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THE ASHCOMBE SCHOOL • DORKING
Number Fifteen • September 2004
Outstanding results again
he Ashcombe has produced
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another year of outstanding
results at A, AS and GCSE.
A level results saw many students
achieving very highly. Almost 50% of
the grades were A or B with an
average point score for candidates of
350 points and an overall 97% pass
rate.
David Blow, Headteacher, said “We are
particularly proud of these results
because, as a comprehensive school,
we keep restrictions on entry to A-level
courses to a minimum. The Upper 6th
numbered 125 students, 25% larger
than previous years, as a result of a
significant number of additional
students joining the school for the
Sixth Form for a variety of reasons.
We probably have the most open entry
policy on to A-level courses of any
comprehensive school in Surrey. As a
result, a number of students who in
most institutions would not have been
allowed to begin A-level courses have
gained commendable grades giving
them access to University places.
All students gained at least 2 grade
Es (the normal requirement for
pursuing a Higher Education course).
What is really pleasing is that
achievement across the spread of
ability is outstandingly good.”
The Lower Sixth’s AS results were
also very pleasing with an average
pass rate of 87%. Three students
gained 5 grade As (Kate Goddard,
Philip Gray and Orla Macrae) and six
gained 4 grade As: (Kiera Healy,
Sonya Mahony, Siobhan Payne, Dean
Simmonds, Clara Vivaldi and Robert
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Wright).
Clara Vivaldi and Orla Macrae
Lee Holland, James Kelly and David Howarth
Kiera Healy, Sonya Mahony and Lindsay Jameson
GCSE results.
We are also delighted with the continued
overall consistency at GCSE. Double
Science, Maths and English Language
have the same A*- C percentage as last
year. The 5A*- C rate is 77% at the time
of going to press. Some pupils’ grades
from the examination boards are still
outstanding and some English Literature
papers will be remarked so some
modifications to the final percentages
will take place over the new term. Every
pupil gained at least 4 A*-G grades.
There are more outstanding individual
results than ever before and the following
pupils deserve a special mention:
91/2 A*: Emily May; 9A*: Mary Penman;
81/2 A*: Rachel Marsden ;
8A*: Lucy Buck; 7A*: Jennifer Fletcher,
Laura and Jemma Sulsh
Thomas Spencer; 51/2 A*: Kathryn
Woodroof; 5A*: Amy Dawson,
41/2 A*: Simon Goddard, Emily Halford;
4A*: Catriona Banks, Richard Jolly,
Jonathon Langford
(1/2 grades come from GCSE short courses,
which have the same difficulty as full GCSEs
but half the topics.)
This year many pupils in Year 10
continued with both languages, taking
an accelerated course in one language.
They took a GCSE in this language at
the end of Year 10. 75% gained an A*C grade.
• Farewell Mr Webster
and welcome Mr Blow
• Activities Week
• Language College News
• Duke of Edinburgh Awards
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INSIDE
Five students gained 4 As (Alison
Birch, Rebecca Canning, Daniel
Munford, Thomas Ogden and Paul
Williams); Rebecca and Thomas
(together with Josie Price and Tom
Williams) will be going to Oxford or
Cambridge; Laura and Jemma Sulsh
both gained 3 As to secure places to
study Veterinary Science at Bristol;
Debbie Clark was in the top 5 out of
9,000 candidates for Media Studies.
GCSE Successful Candidates
A level and AS results continued...
The Ashcombe School refuses to
participate in national press analysis
of A-level results because of the
unsophisticated manner in which data
is interpreted and the simplistic
conclusions which are drawn. For
example, in one paper last year,
selective and comprehensive schools
are listed together in the same table!
Although not participating in national
league tables The Ashcombe School
analyses its results in accordance with
criteria used by the national press and
is pleased to share information from
such analysis with the local
community. We are delighted that our
results are very similar to those from
last year, and that they are likely to
place the school amongst the highest
performing comprehensive schools in
the county and country.
