New Hall Preparatory School Friday 6th September 2013 IS S U E 23 9
What’s New? Weekly Newsletter from New Hall Preparatory School
In this issue, GCSE and A Level Success P.1 Music and Drama Exam Success P.2
Forthcoming Events
WED 11 SEP 6.00—8.00pm Riding Social THUR 12 SEP 1.00—4.00pm Years 5 & 6 Problem Solving, Team Building and Leadership Development Workshops THUR 19 SEP 1.30—2.30pm Year 2 educational visit from the Essex Fire Service
Welcome Back! WELCOME A warm welcome back to all returning pupils and staff. We hope you have had a wonderful summer holiday and are feeling refreshed. To all new pupils and staff, we would like to welcome you into our school family; we look forward to getting to know you and we hope you will be very happy here. THANK YOU Headteacher, Sarah Conrad, would like to thank all parents for their very generous gifts to both herself and staff at the end of the last academic year. It was very much appreciated. ESSEX BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS Over the summer, we were delighted to hear the news that we have been shortlisted in three categories in the Essex Business Excellence Awards 2013. We are finalists in Best Growing Business, Community and the Excellence in Marketing categories. The award ceremony is to be held on Thursday 12 September and we will report on the outcome in due course. TATLER SCHOOLS GUIDE 2014 We were also pleased to feature in the Tatler Schools Guide for the third year running. This prestigious guide of the top preparatory and private schools in the
country is available to buy now. You can read their review of New Hall on our website. GCSE AND A LEVEL SUCCESS GCSE and A Level students from the Senior School have been celebrating remarkable results this summer. There was a 50% increase in A* grades at GCSE since last year, with a record 52% of grades being A*/ A. In the A Level results, 76% achieved A*B grades, whilst 94% achieved A*-C. Many pupils subsequently have won places at Oxbridge to study subjects such as Classics, Politics, Philosophy and Economics. PAST PUPILS EXCEL! Former Preparatory School pupils were amongst the highest performing students at both GCSE level and A Level: Lucy Ashfield achieved an outstanding 11 A* grades and a Distinction in her GCSEs; Harriet Bartram-Baird and Molly Conrad achieved 11 A*-A grades; Thomas Macfarlane and Emma Marler achieved 10 A*-A grades; Lucy Greenwood, who is just entering Year 9, took her Mathematics GCSE early and achieved an A* grade - a tremendous achievement for her age. At A Level, Imogen Ovenden and Alex Marler each achieved 2 A* grades and 1 A grade and Portia McEwan achieved 2 A grades and a B grade. Congratulations to all of them on a wonderful set of results!