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 !!! CHANGE OF DATE OF

STAFF TRAINING DAY !!!

Please note that the Staff training day originally planned for Monday June 7th has had to be moved to Friday 30th April 2010

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Year 10 Parent Consultation Evening

Tuesday 2nd March

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BEAMINSTER SCHOOL RESULTS

Staff and students at Beaminster School have been celebrating another set of successful GCSE results with an outstanding 60% of students achieving five A*-C grades, including Mathematics and English, and 66% achieving five A*-C grades overall.

 

Headteacher Mike Best said: “We are delighted with these results which show that our students have achieved their potential. This is a testimony to their hard work and the great support provided by teachers and parents. We take great pride in being a comprehensive school and celebrate the success of every single student.”

 

Outstanding amongst these students was Charlotte Marshall with ten A* and one A grade and Hannah Singleton with five A* and five A grades. Alongside these they also achieved an A grade at AS Critical Thinking and the ICT Certificate in Digital Applications.

 

Other students who deserve a particular mention were Emily Slate with six A* and four As, Constance Lambert with four A* and 6 As, Daisy Porter with four A* and 5As, Harriet O’Shea with 2A* and 7As, James Frost with 7As and an A grade for AS Critical Thinking.

 

Iga Kasparek gained two A*, four A, four B and a C grade after only two years of English schooling, whilst Teaching Assistant Jacqueline Hyde enjoyed her Art so much that she took the GCSE and gained an A*.

 

In Year 10, 65 students took GCSE examinations early. 98 per cent gained an A*-C grade in English Literature, an outstanding 100 per cent of the 33 French students achieved A*-B grades as did all five of the PE students. Bracken Stockley and Christina James also achieved an AS in French with a C grade and D grade respectively.     

 

At A level, for the second year running Beaminster School has been confirmed as having student performance in the top 10% of schools nationally.

 

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“Beaminster Technology College is a good school

that is well-led and managed”
(OFSTED REPORT November 2008)

The full Ofsted report can now be viewed by clicking on the "Ofsted Report" page

Inspectors commented upon the successful ethos of the school:

“Students enjoy coming to school”

 “Students are well behaved and happy and care very much about their school”

“They are polite, friendly, cooperative and keen to learn”

Headteacher Mr Mike Best said: "We are extremely pleased that the hard work of our staff and students has been acknowledged so comprehensively.

I am particularly pleased that the Inspectors noted the outstanding contribution made by our students, their excellent attitudes and the extent to which they enjoy school. They deserve great credit for their hugely positive contribution to the inspection. I should like to thank the large number of parents who wrote to the Lead Inspector expressing their overwhelmingly positive views of our work.”

"The report endorses the culture of improvement and development that we have sustained over the last few years. Our task now is for all of us, staff, students and governors to continue to work hard and achieve even higher standards."