Post-16 students receive exam results at Abbeywood Community School.

Grades up in Abbeywood Post-16 exam results

Abbeywood Community School’s Post-16 students have once again achieved some very positive A-level results which saw the average grade per entry increase by a  whole grade. Fourteen percent of grades awarded were A* or A, and 32 percent of students achieved A*-B grades in A-level subjects. In vocational subjects, 88 percent of students achieved the highest grades of Distinction and

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Ethan Martin, the first-ever student at Abbeywood Community School to receive an offer of a place a Oxbridge.

First Oxbridge offer for Abbeywood Post-16

Stoke Gifford’s Abbeywood Community School is celebrating the first-ever offer of an Oxbridge place to one of its Post-16 students. The news represents another important milestone in the school’s improvement journey, which began three years ago when Abbeywood became part of the Olympus Academy Trust following a disappointing Ofsted inspection in December 2011. Ethan Martin joined the school (then known

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Students at Abbeywood Community School in Stoke Gifford, Bristol receive their A-level results.

Abbeywood Community School celebrates “positive” Post-16 outcomes

Post-16 students and staff are celebrating positive outcomes at Abbeywood Community School this week, with more students than ever gaining grades to be accepted onto university courses.  The school has seen a slight dip in headline figures compared with previous years but has once again seen huge successes in BTEC and vocational outcomes. Most students who were seeking places on

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A-level high-achievers at Abbeywood Community School (l-r): Nadia Restall, Amy McQueen and James Hampson.

Abbeywood A-level results show “slight dip”

Abbeywood Community School has seen a “slight dip” in headline A-level result figures compared with previous years (in line with what is being reported nationally), but has seen “huge” successes in BTEC and vocational outcomes in particular, says Executive Headteacher Dave Baker. All students who were seeking places on higher education courses gained places and a number of others have secured

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Buildings at Abbeywood Community School, Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Improved A-level results for Abbeywood School

Students at Abbeywood Community School have achieved good results in their A-level examinations, despite the school being placed into ‘special measures’ by Ofsted last year. Dave Baker, Executive Headteacher, today described the results as being “even better than last year’s best ever”. From the 126 examinations entries, 25% were award A* or A grades, an improvement on the 21% achieved

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Abbeywood Community School, Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Ofsted says Abbeywood School’s progress is “satisfactory”

Ofsted inspectors have reported that Abbeywood Community School is making “satisfactory” progress in addressing specific areas of concern that were identified when the school was placed into ‘special measures’ at the end of last year. Three inspectors visited the school on 15th/16th May and and their report was published today on the Ofsted website, although it had been made available

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