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Ellesmere College pupil achieves Ocean Diver status.
Following time spent with the Royal Navy during the summer holidays, an Ellesmere College Year 10 pupil has recently gained his British Sub-Aqua Club Ocean Diver qualification. Elliot Rogan, a member of the Schools Combined Cadet Force Navy Section, spent a week during the summer holidays at the Navy's Submarine School, HMS Raleigh, in Cornwall. The course involved both theory classes and practical sessions, including 4 open water dives in a quarry. Mike Coats, Head of IT...
1st October, 2009 - read more >
Ellesmere College Welcomes IB Students into Sixth Form from around the World
Following the recent celebrating of some exceptional International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) results during the summer holidays, Ellesmere College has welcomed into the Sixth Form a fourth class of IB students from around the world. This highly successful worldwide course has continued to grow and develop at Ellesmere College, and for the first time UK students will be joined by IB students from Japan, France and Switzerland. Along with pupils from Germany and Romania they will be...
22nd September, 2009 - read more >
Ellesmere College Parents’ Society Hosts Macmillan Coffee Morning at School’s Arts Centre
Whilst Ellesmere College pupils have a Macmillan fundraising non-uniform day on Friday 25th September, the Parents’ Society will be hosting an event for parents and members of the local community as part of the charity’s national Biggest Coffee Morning campaign. The main sponsor is The Body Shop at Home who will be treating people to a variety of treatments. Coffee and chocolates are being donated from two well-known Shropshire businesses, Aroma and Bonnoniere. There will also be...
22nd September, 2009 - read more >
Free Golf Sessions during October
Ellesmere College is offering golfers the opportunity to play its picturesque 9-hole golf course free of charge. Free golf sessions can be booked between 9am and 11am on Sunday mornings during October (excluding 25th) and November to play the par 30 course which runs along the North edge of the School's grounds. The course is suitable for players of all abilities with open fairways but can offer an interesting challenge to low handicap players. Besides pupils, their parents, staff and...
17th September, 2009 - read more >
Ellesmere College Ballet Stars to Perform at Severn Theatre
The desire to dance on stage encouraged four talented ballet dancers from Ellesmere College Lower School pupils to audition for parts in Sleeping Beauty that is being performed this weekend by the English Youth Ballet at the Severn Theatre, Shrewsbury. For part of the summer holiday, three Ellesmere College girls from the same Oswestry family, Lottie and Caro, twins in Year 6 and Beth Hulme in Year 7, as well as Angelo Daniel in Year 8 who lives in Whittington, have been rehearsing with the...
15th September, 2009 - read more >
Ellesmere College Launches Its Own Weather Station
Sited on the roof of the Library at Ellesmere College is a solar-powered weather station, the latest exciting addition to the School's resources. Instigated and coordinated by the Head of Geography, Helen Scarisbrick and involving the support of the IT Team, the recently installed School's new weather station receives data and sends it to screens in Lower School and the Geography Department for Senior School pupils to access. The data is on the School's intranet and is updated every 5...
14th September, 2009 - read more >
New Head Boy and Girl at Ellesmere College
With record numbers joining Ellesmere College this year the new Head Boy and Girl at a North Shropshire School will be busy supporting the Headmaster and staff in ensuring that every pupil feels welcome and settled in their new environment. Rebecca Britton from Whitchurch and Freddie Herzog from Ruyton XI Towns, have taken the roles this year as Ellesmere College’s Head Girl and Head Boy. These appointments are particularly challenging since there are over 600 pupils at the School, ranging...
10th September, 2009 - read more >
Ellesmere College Delighted with GCSE REsults
2009 GCSE Examination Results Pupils and teachers at Ellesmere College are delighted with the GCSE results published today. 88% of grades awarded were A* to C grades and over 93% of pupils gained 5 or more A*- C grades. It was pleasing to note that over 27% of all grades were the top grades of A*/A with the girls excelling themselves with over 38% of grades secured being A* or A. Many departments recorded 100% pass rate covering a range of subjects...
27th August, 2009 - read more >
Energy Efficient Lighting Scheme for Ellesmere College
Ellesmere College has just completed a £50,000 scheme to make the lighting around the School more energy efficient. The College received a grant for more than half of the cost from Shropshire County Council through its “Low Carbon Communities for Business” Scheme. The College received support and advice from the Marches Energy Agency on where to source the most appropriate government funding and also where the optimum efficiencies could be found. In some parts of the School this...
24th August, 2009 - read more >
Ellesmere College 2009 A level and IB Examination Results
The A level celebrations at Ellesmere College combine with the success of the International Baccalaureate for a bumper year of excellent grades. Students and teachers are delighted that students have achieved top grades and are able to move on to university. Overall performance was excellent with 95.8% of students achieving pass grades including some top class individual results. Girls achieved a 98.6% pass rate with 49.3% being top A/B grades. Most departments recorded...
20th August, 2009 - read more >
