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Best ever results at A and A* Over the last few weeks over 400 Groby Community College students have received their GCSE and A Level results. It has been yet another bumper crop of exam results this year with a quarter of all GCSE and A2 results being awarded a grade A or an A*. Quite rightly the students have cause to celebrate! The AS and A Level results saw some exceptional results. A* and A grades at A Level placed the college in the top two in the county and AS results rose considerably from last year. 27% of all grades awarded were at A and A* which is an increase from 2010. Top performers at A Level included Sam Parr and Emma Haylock who achieved 3 A* at A Level. Sam who also achieved a fourth A level at A grade will be studying English at Birmingham. Other top performing A Level students Annalisa Martin who has secured her place at Oxford University to study History and German. At GCSE 24% of all grades achieved were at A and A* grade. 77% of students achieved 5+A*-C grades and 54% with English and Maths. Top performing students at GCSE include Rebecca Broad with 15A* and 1 B grade and Thomas Flavell with 15A*-B grades. New Principal Robert Coles stated that he was thrilled to see the results of such a hard working group of students. He stated ‘exam results always reflect the hard work and efforts of the young people who take them. When students achieve they should feel duly proud of their incredible effort and commitment.’ He also went onto to praise the hard work of the staff and the leadership of Caroline Wilkins, the outgoing Principal. ‘The staff at Groby Community College and at Brookvale and South Charnwood High School should also be thrilled by these GCSE and A Level results. It is the hard work of the people who surround the students who also contribute so much to these outcomes.’ The staff at the college and high schools wishes all of the students the best of luck with the next stage in their education and thank the parents and carers for their endless support.
Don’t Miss the Fun Day for Groby on Sunday 18th Sept. A summer fun day in aid of charity is to take place in Groby, on Sunday 18th September from 9am. Colleagues from Midlands Co-operative Foodstore, on Leicester Road, will be holding the event to raise money for their colleague-elected charity the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association. Activities will include a raffle, a tombola, a cake stall, family games and much more. Customers, and colleagues, will also get a chance to soak the store manager in what is expected to be a very popular “Throw Wet Sponges at the Manager” game. Store Manager, Paul Simpson said: “The MND Association is our colleague-elected charity and we are committed to supporting them as much as we can. Organising a summer fun day helps the store raise money for charity and give something back to the local community at the same time. We held a similar event in 2009 and raised almost £1,000 for charity. We are hoping to do even better this year. ”
SAD ANNOUNCEMENT It is with great sadness that I have to announce the passing of my life partner and business partner Susan Hatton. Susan and I have been publishing local magazines together for around 15 years and many of our advertisers and contributors will have spoken with her regularly on the phone, or met her in person. Susan was a wonderful woman, loving and caring, who always put other people first. She was extremely proud of our publications and worked tirelessly to make them useful and interesting to our thousands of readers. Her sudden passing has left me devastated, and getting this issue out without her help and support has been extremely difficult. It has been put together in a real hurry, and may not be up to our usual standard. I apologise in advance if I’ve omitted an advert or article which should have appeared.
Mike Wilkinson
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Truckstops ........ 8 Book Sale ...........9 Jottings .......11-12 Missing Cat ...... 13 NHS Dentistry .14 Groby WI ........ 19 Eustace ............21 Allotments ......22 Gardening ...... 23 PLUS LOTS MORE!
Next issue out on 15th October • Article/Advert Deadline: 1st October