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Celebrating Success
We have more reasons to celebrate here at Bristnall Hall after we were named the most improved school in the Black Country. Our latest exam results showed that 73% of our students achieved five or more A* - C grades at GCSE (43% of these including English and Maths). This is a 19% increase over the previous year in the 5A* - CEM figure.
Well done to all of our students and staff for all their hard work in achieving these grades. Let us hope that we can build on this achievement to secure even better results year on year.
As well as our exam success, we would like to congratulate two former students on their further achievements.
Gurbinder Manku won the Black Country Star Pupil Award for 2009 for her outstanding exam results and accomplishments. In year 11, Gurbinder was Head Girl and represented pupils in school and during meetings with the community. As well as this responsibility, she was also peer mentor, a role that involved supporting younger students.
Gurbinder is now a student at King Edward VI College in Stourbridge after achieving an impressive 9 A* / A GCSE grades and is hoping to have a future career in Law or Optometry.
Thomas Kidney achieved exceptional results during his time at Bristnall Hall with 10 A* / A grades at GCSE. He then continued to King Edward VI College to study his A Levels and has gained a place at Oxford University where he is currently studying History and Politics.
We wish them both continued success.
Other achievements include one of our current students, Jordon Lee. Jordon has been learning coaching skills at the Meadows Sports College in Oldbury which specialises in teaching young people (11 – 19) with complex and profound disabilities. He has become an asset to the Meadows staff during his time assisting them.
Our final success story is that of Wolverhampton University student Sadia Shariff. Sadia, who is currently studying Mathematical Sciences, has been helping students at Bristnall Hall with their Maths as part of a scheme run by The Black Country Challenge in association with the DCSF’s City Challenge project. Assisting Safia Ali, the Area Leader of Mathematics, Sadia has helped to raise student confidence in the subject whilst at the same time set realistic challenges for those students pushing ahead.
As a result of her experience with us, Sadia has enrolled as a GTP student and begins her teaching career with us in September.
We wish her well.
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