With open event season now underway, it’s important that Year 11 students look around at what’s on offer to enable them to make the right choices. College and sixth form open evenings are an ideal opportunity to find out more, understand the options and start to make plans for the transition process. Our students are …
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Results Day Celebrations for GCSE Students
Bridgnorth Endowed’s class of 2020 is celebrating an outstanding set of GCSE results with a mixture of joy and relief, following an unprecedented period of school disruption. These are students who came into the year looking forward to a significant educational milestone, only to find the usual rites of passage wiped out by COVID-19 in …
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Changes to Post-16 Admissions Arrangements Amid Covid-19 Outbreak
Following the decision to cancel this summer’s exams amid the coronavirus outbreak, the priority now is to ensure those affected can move on as planned to the next stage of their lives. Ofqual is currently working out the best way to calculate fair assessment grades for students and is due to announce details of the …
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Year 11 Learn About Safer Driving
Road Safety Officer for Shropshire Council, Malcolm Farrar, delivered an informative presentation on safer driving to Year 11 students earlier this week. He started by revealing that driving tests are much tougher these days and, although considered a high-risk group, younger drivers should now be a lot safer on the roads. However, he went on …
Former Student Delivers ‘Careers in Law’ Talk
Former Bridgnorth Endowed School student, Lucy Speed, came into school to talk to the current Year 11 about her rewarding career in law last Friday. Lucy, who is an associate solicitor at local law firm, Lanyon Bowdler, highlighted the varied range of cases she has dealt with, from divorces to people in trouble abroad. Importantly, …
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Double Win Keeps Last-16 Hopes Alive
Congratulations to the Year 7 and Year 11 boys’ football teams who progressed into the fourth round of the English Schools’ Football Association (ESFA) National Trophy earlier this week. Year 11 defeated Edgbaston’s Priory School 1-0 and Year 7 ran out comfortable 4-0 winners against Nether Stowe of Litchfield. In the U12s game, two goals …
Meet the New House Captains
The Heads of the school’s three houses – Washbrook, Rowley and Hardwicke – recently unveiled their newly-appointed House Captains for the academic year 2019-20. The dynamic team of Year 11 students will play key roles as leaders and ensure that the student voice is well-represented within the school. Any issues or questions raised in tutor …
Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud
Expedition Report by Mr Clayton Just before half term, a number of Year 11s embarked on their second Silver Practice Expedition, which took place in the spectacular White Peak District. Due to heavy rain in the days prior, the campsite was extremely muddy; something that posed a new challenge for the students. However, the expedition …
Careers Workshops to Help Year 11 Students Prepare
Youth Enterprise Adviser, Hannah Taylor, came into school with Anna Brett from recruitment company, ResourceBank, to run an interview techniques workshop on Tuesday 1st October. The session, which covered areas such as typical interview questions, was designed to support Year 11 students as they prepare to move into the next phase of education, be it …
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Royal Navy Visit
Last Wednesday, Bridgnorth Endowed welcomed Able seaman (AB) Darren Pallatina into school to talk to students from Year 11 about the Royal Navy. The assembly focused on the benefits of joining the Navy and where it can take you with the many exciting career opportunities that are on offer. He emphasised that a job in …