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Press Release RE: Reading leads UK in sustainability education Date: Friday 15th September 2023 Reading at the Forefront of Sustainability Education With climate change undeniably one of the defining challenges of our times, it is heartening to see Reading leading the UK in climate change and sustainability education. The University of Reading is up for a prestigious Times Higher Education (THE)...

22 September 2023 Harrogate pupil awarded prestigious travel scholarship to support overseas volunteering (for immediate release) A HARROGATE pupil is on top of the world after being awarded a prestigious travel scholarship to support a year of volunteering overseas. Oliver Thomson, aged 18, who has just completed his A-levels at Ashville College, is to spend a year in Thailand, helping young...

Reading Students Learn How to Make a Difference From Charity Mastermind, Julian Page Date:  Monday 25th September 2023   Legendary Changemaker Inspires First Ever Oakleaf Diploma Students Julian Page, Old Leightonian and founder of the Livingstone Tanzania Trust, a charity that believes that education can change poverty for the better, has legendary status at Leighton Park School in...

We have a long history of sporting success and talent at LWC and we are proud to announce that Gemma Lane has become the second Sternian to play women’s professional cricket! Gemma follows the success of Finty Trussler (Southern Vipers), both former Haygate girls. Gemma was signed by Western Storm and made her debut in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy a few weeks ago. Headmaster Adam Williams...

To celebrate the new academic school year, we kicked off our first Saturday back at LWC with The Beckwith Sports Festival.  A full day of sporting activities for the entire school community with something for everyone (even our four-legged family members) whilst making the most of our wonderful campus.  With a delicious array of food, drink and ice-cream on offer all day, excellent music and the sun...

Head of Leighton Park School, Matthew Judd, congratulated his Year 11s on their iGCSE/GCSE successes this morning, pleased that the results have bucked the national trend.   With the media focussing on the fall in top grades, our cohort have amazingly achieved more grade 9s this summer than our pre-pandemic 2019 students. Nationally the 2023 grades 9-7 are at 22% whereas Leighton Park’s Year...

      Scarborough College is celebrating outstanding GCSE results today.  In the largest cohort for many years, over 45% of all students were awarded grades A* and A (9-7).  The overall pass rate for grades 9-4 was 92%. Students, their parents and staff of the College came together this morning to find out their GCSE results amid feelings of anticipation and excitement. ...

Taunton School’s Year 11 students have achieved excellent GCSE results this year despite the national trend of declining top grades and a return to 2019, pre-pandemic, grade distributions. An impressive 52% of grades awarded were 9-7, a significant increase in comparison with 2019. These are results of which the whole year can be proud. Amidst the many stories of personal success, three students...

King William’s College is celebrating an excellent set of GCSE/IGCSE results, with its 57 Upper Fifth (Year 11) students achieving an overall pass rate (9-4 or A*-C) of 87%, with 20% of grades at 9/8 or A* and 37% of grades at 9-7 or A*/A. Despite the national raising of grade boundaries this year, two of our students – Daniel Shepherd and Tilly Neel – both achieved 9/8 or A* in 11 subjects, which...

Badminton School Year 11 pupils are today celebrating some outstanding GCSE results. Whilst we congratulate the whole cohort on these fantastic results, there are always individuals who deserve a special mention: Christina, who achieved grade 9 in all her GCSEs, was congratulated by the OCR exam board for being one of the top performers nationally in GCSE Latin, obtaining full marks in each component. More...

    Pupils at Harrogate Ladies’ College are today celebrating an outstanding set of GCSE results which saw stellar grades in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) subjects. Over seventy-five per cent of all grades across Physics, Biology and Chemistry at the school were the top 9-7 grades.  Overall 57% of all grades were 9-7, 36% were 8-9 and 16% were grade 9. Over...

Students from Queen Margaret’s School for Girls have received their GCSE results in South Africa this morning, where they are currently taking part in a Sports Tour organised by the school. Harriet, Pippa, Olivia and Holly all received news of their grades after landing in Cape Town and the four girls are now celebrating an impressive 83% grades 9-7 between them. Queen Margaret’s Head, Sue Baillie...

Pupils at Moreton Hall have every reason to celebrate today as they continue the tradition of achieving outstanding GCSE results. Despite a narrative of grades being lowered to averages in 2019 in the return to pre-covid marking structures, our girls have outperformed national expectations yet again, achieving higher grades by every metric including 20% of all grades being 9s (higher than the former A*...

Headington’s Hive was packed with a hubbub of laughter, excitement and a few tears of joy as girls celebrated another fantastic set of GCSE results. While most received their results electronically, many chose to come in to school to mark the occasion with teachers and friends. This year 32.9 per cent of all grades at Headington were 9s, the highest possible level. Twenty-six girls achieved 10 or...

St Swithun's School is thrilled to announce the excellent achievements of its students in the 2023 GCSE examinations. With a long-standing commitment to intellectual curiosity and personal development, the school community is delighted to celebrate the accomplishments of its students in this year's results. 32% of results were at grade 9, the highest ever in a non-Covid year, while 62% were grades 9/8/A*,...

    On Thursday 24 August, the 2023 cohort of Year 11 pupils at The Leys received news of another outstanding set of GCSE results. Almost 75% of all grades received were 9, 8 or 7, nearly 54% were graded 9 or 8, and just over 1 in 4 were graded 9, the highest mark possible. With the national picture now adjusted to pre-pandemic levels, these results are the highest in the school’s...

Students at Taunton School are celebrating an amazing set of results as over a third of A-Levels were graded A*-A. 61% of all results across more than 30 different subjects received grades A*-B or equivalent, with 100% of students studying Music and Theatre Studies receiving an A* or A. Many students opted to complete an Extended Project Qualification alongside their studies and more than 50% of them...

Badminton School students are looking forward to the future after receiving their A Level results today. With nearly half of all grades at A-A* level and a 100% pass rate, over half of all students celebrated a hattrick of A-A* grades. Three pupils have secured Oxbridge places studying Biomedical Sciences, Psychology, and Music. Badminton prides itself on developing students' individual strengths, and...