Congratulations to our High Achievers!
The PBCC have always believed that hard work brings success at school and in postgraduate studies, so we wanted to take the opportunity to recognise the outstanding results of some of our students in recent months.
Focus Schools (the trust set up to run the schools that PBCC students attend) has had a long history of excellent results and above average reports from the Schools Inspection Service, and this is reflected in the attitude of the students to learning. Below is an extract from some inspiring comments made by one of the students, Rohanna Birch, who achieved 10 A*’s and 2 A’s in her GCSE’s.
‘I think the key to success and achieving good grades is based on an individual desire together with an atmosphere of wanting to learn and do your best possible. This is actively promoted by our teachers, trustees, parents and peers.
In year 9, our maths teacher gave us all a target and a dream target – this inspired me to do the same for the rest of my subjects. I set out to achieve my dream target in everything I was studying. It meant hard work, getting up early in the morning, committing myself to work before school, at school and after school. And with the help and support of all those around me, particularly the teachers, it meant I was able to reach my personal goal of getting all A grades or above, completing my GCSE’s with 10 A*s and 2 A’s.
Above all, I think as students, we need to be willing to study hard, not only in lessons, but also at home to give ourselves the best possible chance to succeed in our school career. Remember… we only have ONE chance to learn all we can at school – make the most of it! If it’s the only thing you do during your school life, stretch yourself to become a high achiever. Although it may seem difficult at the time, it will be well worthwhile in the future…’
Other high achievers in GCSE’s this year were;
Constance Harris – 10 A* grades.
Hayley Smith – 6A* grades, 5 A’s and 1B.
Kylie Deayton – 4A*’s and 5 A’s.
Josiah Fleet – 6A*’s and 4 A’s.
Nathan Bricknell – 6A*’s and 4 A’s,
Scott O’Prey – 4A*s, 4 A’s and 2 B’s.
This is fantastic and may you all continue on to excel in your A-levels!
Students then go on to complete years 12 and 13 culminating in A-levels and this year there have been some incredible results:
Victoria Atmore – 5A* grades, 1A and 1B
Daniel Hughes – 1A* and 4A’s plus a distinction in Grade 8 on the saxophone!
Murray Gates – 1A* and 4A’s and a B.
Rory Carron – 2A’s and 2B’s.
One student decided to take A-level maths early (Clayton Southall – year 10) and got an A!
We’d like to give the above a hearty round of applause – you’re an inspiration to those still at school to follow your example, and to many of us in middle age who wish we’d tried harder!
And when the students finish school – this is not the end of their learning. They are encouraged to take up Postgraduate Studies so that they can earn while they learn, and go on to gain degree equivalent qualifications. One such example is Tina Joynt from Ireland, who came seventh in the world and first in the country at a professional level Accountancy examination! Congratulations Tina – we wish you all the best in your ongoing studies!
We encourage all viewers of this article to blog in your congratulations to these students – they deserve every one!
We would like to thank everyone for their blogs. We want to make it very clear that though these individuals have done incredibly well, this is, as others have said not only about grades. There are many pupils in our schools around the world who have worked extremely hard and excelled to prove they can learn how to learn and do the very best they can.
We have only named persons on this blog to show how through that sheer dedication we can achieve outstanding results. We can say that if you are looking at this, and have put your all into your work but not achieved this level of grade, do not be discouraged, you are still a high achiever. Being an achiever is about being able to set yourself to achieve something and hitting your goal, being a finisher!
Everyone is very aware that we all have different abilities as someone has referred to, these are God given, but to achieve any grade beyond what you thought was possible, is an excellent achievement. So for all of you who have done this, but haven’t been mentioned on this blog, we would like to say WELL DONE!! your work ethic and achievements will NOT have gone unnoticed.
Fantastic achievements – well done! Results like this don’t only come from a healthy chunk of grey matter; these kids must have the ATTITUDE to make it work.
“It’s your attitude not your aptitude which determines your altitude”
Pree-cisely… and for anyone who’s never yet had the pleasure of meeting 4.30am, I’d suggest you book an appointment now – an extra 2hrs a day can change yr life! What would you do with an extra month in the year… which is what it equates to…??
What do you do so early in the morning………. I could never find enough work to do.
Don’t worry, you will have work coming out of your ears come exam time!!
I promise you – there is pleanty of work to do at that time of the morning – both students and otherwise!
well done Natty B!
congrats 4 getting on the list
Great job everyone! Out of interest, do you have a UK wide government set exam which all the schools (Public and Private) take part in?
OAR, these results are from government set exams – all schools whether state or private take the same. This would be the same for all PBCC schools around the globe eg in Aus. you would take whatever the state government set for all schools in that state, and so on.
Sounds good…like we have the HSC here in NSW. Do you get a school ranking out of all UK schools?
dunno, if there is a ranking for the whole country – i know that in cambridge the focus school there was ranked as the best achievement for results a few years running – which is saying something considering cambridge is kind of recognized as the center of the academic world.
Hello ‘OAR’
Yep, we learn the national curriculum, and take national examinations, just as any other mainstream school – for your interest, at GCSE I achieved 11 A*s and 2 As (of which 10 were AQA examinations, 2 were WJEC and 1 was IFS), at A Level I achieved an A* and 4 As (3 AQA exams, 1 IFS and 1 OCR) as well as a grade 7 music exam (ABRSM), and two supplementary AS Levels (Grades A and B, 1 AQA and 1 WJEC).
As you can see, a wide variety of examinations – all nationally set, which all UK schools participate in …. Hope this helps
Congratulations all!!! Someday you may even get famouS!