The tariff for A and AS introduced by
the Universities and Colleges
Admission Service (UCAS) is
A-level:
A = 120 pts
B = 100 pts
C = 80 pts
AS-level: A = 60 pts
B = 50 pts
C = 40 pts
Mary Penman and Mr Blow
Chris Pike
Jenny Fletcher and Matt Lawton
Richard Jolly
Lucy Buck, Jon Langford and Chris Agent
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D = 60 pts
E = 40 pts
U = 0 pts
D = 30 pts
E = 20 pts
U = 0 pts
Kathryn Woodroof
Sara Cooke, Louisa Peck, Libby Searle, Melissa Chandler and
Catherine Martin
Farewell to Mr Webster
n evening was held to celebrate the
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career of Mr Webster who retired in
the summer term after 14 highly
successful years in post. On the final
day of the summer term, a presentation
was made to him by senior students on
behalf of the school.
Mr Webster led the school at a time
when massive changes were taking
place in education. Technologically in
1990 we were still in the world of BBC
computers, staffing levels were 12% or
about more generous than currently,
central government was flexing its
muscles but was not yet massively
intrusive and The Ashcombe School
had still to wait five more years before
its first Ofsted inspection.
Chair of Governors, Martin James,
paid tribute to Mr Webster:
“He has contributed so much to The
Ashcombe and his legacy will be with
us for a long time.
Many new buildings [and another
project about to start], the
development of our international
links, a high quality curriculum and
caring ethos have been achieved over
his period of tenure.
We are all very grateful to him for the
quality of his leadership and his
commitment to the school, and wish
him a very happy retirement.”
Mr Webster pictured with Rev John Berry and
Rev Nelson Porter following the final school
assembly of the summer term. The two
founding members of the “The Rockin’ Revs”
who have performed at school assemblies for
over ten years made Mr Webster’s last
assembly their final appearance too.
Welcome to Mr Blow
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s Mr Webster leaves his post, Mr
Blow, who has been Deputy
Headteacher at The Ashcombe for
sixteen years, takes up the role of
headteacher. He sees many advantages
of this smooth transition at the top.
finance, ICT and development planning. He
has led training sessions nationally and
abroad and appeared on BBC 2’s
Newsnight last year to explain the
complexities of interpreting statistics in
education.
“Staff and pupils already know me
and my personal commitment to the
school and high standards. It is a
privilege to lead The Ashcombe. The
staff are incredibly committed and
there is a good atmosphere around
the school,” said Mr Blow.
His prize for winning the South East
Teacher of the Year Award three years ago
has been put to good use in the school as it
has funded the recently completed piazza
area outside the Sixth Form Centre. (see
page 5)
He has become well known in Surrey
for his work in several areas of
education, particularly in those of
Mr Blow will work to continue the close
links between local schools and he has a
very busy first term ahead with an Ofsted
inspection and building works on the
Bradley site beginning after half-term.
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Scenes from Activities Week
Mr Webster greets parents about to see Year 8 pupils performing “Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
Pupils spent the week learning about the history of the Pharoahs, designing the set, learning the songs and many elements of stagecraft.
Pupils from Year 10 are pictured involved in the Business Game...
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Scenes from Activities Week
Year 9 pupils worked with teaching staff and professional artists on the piazza project
outside the Sixth Form Centre.
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Language College News
Annual ‘Big Sing’
local primary schools took
part in the annual “Big Sing” held
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at The Priory School this June.
Primary Chinese
rs Anne Martin, our Chinese
teacher, visited Year 4 classes
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in seven primary schools in the
Summer Term. Pupils were
enthusiastic and keen to greet each
other and learn numbers in Chinese.
We hope to develop a Primary
Chinese club this year.
Brockham Primary School
Abinger and Westcott Schools
Newdigate and Westcott Schools
St Paul’s Year 4
Year 8
Normandy
Trip
ine staff and five
adult helpers
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accompanied 112
Year 8 pupils to
Normandy in June.
