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  • KS3 History Summer Residential Trip To France

    Published 20/09/23

    Following the hugely successful trip to Poland with members of the older year groups, it was time to provide a history trip for the younger pupils and where better to go than Normandy and Paris?  Having departed from school before the dawn chorus we were at our first destination of Honfleur in time to polish off the substantial lunches not already digested on the coach.  Exploring this magical harbour town of brightly painted houses, chocolate shops and the largest wooden church in France (made only with axes) it is no wonder artists such as Claude Monet made it their home.  From here to the chateau where we were staying was an hour’s drive and arriving at our base,  where delicious food, first rate facilities (including a swimming pool)  and friendly staff awaited, we quickly unpacked and the evening was our own.

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  • Orchestra for All every Friday lunchtime in Mu2. All staff and students are welcome.

    Published 07/09/23

     

     

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  • GCSE Results 2023

    Published 01/09/23

    With GCSE results returning to 2019 levels we are pleased that our results have surpassed our 2019 performance in many areas.

    We are a comprehensive school that is proud of the achievements of all our students, especially as 80% of our students gained a grade 9-4 in English and in Maths this was 75%.

     

    Today we get to celebrate many personal achievements, however we would like to mention a few students who have achieved exceptionally high grades:

     

    Oscar Brocklehurst – Nine 9 grade 9s

    Olivia Zirgulyte – Three 9s, three 8s, one 7 and two 6’s

    Lewis Longley – Two 9s, three 8s, two 7s and 2 6s

    Sophie Strawson – Two 9s, three 8s, three 7s and one 6

    Abheetha Singhara-Mudalige – One 9, three 8s, four 7s and one 6

     Our school values are Aspire, Endeavour and Achieve, which is embedded in everything we do at Charles Darwin. It is for this reason that I would like to recognise the progress made by the following students for making exceptional progress since leaving their primary school, significantly higher than the national averages:

     

    Alexandra Horner
    Erin Iliffe
    Grace Doyle
    Olivia Zirgulyte
    William Clement

     Headteacher, Mr Aston Smith said:

    “It is a great privilege to be able to celebrate the achievements of our students. These results are testament to the commendable attitude to learning by our students and the dedication of our fantastic staff and the encouragement and support from the parents.

    I am delighted to be able to welcome the majority of this year group back into our sixth form and for those that are moving on to college or apprenticeships I wish them the very best for the future.”

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