I am delighted to say that the planned ICT infrastructure work undertaken at the new sixth form centre went really well over half term, as did the changes to the main school site. We will be working with Dominic Harris to produce a virtual tour showing how the sixth form centre will look over the [...]
Read moreWe are pleased( never complacent!) with the current position of the school in the national league table picture, it is always rewarding when the students achieve a value added score that puts them in the top 12 of all schools in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. This is a measure of progress from Key stage 2 at [...]
Read moreHappy New Year to all students, staff, governors and parents. The Autumn term finished with a flourish, many thanks and congratulations to the prefect team for organising one the the best Pop Mimes on record, thoroughly enjoyed by all. Also congratulations to the contestants who entered the book mastermind competition. Mrs Marriott tells me that [...]
Read moreAs we enter the last week of the term we have a lot of very positive experiences to look back on and many great things to look forward to in the new year. Last week we held our Winter Concert which was teamed with the Craft Fair to raise funds for our partner school in Rwanda, [...]
Read moreAs we enter the half term break it is a good time to reflect on the success of the first half term and to look ahead at our plans for the future. We will be holding a commemoration service for Terry Hyde and Aaron Sayer at 4.00pm on All Souls Day, November 2nd 2011. We [...]
Read moreIt was great to see over 1000 visitors at our Open Evening, our chance to show parents and members of the community all that is good about the school. Mrs McKenzie and I gave talks at both Middle schools after the open evening about the transition arrangements for 2012, it was a real pleasure to [...]
Read moreThe first three weeks back at school have been very busy, as you would expect. We have 988 students on roll this year and they have got off to a really promising and positive start. This has been witnessed by the many visitors we have had to the school over the past couple of weeks, [...]
Read moreAs we prepare for the return to school this week it is time to reflect on the exam results of the summer. I spoke of A level last week, this week I speak in praise of the year 11 GCSE scores. The year group did exceptionally well, achieving 82% overall and 65% 5+GCSE A*-C grades [...]
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