The party stayed in a
Centre which offered
outdoor space for
sport, singing, drama
and a talent show as
well as classroom accommodation for
briefings and the inevitable disco! It
was possible to structure a successful
evening programme to complement
the days’ activities. The field trip was
varied and included historical visits to
Bayeux, Arromanches and Pegasus
Bridge as well as many languagebased activities.
Some comments from the pupils:
“It was really fun, learning how they
made bread.”
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“We travelled to the British cemetery. It
was so touching for all of us - so many
graves, so many men, so many tears. I
will personally never forget this
experience and I'm sure this goes for
everyone.”
“We went to Pegasus Bridge. There was
only one word for it - amazing. The
historical information was wonderful.
We went and stood on the original bridge
which still had bullet marks indented in
it. It made me think about how many
people risked their lives for us.”
“I think my language skills have
improved during this trip.”
“My favourite part of the Normandy
trip was the 360 cinema at
Arromanches. The film was really
moving and helped me understand more
of World War 11.”
Language College News
Cinco patitos
The photographs
show parents and
their children from
local primary
schools learning a
Spanish song
“Cinco patitos en
la laguna” [hence
the ducks!] in after
school language
lessons offered on
Wednesdays in the
Spring and
Summer terms.
Collaboration
primary schools from Year
All5 local
sent pupils to The Ashcombe for
a morning. They enjoyed using the ICT
facilities for independent learning of
MFL. Time was spent exploring
programmes in French and German.
We have had a series of training days
this year for all local primary school
language teachers which have
continued to encourage a collaborative
approach to Primary French.
Starhurst stars!
from Starhurst School who
Boys
have been attending Spanish at
The Ashcombe completed their
course this summer. Ms Fry, who left
us in the summer to take up a head
of languages post in another school,
did a superb task in working with the
boys, building their confidence and
enabling them to participate in
mainstream education. Working with
Starhurst's new headteacher, Mr John
Watson,we are keen to continue the
partnership this year. We wish Mr
Henry Kiernan,the retiring
headteacher of Starhurst a happy
retirement and thank him for all his
collaborative work and support with
the Language College.
Ashcombe’s staff and governors in Spain, Austria and China
in the world of languages
Ourandwork
our international links have
led to some of our staff being invited
to make several presentations both in
the UK and abroad. Ms Myers and Mr
Blow have continued to deliver the
half-termly workshops on making
effective use of ICT in the teaching of
MFL. Ms Myers spoke at the
Association of Language Learning
(ALL) Conference at Easter, was the
ALL nominated representative at an
EU seminar for a week in Barcelona
with representatives from around
Europe, and she spoke with Mr Blow
in Salzburg at one of the leading elearning centres in Austria.
Mr Thompson was invited to Beijing
by the British Council this summer to
lead training sessions for a group of
senior Chinese teachers.
For the latter part of the Easter break
and the first week of the term, our links
with ChangZheng School in Shanghai
were greatly strengthened. Ms Parr and
Mr Oliver accompanied by Mr
Thompson, fulfilled the curriculum
aspect of the visit, again made possible
by a grant from the British Council. A
lecture to 400 students and staff, and
English classes formed the basis of the
first part of the visit. The welcome
extended was extraordinary and The
Ashcombe School flag flies proudly
alongside that of our partner school and
flag of the People’s Republic of China!
Mr Webster and the Chair of Governors,
Mr Martin Jones, accompanied the
group on the second half of the visit.
Formal agreements regarding the
continuation of the link were signed in
the presence of the staff, students and
local dignitaries. Following the visit we
have put on the web-site some video
interviews for our Chinese partners.
One of our governors, Mr James Baker,
visited Shanghai at the end of August
and we arranged for him to visit
ChangZheng School on behalf of the
governors, thereby further strengthening
the links between our schools.
