• Wells students welcome top speakers

  By Wells_Jaqui at 12:48 on 20/10/11

  

  Over the last few weeks Wells Cathedral School students have welcomed a diverse range of celebrated speakers to talk at their De Winton Society lectures on Friday evenings. In the first of the lecture series, the Wells Constituency's Member of Parliament, Liberal Democrat Tessa Munt, spoke about her role as MP and work in Parliament to a packed hall of pupils and staff. This was followed by a talk from writer Douglas Lindsay, author...

• Stoberry Park School seeking to become academy

  By Wells_Jaqui at 10:50 on 14/09/11

  

  On the 5th of July, the governing body of Stoberry Park School approved that the school should further investigate pursuing academy status with a potential conversion date early in 2012. The government has invited schools to apply for academy status. This is a new initiative and should not be confused with the previous system whereby academies were created from failing schools. Governors at the school said it has been working...

• Wells GCSE focus: Wells Blue break GCSE records

  By Wells_Jaqui at 13:44 on 26/08/11

  

  Following the recent outstanding Sixth Form A and AS Level examination performance the students in Y11 at The Blue have produced their own set of record breaking results. Of the 240 students in the year group 76% gained 5 or more GCSE passes at grades A* to C with over 60% of the cohort gaining 5 or more A* to C passes including English and Mathematics.  All students can be pleased with their achievements with 95% gaining 5...

• Wells GCSE focus: more than half of grades at Wells Cathedral were A* or A

  By Wells_Jaqui at 18:51 on 25/08/11

  

  This year's GCSE results at Wells Cathedral School were good once again, with almost a third of entrants gaining seven or more GCSEs at grades A* and A, including the International GCSE in Mathematics. Over half of all grades awarded to Wells pupils were A* or A grades, whilst over three quarters of the entries were A* to B grades. 93 per cent of entries were awarded A* to C grades. No fewer than 21 pupils gained nine or more A*...

• Wells GCSE focus: Wells Blue results look promising

  By Wells_Jaqui at 11:28 on 25/08/11

  

  The streets of Wells were buzzing early this morning as hundreds of GCSE students took a deep breath an then headed into school to collect their results. Wells Blue was the scene of relief for some and considerable jubilation for most as two years' study culminated in more record-breaking results for the school. Every student WellsPeople spoke to, said they were intending to return to the Blue in September to study for...

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