Dear Parents
I hope you all summered well.
We were absolutely delighted with best ever A Level results. 16 pupils gained at least 3 A grades and you will see from the list of leavers’ destinations, that they have gone on to study at some prestigious universities. The GCSE results were more modest but still our candidates achieved 98% 5 A* to C passes, although we had less high fliers than for some time this year. Like thousands and thousands of candidates across the country our GCSE English pupils were marked down 5% in comparison with last year and this moving of the goal posts reflected very unfairly on their efforts and capability. The protest from schools continues and there is still the possibility of combined legal action.
We have taken 68 new pupils into the senior school and I have been thrilled with the new pupils’ enthusiasm, personal standards and varied talents. I am on record as saying that I think that this is our best intake for many years and these new pupils add generously to our already rich store of talent.
New too for this term is the totally re-furbished, all-singing and all-dancing Biology Laboratory. The pupils learning will be enhanced by the use of excellent IT facilities, including a bank of 10 i-PADs. Planning permission (always a sensitive issue at the Abbey) has delayed the move of the maintenance department to new accommodation and the creation of an excellent, new and much-needed changing facility for the girls. All should be in place now by the start of next term at the very latest.
The staff here are very excited about the promise of the year ahead. Thank you for entrusting some of the education of your wonderful children to us and please do let us know how you think we are doing.
Best wishes
Roger Clark
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