The Ashcombe School also welcomed
two Chinese teachers from Shanghai
in July [the third such visit] and they
were able to help with some of the
Chinese language and cultural aspects
of Business Week.
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French Exchange
Our annual visit to the
CES in Gouvieux was
again a great success.
Devant la Tour Eiffel
Above and left:
Pupils on the French
exchanges trying their hand
at painting pottery in
Limoges.
Music
he growing popularity
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of music in the school
was reflected in the
number of extra-curricular
activities last term.
There were GCSE and A
Level Performances,
Recital Evenings, a Lower
School Music Evening, a
Year 10 Inter-house Music
Festival and a
Performance Evening.
There was also the
Summer Soirée featuring
many talented musicians,
some of whom are shown
here.
Sam Peers, Tom Manuel and Shane Tanner
Louise Barker and Oliver Smith
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Rachel Stacey
• More news • More news • More news • More news •
Head Boy and
Head Girl
e are delighted that Lindsay
Jamieson and Guy Simmonds
will be Head Girl and Head Boy this
year. They have made an excellent
start and we look forward to
enthusiastic and proactive student
leadership this year.
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For parents and pupils in Years 9-11
For parents and students in the Sixth Form
CAREERS FAIR
Tuesday 21st September
6pm - 9pm
If you want to know what it is really like to be...
an Acupuncturist, Architect, Carpenter, Civil Servant, Counsellor, Designer (Graphic,
Interior or Landscape), Dentist, Doctor, Engineer (Civil or Electrical), Estate Agent, Finance
Manager, Film Editor, Film Producer, Health Visitor, Journalist, Nurse, Optician, Pharmacist,
Physiotherapist, Photographer, Radiographer, Retailer, Scientist (Research or Forensic),
Solicitor, Surveyor, Tailor, Teacher, Therapist (Beauty or Speech), Town Planner, Veterinary
Surgeon and many more, plus exhibitors from the world of Education, Business and the
Armed Services.
... do not miss this event!
This year there will be three short sessions during the evening that will appeal to
different audiences which will cover the following topics:
• Aim Higher - University can be for everyone!
• Teaching - Could you do it better?!
• Alternative routes to success - Careers that bypass university
Mole Valley poetry
competition winners
seven Year 7 pupils from
Twenty
7YS were invited to an awards
ceremony at Dorking Halls in July.
Their poems were published in the
‘Dorking Advertiser’.
Year 7 Bowling Trip
mid-June the Year 7 tutor team
Inwent
bowling at the Guildford
Spectrum with two coaches of pupils
to celebrate their very successful first
year at The Ashcombe School.
Open Mornings
100 Year 7 parents attended
Over
school in June to experience ‘life
in the classrooms’. They visited two
of their child’s lessons during their
visit.
The mornings were overwhelmingly
well received and so many parents
wished to return to school. They felt
they would have done better if lessons
had been like that in their day!
7.00pm - 7.25pm
7.30pm - 7.55pm
8.00pm - 8.30pm
Refreshments available throughout the evening
The PTA will be hosting a
70s & 80s
night
for parents and friends on
Saturday 18th September
8pm - 11.30pm
Live Music • Disco • Bar
Prof
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Arts ts in aid
of
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Please send a cheque payable to The Ashcombe School PTA
Tickets £7.50 each
either by post or via your son/daughter (to be taken to Ranmore or
Bradley Office) or ring 01306 500774 / 886143 for more details.
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Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
a successful training
Following
programme, approximately seventy
Year 10 pupils completed their practice
expeditions in the Surrey Hills in some
beautiful sunny weather. They all
successfully completed their assessed
expeditions and some have come
close to completing their awards.
Thirty Year 11 pupils had two
challenging weekends in the Mendip
Hills and Exmoor in some wet and
windy conditions as part of their
Silver Award. They acquitted
themselves very well despite some
blisters and many of them are now
keen to continue with the Award in
the Sixth Form this year.
