For many residents of Stoke Gifford, the start of the new year has been a busy one as local schools have started new topics and the St Michael’s Centre has been feeding the men of the community! Here is a round-up of some of the events that have been taking place throughout January and a few things to look forward
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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
Continue readingFirst 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
Continue readingAbbeywood 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
Continue readingAbbeywood 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
Continue readingAbbeywood exam results demonstrate school’s “remarkable turnaround”
Abbeywood Community School has registered an increase of almost 20% in the number of students achieving 5 A*-C grades at GCSE including English and Maths in the last two years with 60% of students hitting or exceeding this important benchmark this week (up from 41% in 2011 and 47% in 2012). The school also reports an increase in the number
Continue readingAbbeywood Community School becomes an academy
Abbeywood Community School became an Academy on 1st January 2013. Along with Bradley Stoke Community School (which already has Academy status since the start of 2012), Abbeywood will now be maintained by the Olympus Academy Trust and not by South Gloucestershire Council. This means that whilst the school is state funded and sponsored by the Olympus Academy Trust, it remains
Continue readingBig improvement in Abbeywood School’s GCSE results
All eyes have been on Year 11 at Abbeywood Community School since the school was judged to need ‘special measures’ by Ofsted when it inspected in December 2011. The school is on a journey of rapid improvement as shown by another strong set of A-level results last week (100% A-E and 49% A*-B grades – the school’s best ever) and
Continue readingImproved 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
Continue readingOfsted 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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