Schools & Colleges

HUNDREDS of pupils could be left stranded by plans to axe two bus services to a Chertsey school.

Six buses which take more than 250 pupils daily to Salesian Roman Catholic School face the chop under Surrey County Council's cost-cutting plan.

SURREY Herald reporter Carl Gavaghan had the tables turned on him as he faced a grilling.

St Anne's Primary School in Chertsey was holding a media day at the school where its Year 5 pupils had a go at producing their own newspaper front page

THE girls at Sir William Perkins's School in Chertsey far exceeded the national GCSE results by achieving an amazing 99.8 per cent A* to C grades in their exams.

Almost half of the year group achieved a clean sweep of A* or A grades; and 13 girls managed at least 8 A* grades each. Three girls achieved an impressive 10 A*s: Alysha Bhatti, Alice Cairns and Lucy Coe.

STUDENTS at Sir William Perkins' school were jumping for joy at their A-level results.

The school in Guildford Road, Chertsey posted some outstanding scores with 96.3 per cent of pupils getting A* to C grades and a 100 per cent pass rate.

The average points score for the pupils was also the highest ever at 456.4.

Headteacher at the all girls school Del Cooke, said: "With 89 per cent of grades at B or above, and 22 per cent resulting in the challenging new A* grade, we are very proud of our students' achievements.

"On top of this success the girls have shown considerable leadership skills as the top year group, and have got involved in all kinds of extracurricular and community activities.

"They have been a joy and deserve much congratulation for their hard work and achievements."

This year students could check their results on line but some still had to go through the nervous opening of the envelope.

Eighteen-year-old Carys Ley from West Byfleet was able to see she got an A* in Maths and an A in Economics on line but needed a good pass in Geography to go on and study the course at Bristol.

She said: "I had to come in to find out my Geography result and I was very nervous when I was opening the envelope."

Thankfully Carys achieved more than she had dreamed of.
"I got an A* so now I am looking forward to celebrating today before planning my move to Bristol.

"I can't wait."

Two A*s and two A's were more than enough to let Walton-on-Thames' Helen Berg follow her dream.

"I want to be an architect as it is something interesting and now I can do that," she said.
"I think I am going to spend the rest of the day celebrating."

CHERTSEY school Salesian were celebrating on Thursday after a fine set of A-Level results.

Salesian posted their best ever scores with 82 per cent of pupils achieving A* to C grades and 100% pass rate for pupils.

Headteacher James Kibble said: "I'm delighted with the A-level results announced - the best since the extensive analysis by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) began.

A CHERTSEY school is celebrating after being given an outstanding Ofsted report.

Lyne and Longcross Infant School was visited by inspectors in May and was ranked amongst the top 6% of schools in the country.

The inspector said that the school had many strengths and had gained a lot of praise from parents.

"Lyne and Longcross gives all its pupils excellent care, guidance and support," the report stated.