Category: School News
GCSE Results 2019
Our Year 11 students are to be congratulated on their I/GCSE results. Overall, 32% of grades awarded were Grades 9-6 (equivalent to A*-B Grade), with 51% of grades awarded being Grades 9-4 (A*-C Grade). Commenting on the results, Chris Randell, Acting Principal said: ‘I am really pleased for our students; they have worked extremely hard…
A Level Results 2018
The College is very pleased with the A Level results this summer. Particularly encouraging is that nearly half of all entries were awarded A*–B grades and there was an increase from last year in the number of grades A*–C to 66%. The overall pass rate has also improved to 91%. Amongst our highest achievers congratulations…
Announcement of our Acting Principal
Tom Arrand will not now be joining the College as Principal in September 2018. Due to a change in circumstances Tom will be staying on as Acting Head at Monmouth School for Girls. The trustees are delighted to announce that Chris Randell has been appointed as Acting Principal for the 2018/19 academic year. Chris joined…
Summer Concert @Padworth
On 20 June 2018 our annual summer concert took place for the third time since its creation. The concert is organised every year by the acclaimed concert pianist Ikuko Inoguchi who is not only our music teacher but the key person who launched our Padworth music programme three years ago. We enjoyed fantastic music performances from…
Visiting Bletchley Park
A great time was had by all, despite the long journey there and back. We visited Bletchley Park which was the central site for British codebreakers during World War II. According to the official historian of British Intelligence, the “Ultra” intelligence produced at Bletchley shortened the war by two to four years, and without it the…
Students Reading in the Orchard
Our annual summer reading event was held in the orchard this week. Students and teachers read and recommended a range of different books: including Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Diary of a Nobody BY George and Weedon Grossmith, 1984 by George Orwell, and Scythe by Neal Shusterman. Attendees enjoyed browsing through this term’s new library fiction and a magnificent afternoon…
Career Day @Padworth
Our students enjoyed a day full of discovering and exploring their own abilities as well as various different career pathways: presentations were held, group discussion took place, students could do individual ability tests and much more. We are an ideal choice for students going into the Sixth Form as our Oxford University tutorial model of teaching…
Collaboration Across Ages and Nationalities with the Alder Bridge School
Yesterday afternoon we welcomed 12 pupils and two teachers from Alder Bridge School which is located in very close proximity to our school. The Alder Bridge pupils taught our E2 and Year 12 students how to play two different games outside on the lawn. After playing in the sun for an hour, all the students had…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Theatre Trip
On 31 May 2018 my class, Year 9, and a group of EAL students went to see ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at the Watermill theatre near Newbury. The play is a comedy by William Shakespeare and is about 4 lovers and is set in Athens, Greece. The play opens with Theseus (The Duke of Athens)…
Padworth Masquerade Ball 2018
At Padworth, we organise an annual summer ball and this year’s theme was ‘Masquerade’. Our guests dressed accordingly and attended in costume wearing beautiful masks (which our students took off for the photo). The ball took place on 25 May 2018 in a nearby hotel. The Padworth community first gathered for a lavish meal and…