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The Lower Sixth students taking part
in the Gold Award went to Dartmoor
during Activities Week in July. They
had 4 days walking and camping
under external assessment. They
were required to "wild camp" under
Gold regulations in Dartmoor, so they
did not have all the comforts and
luxuries of a campsite such as
showers or toilets, but really fended
for themselves on the moor.
coaching football and cricket, helping
in charity shops and a multitude of
other sporting activities.
As well as the expeditions, students
took part in a number of other
activities in order to complete their
awards. These included a fire service
course, first aid courses, helping out
with Brownies, Rainbows and Scouts,
If you, as a parent or a member of
the local community, are able to
assist with this popular extracurricular aspect of school life,
please contact Miss Watts at school
on 01306 886312.
We are still very fortunate to have the
support and expertise of Jackie Ager
on expeditions, although last term
was Cliff Butlin's final “season”. He
gave up his time for 10 years and his
support for this scheme will certainly
be missed. We wish him all the best
for the future.
Sport
in the
Community
Community Sports
Leaders Award
ince April, as part of their
Community Sports Leader Award,
a group of Lower Sixth students have
been into local primary schools and
led sessions with Year 3, 4 and 5
pupils.
An external moderator visited to
ensure all students met the standard
to pass the course and presented a
very encouraging report.
Having passed the school-based
element of the award, students had to
complete 10 hours of voluntary
service to receive the final
accreditation by the end of the
Summer Term.
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Athletics
he District Championships held at
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Kingsmeadow in May were
organised by Ashcombe staff. It was
a tremendous success and the County
Secretary congratulated the school
saying that never previously had she
been left with so little to do! It was a
great deal of hard work but very
pleasing to receive such praise.
Amongst individual pupil success the
following qualified to represent
Central Surrey at the County
Championships:
Sarah Boreham (Discus),
Zoe Shannon (1500m),
Becky Gardner (1500m)
Megan Cook (75m Hurdles).
The after-school Athletics club has
been well supported with up to 50
pupils attending. There were
opportunities to practise for Sports
Day and achieve badges for different
levels of ability from bronze to gold.
Congratulations to
★ Jessica Baynton and Bella
Coughlin who had trials with
Chelsea FC School for Excellence
We are delighted with the growing community links we
are establishing with our local primary and secondary
schools. Over 80 pupils from these schools are now
using our facilities.
★ Jake Dobson, who progressed from
the County Development rugby
squad to the full County squad
★ Sean McCarthy who continued
with his outstanding success in
Karate. In March he returned from
the Dublin Open as champion for
the second time and was invited to
attend a competition in America in
which he came third. He was then
selected for the Great Britain
squad. A fantastic achievement by
Sean!
★ Our Head of Physical Education,
Mr Marshallsay, who has been
offered a Fellowship to The
Physical Education Association of
the United Kingdom.
★ Charlotte Mann, who was given
the Sports Achievement Award in
the Mole Valley Youth Showcase
awards for outstanding
achievement in swimming. She
holds 25 Dorking Swimming Club
records and has national rankings
at several levels.
The ‘Sweet Chariot’
Rugby World Cup Tour
Rugby Football Club hosted
Dorking
this unique tour and over 30
pupils were invited to play against
local schools. The Year 11 team won
their age-group tournament. After the
matches the players (and staff) had
their photographs taken with the
Webb Ellis trophy which had been
held aloft victoriously by Martin
Johnson on that great day last
November! This was truly a special
day for all involved.
camps being organised during the
holidays and it is hoped some of our
players will attend and further refine
their skills.
Swimarathon
n June Richard Bulbeck and
Ipresentation
Christopher Day attended a
evening to celebrate the
annual Rotary Club (Deepdene)
Swimarathon in March.
Together with Jon Martin, Joe Carter,
Hayley Wearn and Stephen Thomas,
they once again won the Secondary
School Shield for the school and
reclaimed the trophy for the greatest
number of 50m laps (105) in their
allotted 55 minute session.
