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• 66% of students have achieved A and A* grades, against the national average of 25.5% • Overall, 87.1% achieved grades from A* to B • An improvement on last year’s results, bucking the national trend • 9 students hold offers for Oxbridge • 5 students have places for medical and veterinary schools Students from...

Eric W Eric W, Year 12, was one of the four man team from Colyton that made it into the ICAEW Base finals (along with 47 other teams) in Birmingham. While the team didn’t win an award, Eric was presented with the Leadership award. The letter confirming his prize (which is...

The Ultimate STEM Challenge is a national competition encouraging students from across the country to redesign something to make people’s lives better. The final was held at the Science Museum in London in May. Of over 250 different group entries, each with their own ideas, 11 teams were selected to...

Lachlan at the Young Engineer of the Year National Final2 Lachlan R, Year 11, has been awarded a British Science Association Gold Crest award for his project “Design of a Europa Subsurface Explorer Mission”. This award is given to students who have completed a project that has made an original...

thumbnail image5 Congratulations to Ella K from Year 7Ash who competed at the National Final of The German Spelling Bee held at the University of Cambridge yesterday and got second place! What an Achievement ! Well done to Rafe H from Year 7Cedar who competed also. He really worked hard! Both Rafe...

A huge well done to Alex A who has completed his DoE Gold Award. These pictures were taken at Buckingham Palace in May, when Alex received his award from singer, actor and TV personality Martin Kemp. AA Gold DofE Presenation 5 AA Gold DofE Presentation...

Today we said goodbye to our Year 13 students. The last seven years with this bunch have truly been a pleasure. Good luck to them all with whatever their futures hold. 3 4 7 ...

Robin A Huge congratulations to Robin A, Year 12. Robin has received a Ruby award in the Isaac Physics Senior Physics Challenge from the University of Cambridge, putting him in the top 120 students internationally. Mr Clayton, teacher of Physics, said, “Robin prepared for and entered this competition himself and we...

Kitty F Thomas Hardye Poetry Prize2 Kitty F, Year 9, recently entered the Thomas Hardy young poetry prize (aged 13 - 18) launched by The National Trust. Her poem, entitled ‘Reading “A Wife in London’’, which was based on work she had been doing in her English class, won first...

On Wednesday 15 March, we departed for the return leg of the French Exchange with our partner school Notre Dame de Mongre in Lyon. After some delay at Birmingham Airport, we all arrived safely at the Saint Exupery airport in Lyon where our students were greeted by a French Mexican...