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Welcome also special guests, par- and Mr McClintock, joined ably
ents, friends and representatives this past September by Mrs Has-

of local businesses – who encour- tings and Mr McKillop. We are all
age us at all times and whose sup- supported by an administrative,
port we do not take for granted. ancillary and support staff, man-
aged efficiently by Mrs Smith,
My thanks also to Mr Gray, and At GCSE Level, Year 12 pupils, their
who are second to none in the
the whole team of Governors, for teachers and parents, can be just-
teamwork and commitment they
their support and wisdom in un- ly proud of their GCSE achieve-
show in this college.
ending ways, not least in recent ments this summer, which were
years in the plans for our new As I come to the Report for the best on record. 75% of stu-
build. 2016/17 I want to congratulate and dents achieved a minimum of 5
celebrate every Prize winner for
grades in the A – C range, with
shining in the past year. Just as almost 50% achieving a minimum
The teaching staff has been very the person who moves a moun- of 7, and it is especially pleasing to
patient in this process, operating tain, begins by carrying away very note this included both English
with a growing population of chil- small stones – so improvement and Maths. There were outstand-
dren in a building designed for begins in small ways every day. ing A – C passes in vocational sub-
about 200 less. I want to thank Therefore, may all those devel- jects such Horse Care, Community
them for their professionalism oped in more modest ways, be Sport, BTEC Sport , Home Eco-
and assure them that I value their inspired too, in the knowledge nomics, Agriculture, Construction,
individual and collective contribu- that to improve is the greater part Applied Business, Prince’s Trust,
tion in making this school special. of success. Media Studies, Technology and
Our teachers reach out to our pu-
Performing Arts, but this was also
pils on a daily basis with the pur-
matched in more traditional sub-
pose of lifting them up to all we Coming to our Examination re-
jects such as English Literature,
believe they can become. As a sults, we have continued to devel-
Further Maths, Art, Double Award
staff we are united in that work. I op our profile of A Level subjects,
Science, Engineering, English, Ge-
trust that every pupil here can say & the number of students study-
ography, ICT, Music and RE. Re-
of at least one teacher: ‘Because ing A level. This year, 91% of the
sults were achieved over a range
of you, I didn’t give up’. student cohort was entered for
of 32 subjects in a full range of
three subjects, and in keeping
general and applied courses
with previous years, there were
many outstanding individual per- providing pupils with a wide range
of options for their future path-
formances, with 75% of all grades ways. Such success comes as a
being Grade C or better and 91% of
result of hard work on the part of
all grades, Grade D or better.
the pupils, diligence on the part of

teachers, combined with commit-
ment from parents. Where there
Special congratulations go to the
following pupils for outstanding is a combination of belief, high
individual performances and expectations and hard work,
young people have been able to
achieving at least 2 A grades with-
in their profile: Ryan Chan, Rebec- exceed the performance of many
of their counterparts in schools
I especially acknowledge the dili- ca Fowler,
which select by means of en-
gence and professionalism of my Chris Finlay, Rachel Thompson, trance tests, confounding the sys-
Vice-Principal, Mr Oliver and the Rebecca Linton, Lucy McCullough tem and pushing the boundaries
commitment of the Strategic & Stacy Millar. of success.
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