Private Schools
Tidy Planet’s composting tech rockets college’s food waste recycling rates
Dundee and Angus College has invested in a second of Macclesfield-based Tidy Planet’s ‘Rocket Composters’ for its Arbroath Campus, after successfully composting over 70 tonnes of food waste in the last three years at its Kingsway site. The college itself spans three campuses – Kingsway, Gardyne and Arbroath – and began its sustainability journey in […]
Regional networking group wins award
A local networking group, BNI Mere, was awarded the ‘Chapter of the Year’ and ‘Largest Net Growth’, award, fighting off fierce competition from twenty other regional BNI groups. The group meets every Thursday at High Legh Park Golf Club. Meetings start at 10:30am and finish at midday. It costs £15 to attend a meeting and […]
AESG’s national award for ‘Academic Excellence and Innovation’
Alderley Edge School for Girls has won the prestigious national award for ‘Academic Excellence and Innovation’ from the Independent Schools Association (ISA). The school received news of the accolade from ISA CEO, Neil Roskilly, and guest speaker, Paralympic gold medallist Danny Crates, at the recent Autumn Study Conference Gala Dinner. AESG was also named a […]
AESG named ‘Apple Distinguished School’
Alderley Edge School for Girls has been recognised as an Apple Distinguished School for 2018–2021. This is a key milestone for the school’s Technology Enhanced Learning Strategy which began in 2014. Apple Distinguished Schools are centres of innovation, leadership and educational excellence that use Apple products to inspire creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. They showcase innovative […]
Academic success for Abbey College Manchester’s international students
Students and staff at Abbey College Manchester are celebrating an exceptional 100% pass rate in four out of five International Foundation Programme (IFP) Pathways. Engineering, Humanities, Science and Medicine were highly-excelled in at the city-centre based college, while the Business pathway achieved an impressive pass rate of 98%. As an alternative to A-levels, the IFP courses offer international students […]
Success in STEAM (Science, Technology, Arts and Mathematics) at Alderley Edge School for Girls
Alderley Edge School for Girls continues its celebrations this week, after reporting huge success at GCSE – particularly in the light of uncertainty over the newly reformed GCSE examinations and with the majority of subjects now reporting numerical rather than letter grades. The percentage of equivalent A/A* grades achieved by students this year has increased, […]
Superb GCSE results are celebrated at Manchester High
Pupils at Manchester High School for girls had plenty to celebrate today, with superb results across a broad range of subjects and a third of students attaining grades 7-9 (A-A*) in all their GCSEs. Headmistress, Claire Hewitt, said: “Our students have proved themselves to be determined and hardworking. They have been supported by their dedicated teachers […]
Withington celebrates another superb year of GCSE results
The reformed GCSEs have seen year-11s at Withington Girls’ School achieve 43% of results at the elite Grade 9 and 11 pupils attain an exceptional clean sweep of at least eight Grade 9s; eight also with the very top A* Distinction in Further Mathematics. Three pupils achieved 10 Grade 9s plus A* Distinctions in Further […]
Stellar set of GCSE results at King’s School Macclesfield
The King’s School’s students produced a stellar set of GCSE results, with pupils and staff celebrating a steep rise in the very best grades. This year, 27% of all grades were at 9 or 8, formerly the A* grade, up from 20% last year. A huge 47% of all grades are at 9 – 7, or A*/A. Some three quarters of all grades […]
Abbey College Manchester students’ exceptional GCSE success
Abbey College Manchester is celebrating its students’ exceptional GCSE results today (23 August). The city centre-based college is delighted to announce that 20% of all examinations taken were graded at 9-8; 32% at 9-7; 57% at 9-6 and 85% at 9-4. Principal, Liz Elam, commented: “This year’s GCSE results are excellent and we are very […]
