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Gala – Thursday 15 July 2010

We have decided to postpone the Gala this year, for several reasons which include the weather forecast for the week. The re-arranged Sports Day will be taking place on Thursday during the day and the Y6 Parents Evening will be on Tuesday this week.

Any students who have sold Raffle Tickets and taken the money to Finance Office , should obtain a refund  from the Finance Office.

All unsold raffle tickets should be returned to Finance Office / Reception.  If students have sold tickets and not handed in the money to Finance, students must refund the money to the people they have sold them to.

Year 11 pupils at All Saints’ Catholic College are celebrating today after achieving another record-breaking year for GCSE results.

Anita Bodurka, Head Teacher, described the results as “A fantastic achievement for the pupils and their teachers”. She said, “All the students have worked really hard and I am thrilled to see they have done so well. These results demonstrate the significant and continuing improvement across all aspects of the school, and the professionalism and dedication of the staff.  The College’s aim remains to build on its good practice and these results, in order to continue providing our students with a dynamic, personalised and high quality Catholic education.”

There was an increase in the number passing the benchmark standard of five A* - C passes to a very impressive 71%. Testimony to the commitment of the staff is the commendable improvement in the percentage of students achieving at least 5 A*-C grades including Maths and English to 50%, a 25% improvement on last year.

Anita Bodurka went on to say “I would like to thank John Fowler, who was Executive Head this last academic year, all the governors and the staff of the college who have worked so hard in helping the students and have continued to deliver improvements.”

Father Ian Smith, Chair of Governors said “I am also really pleased for the students’ families. They have supported us extremely well over the last five years and should be very proud of these results.”

The Top Ten performing students in alphabetic order were Martin Healy, Olivia Jackson, Stephanie Light, Ailish McVeigh, Dominic O’Brien, Stephen O’Hara, Harriet Peel, Yasmin Rejaei, Matthew Todd and Jozef Zaffino. Furthermore, we are delighted with the huge improvement the majority of our students have made from Year 6. In particular Reece McInerney, Frances Peel, Olivia Hodges, Josimar Bradshaw, Rugare Chingombe, Shakera Adams, Bradley Riley, Matthew Todd and Conor St John-Sykes who significantly exceeded national expectations in all areas.

Anita Bodurka concluded by saying “The last two years has shown a sustained improvement in our results. We will continue to work hard to meet the needs of all our students and help them on their journey to a successful future.”

Anita Bodurka concluded by saying “The last two years has shown a sustained improvement in our results. We will continue to work hard to meet the needs of all our students and help them on their journey to a successful future.”

February 2010

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Here at All Saints we are very proud of our achievements. We set high standards in appearance, behaviour and work. The expectation is that students will rise to meet these standards and achieve to their full potential.

We have a college uniform which looks very smart when worn properly. This helps the students to look ready for the business of learning. It also prepares them for the world of work where many of them will have to follow a dress code.

It has come to my attention that whilst the majority of students make a real effort with their uniform, there are still many students who have to be constantly reminded about tucking in their shirts and keeping their top button fastened so that the tie can be worn correctly.  In order to help improve this I would like you to ensure that your child has the correct type of shirt ready for college when we return after the February half term.

All students need to wear a proper white shirt with a collar that has a button. The shirt needs to be long enough to tuck into trousers or a skirt. The V-neck blouse worn by some girls is not appropriate because it was never designed to be worn with a tie. Likewise fitted blouses are too short and cannot be tucked into trousers or a skirt. Some students struggle to close the button because the shirt collar is too tight. I would appreciate it if you would check with your child that the collar fits properly and that the button can be fastened. We will be checking uniform when we return after half term. The expectation is that all students will be wearing the correct shirt, so that in turn, the tie can be worn properly.   

I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that your child should also wear:

• Black socks
• Black school shoes (no pumps)

The grey jumper with our school badge is optional and should be worn underneath the blazer. Girls should ensure that if they choose to wear a skirt, then it should be knee length. Girls should not wear makeup for school and they are only allowed to wear one pair of small metal  ear studs.

I am sure that you will do your best to support your child in keeping up good standards of uniform. If you have any query concerning this letter then please contact your child’s Head of Year. I am sure that by working together we can improve our standards of dress even more.

I would like to thank you for your support in this matter. Together we can encourage our students to try their best in all aspects of college life.

Yours sincerely

A Bodurka

Head teacher

All Saints has been informed it will be inspected by Ofsted on Wednesday 16^th and Thursday 17^th September 2009.

The Year 9 Curriculum & Options evening that was due to take place this evening between 18:00 - 20:00 has been cancelled due to the weather conditions.

It has been rescheduled for Thursday 12th February, 18:00 - 20:00

All Saints is open as usual today (04/12/08).  If anything should change regarding this it will be posted here on the website.

Executive Head John Fowler said, “We are delighted with this summer’s superb results, the best in the College’s history. The percentage of students gaining 5 or more GCSE’s at A* to C is 70% a rise of 20%, whilst the percentage gaining 5 or more A* to C’s including English and Maths is 40%, an increase of 11%.

These results reflect the hard work and commitment of students, the professionalism and dedication of staff and the support and encouragement of parents. They show that the college continues to offer a high quality personalised education for all its students and will continue to build on this excellent series of results.”

‘All Saints Catholic College student, Dominic Ballard was amongst the top ten students according to Edexcel, the UK’s largest awarding body.

Dominic sat the Music exam earlier this summer and the results, issued this month, show that out of 23,030 candidates, Dominic achieved one of the highest overall marks.

Jerry Jarvis, Edexcel’s Managing Director, said: “This is a tremendous achievement and testament to the hard work students put into preparing for their exams. We send our congratulations to Dominic.”

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