Well done Rory!!! Obviously u tried harder than it looked! Not sure if the cakes, sleeps and odd water bottle experience helped but u got there! Ha, now ur have to go up onstage 🙂
A lion-size pat on the back for ALL!!!!!!!!
Special mention to Cov Campus for producing a few outstanding results!!!! (We know you well – OKEY DOKEY SPOKES)(!!?!?!?!)
As one who has a very small experience about getting a few A*’s (I’m trying not to be rash here) I say everyone should aim ABOVE their very best in every subject and strive to work like we have been told to, and above all – BE A WINNER!!!!!
WOW!!!!!!
Talk about amazing results!!……..well done to everyone……..
Shows that some of us round here need to put a lot more effort in than we do already!
Those results just prove the point that achievement is for everyone and desire being the starting point. The success is then dictated by what we are prepared to do.
Congrats Hayley……didn’t know you had it in you!!!!!☺
gr8 stuff everybody!!!….well done Hayley!!!….
Rohanna – well done. I know you worked like the clappers to get your marks, they don’t just come that easy!
Rohanna du bist sehr sehr klug!
Grossartig!
Prufung sind nicht leicht und A* ist ganz ganz gut!
Danke fur deine hilfe und Inspiration.
Thanks for the comments Anon. But remember it is an individual choice whether you want to go to university or not. Also, most of us students have trained minds and can achieve greater things that we can’t at university. Plus haven’t you noticed in the news that a lot of students coming out of states school are choosing not to go to university? 🙂
Whilst you are talking about Uni – We have kids leaving our schools doing postgraduate courses in their spare time – They leave our schools with the outstanding ability to take on anything, they are taught to achieve highly, they hold down top jobs, earning big money – why go to uni and come out with no job then having to hunt around for years trying to earn more than the national wage.
Our kids come out tops all around, a high percentage own their own houses by as young as 25! We don’t need uni!
Well, all I can say is, what an inspiration they are! I’d say its a combination of hard work and brains here. Well done to you! 🙂 But, of course, there are loads that have probably worked just as hard, but don’t have quite the same results to show for it… i’d like to say well done to them too.
Also, keep it up – the greatest award is in improvement!
Good point, a big well done to everyone who’s put their effort into their courses – your reward will come 🙂
Roar on Rory!! – give it beans Son!!!
These Y11 & Sixth Form students are an inspiration to those years older than them who can’t even get out of bed!
Congrats especially to Daniel, this is not just a brainy kid, this is sheer hard work!
And Hayley – please come and join your Dad’s team when you leave school!
Congratulations to everybody, whether you are named here or not – if you have done YOUR best, that is what counts. If you’ve worked YOUR hardest but not got shiny top grades, don’t worry – it’s the hard work that counts the most in life, and you’re still winners.
Awesome work everyone – fantiastic results
Good on ya Daniel for parping the old sax too… best instrument eh?! – just make sure that you don’t become one of those annoying pple that get top grades on an instrument then never play it in public!!
keep it up all!
What a fantastic set of results – well done to you all.
It is of note, that without the fantastic schools that we have, and the sacrifice involved in setting them up, these sort of results wouldn’t have been achieved!
These results are truly inspiring for all the other students that are coming up through the lower school years.
Congratulations to you all.
Well done Scotty boy! Those years of toil at Wellgrove proved their worth.
Keep those high grades rolling out through Sixth Form and get SBN (Stoke-By-Nayland) to the top of the charts 🙂 With your positive attitude, perseverance & dedication – you can get there.
What is all this about Stoke-By-Nayland…. can someone please explain???? Is it a new school or something???
Stoke-By-Nayland is a school which Colchester, Ipswich, Chelmsford and Southend students attend too
Hope that helps
Hello! Stoke by Nayland is also attended by Aldeburgh, aswell as Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich & Southend. The name of the blogger on the other reply here is incorrect unless there are two people called that! Admin – is there any way you can ensure that if people are leaving blogs that they either leave their own name, or a nickname which is not the name of someone else in the PBCC?
Totally agree on that Sunny….lets keep this ‘clean’ and not start pretending to be people we are not….lets hope Admin can find a way of enforcing this.
Well done guys great stuff. All the years of hard work from 7-13 finally paid off. Give it all you’ve got on post-grad!
Awesome performances! Also a big hand to Gareth Reeves – Grangemouth who gave an awesome speech the other day on his achievements.
Well Done All
… but I do wish I had been born earlier and gone to a current Focus School – the professionalism, support and awesome facilities I see in these schools does make me feel just a little despondent when I think of the missed opportunities as well as the lack of support and ‘stretching’ during my partly-wasted years in State Schools – I have always felt that my mediocre ‘AS’ Maths should’ve been proper ‘A’ Level.
I can’t change the past, it is what it is so I am very pleased to be able to do a bit of voluntary work on the Campuses in this area to help those so much more favoured than I was.
Everyone that reads this do what you can…
Well said – I also wish I had been born earlier…!! 🙁 These schools sound great, and I would have loved the opportunity of going to one
I am intrigued by your comment about being born earlier… (to which you also got some other support)
If you had been born earlier you would have gone to the war, or even earlier you might have had the chance to write it out on slate with chalk. Perhaps this is just an Irish viewpoint:
Do you not think you should have been born later (more recently) rather than earlier?!!!
Either way I agree the schooling seems to be acheiving some excellent results, and I guess a statement made recently in the city of London applies: Reduce the Tension and the Performance increases. “its the southwest way”
Thanks ‘H’, yes later not earlier – I unwittingly emphasised one of the points I was trying to make – I don’t think it would have been possible to come out of a Focus School making such a stupid mistake!
Murray-Darling… Well done!