Morning Reading 2nd June
Today, Sam Baker discusses how the coronavirus has made an impact on our language.
Morning reading 1st June
Deputy Head, Sam Baker takes us on a walk around the school in her first morning reading of the week.
Morning reading 20th April
This week would have been Ellie Clark’s morning readings. In the spirit of community and distance learning there will be three virtual morning readings straight from her kitchen!
Today we touch on, amongst other points, shopping, travel and baking.
Watch the first one below.
A record year for GCSE results at Ackworth School
The Head of Ackworth School, Anton Maree, said he is very proud of their GCSE pupils as the school recorded its best-ever number of top grades.
This year, Ackworth School’s GCSE pupils scored more 8-9 grades, with 94.7% A*-C grades, compared to 2018. More than half of our pupils achieved grades 9-7 (51.6%).
71.3% of pupils achieved 9-6 grades (A*-B).
Click here to see our full results.
There were outstanding performances from Eleanor Morris, who achieved nine grade 9s and one grade 8; Harry Dean, with eight grade 9s and two grade 8s; and Joshua Dawson, with eight grade 9s, one grade 8 and one grade 7.
“This excellent result is in spite of the tightening of grade boundaries, particularly at the top end where 9s are very hard to achieve,” said Anton Maree.
“Many of our pupils have secured top grades, and all of them have been stretched and challenged very successfully at our school.”
94% per of pupils who received their A-Level results last week had secured their choice of university, with many going to The Russell Group, which represents the 24 leading universities in the UK.
Anton Maree said that Ackworth School had pupils from all over the world and he was delighted that so many of them had improved upon their predicted grades.
“Our teachers stretch and challenge all according to their ability, and what matters most is that pupils achieve what they are capable of. So many have done that today and embark upon their Sixth Form courses with the confidence to achieve what they have set out to accomplish.”
Ackworth School enters all of its pupils as internal candidates, contrary to claims that independent schools make weaker students take exams as ‘external candidates’ to protect their league table standings.
Ackworth School is not a selective school, and we are proud of our ability to add value to our pupils’ performances.
Congratulations to all our GCSE pupils on your results!
Consistent Results for A-Levels at Ackworth School
The overall pass rate for Ackworth School A-Level pupils was 95% and we are very proud of our leavers as they look to a bright future. Our pupils have good reason to celebrate today having achieved a good set of results in the 2019 A-Level exams. 15% of pupils received A*-A grades and 43% A*-B grades.
95% of our pupils achieved an overall pass rate and results were particularly strong in the Sciences again with a pass rate of 96% and in Art and PE where every pupil achieved A*-B.
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Several of our pupils did very well, achieving A*s and As, Roy He achieved one A* and two As and Olivia Howden achieved three As, but we are also proud of those pupils who had to work very hard to achieve a pass.
Commenting on the results, Anton Maree, Head of Ackworth School said: “These results reflect the hard work and commitment of our pupils, parents and staff who have supported them. Ackworth has never been a selective school but our results are consistent. We encourage all of our pupils, who come from many different backgrounds, and several different countries to do their best in everything they set out to achieve.”
94% per of pupils who received their A-Level results last week had secured their choice of university, with many going to The Russell Group which represents the 24 leading universities in the UK.
Some of the leaver University destinations include University of Edinburgh, University College London, University of Leeds and the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.