Having completed their own swim,
Richard, Christopher and Hayley stayed
poolside to support and encourage the
other four Ashcombe teams who
together swam a further 265 laps.
Competing in a great atmosphere of
mutual support and maximum effort
were: Oliver Horvath, Claire Day,
Aaron Dias-Jayasinha, Stuart Farrer,
Becky Gardner, Lucy Vincent, Daisy
Maugouber, Emma Parker, April
Richards, Harriet Allsop, Charlotte
Henwood, Amelia Maugouber, Nicola
Case, Alice Wearn, Oliver Smith, Lily
Woodroof and Chelsey Hill.
The personal benefits of competing in
such an event are considerable. In
addition, approximately £500 was
raised for Polioplus, The Ashcombe
Romania Link and The Royal Marsden
Hospital. Many thanks go to all who
supported and sponsored the
swimmers.
New Sport
Football (derived from
Flag
American Football) was continued
as an after-school club. The first ever
fixture was played against Christ's
Hospital, Horsham. It was a brilliant
match with Ashcombe losing on the
last play 21-28. There are summer
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KEY DATES FOR THE ASHCOMBE SCHOOL YEAR 2004-2005
AUTUMN TERM 2004
Wednesday 1 September ............Inset Day
Thursday 2 September ................Term starts
Thursday 9 September ................Upper 6th Parents’ Evening
Saturday 11 September................Y11 to Alton Towers
Thursday 16 September ..............PTA AGM + Educ. Evening 7.30
‘Sensitive Issues’
Saturday 18 September ..............PTA 70/80s evening
Tuesday 21 September ................Careers Fair
Thursday 23 September ..............Ofsted Parents meeting
Y11 Progress reviews to parents
Friday 24 September ..................European Day of Languages
Thursday 30 September ..............11X Parents' Evening
Friday 1 October ..........................Photo day
Saturday 2 October ......................PTA working party
Tuesday 5 October ......................11Y Parents’ Evening
Wednesday 6 October..................Y9 & 6th Form Assessments begin
Thursday 7 October ....................Annual Governors’ Meeting for
parents 7.30
Wednesday 13 October ..............Into the Sixth 6.30
Thursday 14 October ..................Inset day & Open Evening
Friday 15 October ........................Inset Day
Saturday 16 October ....................DoE Silver Practice
Monday 18 October ....................Ofsted inspection
Monday 25 October - Friday 29 October: HALF TERM
Monday 1 November ..................Y9 Assessments continue
Tuesday 2 November ..................Y7 Parents/Tutors 6pm
Sunday 7 November ....................Dress rehearsal
Monday 8 November ..................Primary Schools’ Performance
Tuesday 9 November ..................Performance
Wednesday 10 November ..........Performance
Thursday 11 November ..............L/U6th Maths Challenge
Friday 12 November ....................Performance
Saturday 13 November ................Performance
Wednesday 17 November............Upper 6th mock interviews
Thursday 18 November ..............10X Parents’ Evening
Friday 19 November ....................6th Form progress reviews to parents
Monday 22 November ................Y8 Assessments begin
Tuesday 23 November ................10Y Parents’ Evening
Tuesday 30 November ................L6 +targetted U6 Parents’ Evening
Thursday 2 December ................6th Form Dinner Dance
Y11 study leave starts
Friday 3 December ......................Y9 progress reviews to parents
Monday 6 December ..................Y7 Assessments begin
Christmas Service
Monday 13 December ................Y11 Practice exams
6th Form Certificate + Awards Evening
Wednesday 15 December
Thursday 16 December ..............Senior Citizens’ Party
Friday 17 December ....................Y10 progress reviews to parents
Term ends 1pm
SPRING TERM 2004
Tuesday 4 January........................Term starts
Friday 7 January ..........................Return of 6th Form pref. forms
Tuesday 11 January ......................Y11 Certificate evening 7.30
Tuesday 20 January......................Upper School Introduction 6.45
Wednesday 26 January ..............Y8 progress reviews to parents
