NEWSLETTER Friday 6th September Dear parents and carers, A warm welcome back and a special welcome to parents of Year 7 and Year 12 students who are becoming part of the CEC family for the first time. We enjoyed welcoming our Year 7s to the academy with their family breakfast and were delighted to have so many parents join us for this special time together. The Year 7s have settled into life here very quickly. Our new maritime and ‘Everyone Matters’ curriculum have launched and my personal highlight of the week has been my own teaching, where I have been teaching over 150 Year 7s about resilience and how to confidently counter discrimination.
You may have seen news reports of our excellent summer exam results this year. I would like to congratulate all our 2018-19 Year 11 and 13 students on their successes. There was pride and joy in the academy on the two results days and students really have excelled. At GCSE, results were excellent across all subject areas and we maintained the significant C Change made last year. We await our Progress 8 score from the government, but anticipate it being strongly positive, a mark of the excellent progress our students made in their 5 year journey. At A Level, 30% of all grades were at A or A* and 5% of our students achieved university places to Oxbridge and Cambridge, the number of students gaining places at Russell Group universities doubled and students successfully gained university medical places and prestigious apprenticeships. So strong were our results that Minister for Schools, Lord Agnew, chose to comment on them, saying they were “an impressive set of results” and that “results day marks the moment so many young people will make choices that can shape the rest of their lives, so whatever path they choose, every pupil at Cowes Enterprise College should do so full of confidence.” This academic year I will be continuing to hold parent surgeries twice weekly on a Tuesday afternoon from 1pm – 2.30pm and from 3.30pm – 5.30pm to enable parents to meet with me personally. Attendance is by pre-booked appointments only. Please either email dharrison@cowesec.org or phone the school on 01983 203103 asking for Donna Harrison to book in a slot in advance of each Tuesday. Rachel Kitley Click the arrows or swipe to turn pages