your family
Open days at
Queen Margaret’s Queen Margaret’s School in Escrick prides itself on offering a quality education, with excellent teaching, superb facilities and varied opportunities for learning. Around 90% of girls are boarders and they also welcome day girls from York and the surrounding villages. Exam results in 2010 were their best ever: at A Level 25% of entries gained the new A* grade and 93% of entries achieved A*, A or B and at GCSE 92% of all entries were awarded grade A*-B. They also offer Scholarships in Art, Dance, Drama, Music and Sport. You can find out more at their next two Open Days on Saturday 12th February and Saturday 26th March from 10:30am. They are also pleased to welcome families for individual visits at any time. n Contact Jackie Hallewell on 720072 to arrange an appointment.
Hair & beauty
competition
Students showed off their flair and creativity during York College’s annual hair and beauty competition. The event, held York Racecourse, involved about 250 full and part-time hairdressing and beauty therapy students. Denise Morrison, Head of Division for Hair, Beauty and Holistic Therapies at York College, says: "This annual event provides a superb learning experience for the Hair & Beauty students at York College, each year they rise to the challenge and prove to themselves, and to employers, that they can use their skills effectively whilst under pressure.." The winning students will go forward to a regional heat in Gateshead and the winners from the regional heat compete in the national finals to be held in Blackpool in March. 45