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Advertising Feature Isambard’s first exam pupils pass Varied, demanding
College October open day and enjoyable
New College Swindon is celebrating with flying colours
fantastic exam results at a school Isambard Community School in North Swindon came of age this sum- At Bradon Forest School we place
leavers’ open day on 6 October. mer, having seen its very first intake of students depart with excellent the highest priority on our stu-
At A Level, students achieved GCSE results. dents’ learning experience, writes
an impressive 98.3 per cent overall Seventy eight headteacher Len Spiers.
pass rate, which will stand them per cent returned Our students
in good stead for a bright future, five or more A* - have access to a
despite increased competition for C grades, with 65 challenging and
jobs and university places. per cent achieving balanced cur-
Rachel Greenhill, from Sparcells, the five top grades riculum which
achieved an A* in Chemistry and As including English is supported by
in Advanced Maths, Psychology, and Maths. excellent teach-
Biology, and Extended Project. Many students ing and pastoral
She will be going to the University had taken GCSEs provision.
of Southampton to take an under- prior to reaching We are proud of our students’
graduate masters in Chemistry. Year 11, reflecting academic, cultural and sporting
She said: “I am so pleased with my the school’s ethos achievements. These many and
results. I have found New College of encouraging Year 11 lead peer mentor Katie Chilvers received the PMs varied successes are based on first
to be great fun, with really good the most able to Plate at Isambard’s annual award evening on 12 September class teamwork and an emphasis on
teaching.” take exams when from the Mayor of Swindon Michael Bray and guest speaker ensuring students and staff set high
This year GCSE learners ready rather than 1988 Winter Olympian Eddy the Eagle Edwards standards and goals in all aspects
achieved an outstanding overall when they have reached a certain Matthew Gilbert who not only re- of school life.
pass rate of 99.8% across a wide year. ceived 12 A* GCSEs, he also passed Choosing the right school is a
range of subjects, including Samuel Speaking about the pupils’ AS level Maths and achieved an major decision for any family, par-
Godding, who achieved an A* in performance, headteacher Rachel A-level qualification through his ticularly those who may not have
Mandarin Chinese. Mattey said: “I am really pleased extended research topic in film- had experience of the process.
There are courses to suit every- with the results and feel that our making. Our open mornings from 24 Sep-
one at New College, with BTECS, slightly different approach to exams Year 10 student Charlotte Higgs tember to 22 October enable families
Diplomas, NVQs and Apprentice- has been vindicated. got three A* and two As in her GC- to experience the ‘real flavour’ of
ships. “The majority of our students SEs, while Josh Graham achieved an Bradon Forest - visiting lessons
New College offers the full student have now gone on to college, with A in his A-level extended topic, and and meeting students and staff. We
experience, with 63 A Levels to some starting apprenticeships and was one of only 335 students in the are confident that visiting Bradon
choose from, great facilities, a lively a small number going straight into country to be granted a prestigious Forest will enable you to gain an
Student Union and a high standard work.” engineering scholarship from the insight into the strengths of our
of teaching to help students achieve Top achievers this year include Arkwright Scholarships Trust. busy, happy and successful school.
their goals. Please see the advert on page 5.

ISAMBARD

OPEN

EVENING

2012

Wednesday 3rd Tel: 01793 705400
October 2012 Redhouse Way, Redhouse,
Swindon, SN25 2ND
5:30 to 8:30pm [email protected]
www.isambard.swindon.sch.uk

No end of possibilities . . .

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