On Tuesday 29th October, Years 7 and 8 students took part in a rugby X masterclass led by Ben Ryan at the O2 arena. Ben Ryan is an extremely well-known international rugby coach, coaching Fiji to Olympic Gold and England to numerous 7s titles.
In September students participated in the ‘Shakespeare in Trial’ programme. This event united Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, The National Justice Museum and Brunel University, London. The programme brought both literature and the legal system to life by subjecting fully-realised fictional characters to in-depth examination, using a play as visual and textual evidence, giving young people an opportunity to experience both the world of theatre and the drama and theatricality of the courtroom.
On Tuesday 24th September four of our students attended a workshop run by Canterbury at Twickenham Stadium. Students were given an insight by the Canterbury design team, as to how rugby jerseys are designed and produced.
Summer 2019 GCSE & GCE certificates are ready for collection from main reception.
Ten A level students attended the EMC English A level language conference, where they heard from a range of incredible guest speakers, from researchers at universities to national journalists.
On Wednesday 30th October, Year 11 drama students went to the Apollo Theatre to see ‘Everybody’s talking about Jamie’. Students thoroughly enjoyed the performance.
On Tuesday 15th October, twenty-five Year 10 students visited the Twitter HQ in central London.
On Monday 14th October, five Year 9 students attended the Target Mars workshop at Brunel University. The aim of this trip was for students to develop an understanding of how to survive on Mars and what life would be like onboard the International Space Station, this was all whilst competing against other schools through a range of science activities.
Sixth form enrolment - 28th to 30th August from 9am to 12noon.
Thursday 5th September - Students from Years 7, 11 and Sixth form return
Friday 6th September - Students from Years 8, 9 and 10 return
Students and staff at Uxbridge High School are delighted with this year’s GCSE results.
GCSE examinations across the board now have been revised and all now use the grading system of 9- 1, where 9 is the highest grade achievable. Grade 4 is considered to be a ‘standard pass’ and Grade 5, a ‘strong pass’
Our students’ English and maths scores are high as expected. In English, 60% of students achieved grades 9-5 and 72% achieved 9-4. In maths, 44% achieved 9-5 and 67% achieved 9-4. Combining both English and maths, 40% achieved 9-5 and 61% achieved 9-4. 10% of our students achieved the highest grades of 8 or 9 in English and/or maths.
The sciences have maintained outstanding results with 98% achieving 9-5 in triple science (biology, chemistry and physics) and combined science scoring highly. We are delighted to have exceeded national averages in English, maths and sciences and in a number of measures.
A number of our students also achieved the top grades in a range of academic subjects (EBacc) and across the wider curriculum, we are delighted that our performing arts, art, music and sports students were rewarded with high percentages of top 9-5 grades.
Particular congratulations to Patrik Limani, who achieved an incredible 9 grade 9s and Holly Parrish who achieved 8 grade 9s and 1 grade 8. Both of these students will be recognised as in the top 1000 performers in the country. Other high performers include:
Students and staff at Uxbridge High School are delighted with this year’s sixth form results, 100% of students achieved examination success. 98% of exams entered received a grade A*- E or equivalent and 33% of the examinations were passed at the highest A*- B grades. We have also seen a year on year increase in students achieving the highest grades.
History, maths, further maths, physics, business and finance were among our top performing subjects, with a majority achieving the highest A*- B grades. Students performed very strongly in other facilitating subjects, including geography, opening opportunities for students to take places at top Russell Group universities.
This year’s high flying students include:
