THE
EMANUEL EDIT
FEBRUARY 2024
The latest news from Emanuel School
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430 YEARS OF EMANUEL SCHOOL
EMANUEL RECOGNISED AS ‘DOUBLE EXCELLENT’ BY ISI
Mr R Milne Headmaster This year’s St Cecilia’s Concert was held at St John’s Smith Square, one of London’s great concert venues, to mark the 430th anniversary of the foundation of the school.
Mr R Milne Headmaster At the very end of last term, the Independent Schools Inspectorate came to the school to review our provision for all aspects of compliance and education. We have now been sent the written version of the outcomes, which will also be made available on our website and on the ISl’s website.
We welcomed over 400 guests, many of whom were OEs, to enjoy a celebration of the superb musical talent within our pupil body. We were joined by the Berkeley Ensemble, a professional octet based in London, and five of our pupils (Emilia, harp; Tallulah, clarinet; Maisie, flute; Kate, orchestral percussion; and Sean, voice) had the opportunity to perform a solo accompanied by these musicians.
The inspection team, 8 people, spent 3 full days with the school and more time remotely. Compliance
Some of the highlights included the Symphony Orchestra’s rendition of VaughanWilliams’ English Folk Song Suite, the Senior Strings playing two movements from Holst’s St Paul’s Suite, the Concert Band playing two movements from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, a fully orchestrated version of the Emanuel School Song (during which some of the OEs in the audience joined in!) and a medley from ‘Phantom of the Opera’ featuring the school choir, organ and orchestra.
A LEVEL AND IGCSE RESULTS Mr R Milne Headmaster A level Huge congratulations to our leavers on their results day. Within this context and set against the prepandemic A level outcomes of 2019 and before, our 2023 leavers (a cohort 50% larger than the one seen 5 years ago, and a third larger than in 2019) have achieved very strong outcomes, gaining Oxbridge, Russell Group, leading university and specialist college places. It also means that they have continued the pattern of A Level results improving year on year (in non- pandemic impacted years) from 2017, with over half of all results graded A*A.
On regulatory compliance, which includes safeguarding, ISi may award either a ‘being met’ or ‘not being met’ verdict against the standards and I am pleased to say that we achieved the former in every area. I would very much like to thank the school’s bursar, and compliance officer, as well as a number of senior teaching and support staff colleagues for their careful oversight and operations in these areas. In my time, as a senior colleague in schools, regulations have grown a great deal and demand a significant amount of work and care from everyone involved.
IGCSE Many congratulations to our Year 11s, achieving exceptional results, with 41% of grades at level 9, our highest outcome in any examination year. We are delighted to have seen a continued year-on-year growth at GCSE with some outstanding individual performances. This hard-working and talented bunch of pupils ought to be incredibly proud of themselves and their achievements. A level Results 2023 (including EPQ) 22.7% A* 52.4% A*-A 84.3% A*-B 97.5% A*-C IGCSE Results 2023 41% 9 68% 9-8 87% 9-7 96% 9-6
Educational quality A full ISi inspection also covers educational quality. This is divided into two categories: • The achievement of the pupils, including their academic development, and; • The personal development of the pupils. The judgement descriptors can be ‘excellent’, ‘good’,‘sound’ or ‘unsatisfactory.’ I am delighted to explain that in both cases; • •
personal development; and academic (and other) achievement
Emanuel is recognised as ‘excellent’ by ISI.