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GCSE Examination Results 2010
Staff and pupils celebrate the GCSE results published today. 82.7% of grades awarded were A* to C grades. It was pleasing to note that over 24% of all grades were the top grades of A*/A. Yet again our girls excelled with 94% of graded being A*- C and over 45% of grades secured were A* or A. Most departments recorded 100% pass. Results for IGCE were published earlier with over 86% awarded pass grades between A*-C. Whilst heartfelt congratulations go to all students...
24th August, 2010 - read more >
2010 A level and IB Examination Results
The A level celebrations with the success of the International Baccalaureate for a bumper year of excellent grades. The first year of the A* grade has given Ellesmere sixth formers the opportunity to record the high standard achieved with over 10% of grades awarded to our girls being A* and nearly 5% of grades the boys gained were the top A* Overall performance was excellent with close to 97% of students achieving pass grades including some top class individual results. 50% of...
20th August, 2010 - read more >
Navy Cadets Attend Royal Review and Buckingham Palace Garden Party
Three Combined Cadet Force Navy cadets from Ellesmere College were recently invited to take part in the Cadet 150 Royal Review which culminated in a garden party at Buckingham Palace.The Year 9 Navy cadets Molly Venner, Annabel Rogan and Ronald Clewlow accompanied by Acting Sub Lieutenant Michael Coats, Head of IT and an officer in the Navy Section of the School’s Combined Cadet Force, were invited to participate in this historic event that celebrated 150 years of the cadet’s forces. They were...
16th July, 2010 - read more >
Become a Sports Leader
This summer, Ellesmere College is offering teenagers from 14 years the opportunity to develop their Sports Leadership skills.For the second summer Ellesmere will be offering the Level 1 Award in Sports Leadership, a nationally recognised qualification. Last year 6 candidates passed the 5 day course and many have gone on to use the qualification in school or assisting at clubs and holiday activities. The level 1 Award in Sports Leadership gives youngsters from 14 years old an opportunity to start...
16th July, 2010 - read more >
Summer Adventure+
This summer, Ellesmere College is again holding its highly successful Adventure+ course. The course which is for children 11 to 15 years old offers a week of challenging activities, run by outdoor pursuits expert Martin Digby.The first week of the course will be starting next week Monday 26th July with participants taking part in 2 days of Canoeing on Ellesmere, then later in the week rock climbing sessions will take place off site at either Pant or Llangollen. These sessions will be run by...
16th July, 2010 - read more >
International Baccalaureate Success
Students were celebrating some exceptional International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) results following their publication in early July. The IB is offered as an alternative alongside A levels. Top performers included Stella Lesch who scored 42 points, equivalent to over 5 Grade As at A level and Afra Ekert, 40 points. Vivian Grudde and Niko Wojtynia both scored 38 points, 5 grade As equivalent at A level. Stella Lesch achieved 3 exceptional grade 7s in particular...
11th July, 2010 - read more >
Making Holidays Fun
This summer Ellesmere College have organised a variety of activities to keep children entertained throughout the summer holidays. Following on from the success of previous years of activities Ellesmere is offering a 5 week fun filled programme. The summer is kicking off with 1 week of Adventure+ from Monday 26th to Friday 30th July, which will also run later in the summer from Monday 16th to Friday 20th August. Participants aged from 11 to 15 years old will have the opportunity to Canoe and...
7th July, 2010 - read more >
Old Ellesmerian Debuts First Play at School’s Arts Centre
As part of her gap year activities, a former Ellesmere College student has recently written and directed a play which was performed this week in the School’s Arts Centre by a trio of Sixth Form students.Catherine Wignall, who herself has performed in numerous plays at the School during her 9 years at Ellesmere College, chose Year 12 students to be the actors in her play called ‘Imitation of Life.’ The play was performed in 3 acts and depicted the life and relationships of the character Charlie,...
30th June, 2010 - read more >
Help For Heroes Cookbook Launch a Huge Success
The hard work of collating the first Cookbook, in aid of Help for Heroes, came to an end last night as recipes were demonstrated, tasted and copies of the cookbook were sold to those who attended the evening ensuring that the College is well on its way to reaching its £1,000 target for the charity. The five Year 9 CCF cadets, Ellie Osborne, Hanna Swan, Molly Venner, Hayden Edge-Roberts and Declan Roberts were smartly dressed in uniform to receive guests and following an introduction by Ian...
25th June, 2010 - read more >
CCF Navy Cadets to attend Garden Party at Buckingham Palace
Three excited Combined Cadet Force Navy Cadets are excited awaiting their forthcoming trip to London to attend a Buckingham Palace Garden Party. The 3 Year 9 pupils, Annabelle Rogan, Molly Venner and Harry Clewlow have been chosen to represent the CCF Navy Section at the School and accompanied by one of the School’s Navy officers, Ac. Sub Lt. Michael Coats, the group will be leaving School on Saturday 3rd July to travel to Portsmouth. They will be staying on HMS Bristol, where they will...
25th June, 2010 - read more >
