OA Bulletin december 2011
Headmaster’s Notes
Doubles all round
and will be updated as re-marks come in. The A level results were particularly n The biggest ever school roll, the best ever timely, with so much competition and so A level and GCSE results, and the prospect much at stake, not least financially, this of the school soon doubling its existing floor year for applicants to university, and it space – Headmaster Andrew Grant reports was particularly pleasing that well over an another record-breaking period for the 90% of the Upper Sixth secured their school offer. The overwhelming majority of these were their first choice, and of the few who It has been a summer of entered Clearing, everyone who wanted records: to go to university this year found a very This time last year, I was suitable course – in one or two cases even noting a record improving on the offer they total school had held! population of just over 780, The A level results Success was not confined and a record 280-strong sixth to the academic sphere and were particularly form. Those records did not the sporting highlights of the last long. This term began summer term made pleasing timely, with so with 814 on roll and 294 in the reading. Sixth Form, 71 of them girls. The cricket season ended much competition with a 64% win ratio overall, Records were set, too, at A level, where the percentage the First XI ending up on and so much at of A*/A grades rose over 10 56% and winning our own points on last year to 73% Twenty20 tournament. The stake, not least and the proportion at the U15s won the District and traditional measure of A* - B County Cups, with Robbie financially hit a new high of 94%. 63 Goldstone making a fine 102 students achieved at least one not out in the County Final A* grade and 75 achieved 3 or against St George’s. The U13 more A grades. Needless to say, these, too, and U14 sides also won their District Cups were all records. and the U12s were losing District finalists Not to be outdone, the Fifth Form added against County Champions Sir John Lawes. three percentage points to the A* ratio at Patrick Scott set a new School record with GCSE with 55% and matched the previous 167 for the U14A side against Aylesbury best at A*/A (at this pre-remark stage) with Grammar. 87%. 22 boys hit double figures for A* and In Athletics, the U16s arrived at the the average grade was halfway between an final County League meeting with high A* and an A. hopes of medals and Drew Daniels-Smith, You may have caught most of this in the George Rose, and the relay team did not various league tables in the national press, disappoint, all taking wins. which made for encouraging reading, but if Adam Thorpe, Jordan Bayer Goldman you didn’t, full details are on the web site and George Rose travelled to Winchester
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