Autumn 2018
News from Bablake
What a year!
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ack in the summer, we were delighted to announce our second successive year of record-breaking GCSE results, with a stunning 50% of all grades at 9, 8 or A*. Our Fifth Form pupils did us proud and their outstanding results made us the 18th co-educational independent school nationally at GCSE, according to the Times. The year group adapted very well to reformed GCSEs and 62% of pupils gained at least eight 9 – 7 or A*/A grades. Bablake prides itself on aspiring not only to academic excellence but also to a well-rounded education. Our pupils achieved these GCSE results whilst still finding time for an array of commitments outside the classroom. The Headmaster said: “We are very proud of our pupils’ outstanding performance. It amply ref lects the ethos of the
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school: a happy, ambitious and generous community, which enables our pupils to thrive in mind, body and spirit.” Our Upper Sixth also performed strongly, with 74% of all grades at A*, A or B and 46% at A* or A. It was obvious that recent exciting developments in the Bablake Sixth Form had successfully provided students with a ‘bridge to the adult world’, with many being accepted onto the most competitive university courses, including Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Science, Law, Economics and Engineering. Head of Sixth Form, Mrs Alison Tumber, said: “It is always pleasing to see the students you have taught over the last seven years achieve such excellent A level results. This year I am particularly delighted to see that the 18 students who joined Bablake for the Sixth Form have made the most of all the opportunities afforded to them over their two years here and have achieved some exceptionally good results.”