Thursday 27 January ..................6th Form assessments - until 4 Feb
9 (V band) Parents’ Evening
Monday 31 January......................Y11 reports to parents
Tuesday 1 February......................9 (W band) Parents’ Evening
Wednesday 2 February ................Y9-11 Maths challenge
Thursday 3 February ..................Gym & Dance Evening
Saturday 5 February ....................DoE Bronze training
Monday 7 February......................Y11 & 1year L6th Work Experience
Tuesday 8 February......................Y10 Battlefields Trip - until 11 Feb
Thursday 10 February..................Y8(J,K)+targetted Y11Parents Evening
Friday 11 February ......................Y7 progress reviews to parents
Monday 14 - Friday 18 February: HALF TERM
Monday 21 February....................Charities Week
Tuesday 22 February ..................Y8 (L band) Parents’ Evening
Wednesday 23 February..............L6 trip to Berlin - until 25 Feb
Monday 23 February....................Y10 exams for two weeks
Thursday 3 March........................7X Parents’ Evening
Saturday 5 March ........................DoE Bronze Training
Tuesday 8 March ........................7Y Parents’ Evening
Friday 11 March ..........................6th Form reports to parents
Thursday 17 March......................Spring Concert 7.30
Thursday 25 March......................7X+Targeted Y11 Parents’ Evening
Friday 18 March ..........................DoE Gold practice (Fri-Sun)
Y7 Assessments until 24 March
Thursday 24 March......................Term ends
SUMMER TERM 2004
Monday 11 April ..........................Term starts
Friday 15 April ............................DoE Bronze practice
Monday 25 April ..........................Y8 exams begin
Y10 reports to parents
Tuesday 26 April ..........................Y7 and Y8 Maths Challenge
Friday 29 April ............................DoE Silver Assessment (Fri-Sun)
Monday 2 May..............................Bank Holiday
Tuesday 3 May..............................Y9 Nat. Curr. tests begin
Monday 9 May..............................Y9 exams
Monday 16 May............................A levels begin
Wednesday 18 May......................Y11 leavers’ assembly
Y11 Study leave begins
Friday 20 May ..............................Battlefields Trip
Last day for Lower 6th
DoE Bronze practice (Fri-Sun)
Monday 23 May............................Y7 Open mornings this week
GCSE exams begin
Wednesday 25 May......................Y7 reports to parents
Thursday 26 May ........................Last day for Upper 6th
Friday 27 May ..............................Inset Day
Monday 30 May - Friday 3 June : HALF TERM
Friday 11 June ..............................DoE Bronze Assessment (Fri-Sun)
Monday 20 June ..........................Lower 6th return
Tuesday 21 June ..........................Inset Day
Thursday 23 June ........................Interhouse Music Festival
Friday 24 June ..............................6th Form Induction Day
Wednesday 29 June ....................Lower 6th HE parents’ evening
Thursday 30 June ........................Treasure Hunt 6pm
Friday 1 July ................................DoE Bronze Assessment (Fri-Sun)
Monday 4 July ..............................New intake evening
Tuesday 5 July ............................New intake Day
Thursday 7 July ............................Track Day. Summer Soirée (Hall) 7.30
Friday 8 July ................................Reserve Track Day
Saturday 9 July ............................DoE Gold Expedition
Monday 11 July ............................Activities Week
Tuesday 12 July ............................Lower 6th Work experience week
Wednesday 13 July ......................Y10 Internal Bus. Conf.
Thursday 14 July ..........................Y9 Activities Week
Friday 15 July ..............................Y8 Drama; Y7 Germany
Monday 18 July ............................China and Tanzania visits depart
Thursday 21 july ..........................Y9 reports to parents
Friday 22 July ..............................Term ends 1pm
Thursday 18 August ....................A Level Results
Thursday 25 August ....................GCSE Results