students made in such a short space of time and pleased with how so many have furthered their Design Technology study into A Level.

This year students have worked exceptionally hard on their Catering GCSE attaining 100% pass rate with an increase of 19% A* - C from last years’ results. Catering is a challenging subject to achieve well in based on the subject knowledge and skill set required to pass the exam and demonstrate all the skills demanded on the course. Special mention to Chelsea Hines, Jade Mitchell and Bradley Thomas for achieving particularly well.

Mrs Derwent, Head of Design & Technology

Film Studies

MFL

100% Pass Rate

Mr Shergold, Head of Engineering

70% Grade A*-C

IT & Computing

63% Grade A*-C

This year Film Studies again produced a very successful set of results. At GCSE at GCSE A*-A grades were nearly twice the national average. I’m very proud of all the students efforts and am pleased at the growing number of students deciding to take Film Studies into their further education.

Extremely proud to say that we have achieved our best ever year 11 GCSE Computing results with 63% of our students gaining an A*-C, beating the National average for the subject. 31% of students gained an A*-A beating National Average again for the higher level grades.

Well done to the following students for their success in gaining the higher grades, Tome Miles, Arron Rocks, Azad Khan and Zack Turner.

Mr Wright, Head of Film Studies

Mrs Odedra, Head of IT & Computing

100% Pass Rate

Congratulations from the MFL Department to all our students who gained their GCSE Spanish, French or Portuguese exam results this Summer! It is heartening to see so many of you reaching your potential and showing others how important languages are now in the world we live in! Felicitations! Felicidades! Parabéns!

Miss Le Marechal, Head of MFL

Music

100% Pass Rate Once again we were delighted to achieve 100% pass rate at Level 2 of which 91% were Merit or above. Special congratulations to Julia Obrebska and Tamsyn Lewis who both achieved Distinction Star. We are pleased that almost third of the class have decided to pursue Music Technology at Level 3.

Mrs Austin, Head of Music

Geography 97% Pass Rate In Geography we are celebrating a big improvement on last year's results with 54% A-C and a 97% pass rate. Erykah Cameron, Tom Miles, Julia Obrebska and Asher Reynolds are to be congratulated on their A grades. Students put in a lot of hard work and dedication to complete coursework and attend weekly revision sessions afterschool. I'm very proud of their successes!

Mrs Sallis, Head of Geography

Dance

100% Pass Rate For Dance BTEC Level 2 the Year 11’s continued with their hard working attitude creating some excellent audition pieces for their external assessment.

The group achieved 100% pass rate Distinction* - Pass.

Mrs Minto, Head of PE