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CRGS News
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In response to the calls we have had regarding the electronic Triathlon form that is online, we have since updated it to include the complete entry form that you should now be able to print successfully. The updated form can be found under the 'Recent Letters Home' section of this site. We apologise for any inconvenience caused, and wish everyone who is taking part the very best of luck! In response to several parent requests, we have now made the schools sports fixtures available for viewing on crgs.co.uk. If you click the 'Departments' link at the top of this site, you will see a 'Sports Fixtures' link at the bottom of the page. This will provide all the necessary information. For all those who are interested, the most recent publication of our school newsletter can currently be found under the 'Recent Letters Home' section of this website. In it you will find a message from the Headmaster, as well as news from all over the school including music, sports and other extracurricular activities. As the exam season has been looming and is now upon us, tremendous efforts have been made to ensure that students have easy access to the latest revision resources that will help them during this time. In response to numerous requests, we have made all of these resources available for parents to view as well. These are located on crgsonline - the internal website that is used by students and staff on a daily basis. There is a new Parents section on the site and a link to this can be found on the homepage. Alternatively, just click here to go straight to the revision resource page. Many thanks for your help and support. The CRGSA 7.15pm for 7.45pm Tickets are selling well but we would like to sell even more – hopefully six more tables. So if you haven’t got around to putting your application in, it’s not too late! Individual, part or whole tables of 10 are welcome. Application form can be downloaded here (PDF Format). We have a great evening planned so please come along and support the CRGSA. If you would like to donate a raffle prize please deliver it to the school Reception by Friday 29th June. If you have any special dietary requirements or would like to discuss any other details, please telephone Gillian Whittle on 01206 231427 or Vanessa Dennis on 01245 233564. I have been delighted with the impressive academic achievements and the wealth of extracurricular activities on offer this term, and I congratulate all the students involved. The Oxbridge offers have been mentioned. Equally of note was the school’s table-topping position in the official DfES league tables published in January. CRGS was not only the top state school in the country for A-level results in 2006 but also the top school overall for sixth form achievement according to the BBC. This was followed by recognition in the Financial Times Top 1000 as the top state school in the country for A-levels. CRGS was placed ninth of all schools in this table, the highest position of any state school on record, I believe. CRGS aims to be a centre of excellence for sixth form study and is delighted by these accolades. It was pleasing if more surprising to see the school named the top school in the area for the KS2-3 Value Added scores. The KS3 tests have been less of a priority at CRGS than the GCSE and A-level results, and these tables would not normally favour CRGS students who enter at KS2 with a high baseline. To perform so well is a credit to the students and their teachers and in keeping with the school’s commitment to aim high in all it does. Any of these academic achievements would have been a worthy lead article in the newsletter and underline the school’s standing in national rankings. Some of the extracurricular successes would have also graced the front page had there not been such an embarrassment of riches this term. The U15 rugby team’s narrow defeat to the eventual finalists, St Paul’s, in the Daily Mail Cup was a performance full of character and promise. The players now know that they are a match for the very best in the country. The standard of CRGS rugby was confirmed by the selection of former student David Smith for the full England 7’s team this term. David left CRGS with 4 A grades at A-level in August and has a place to read Law at Newcastle in September. He is currently employed by Northampton Saints. Whether his professional rugby career will now take precedence is for David to decide, but he is in the fortunate position of having all the options open to him. Music, drama and sport have all been particularly strong this term. The senior badminton team has won the southern area championships, CRGS is establishing an excellent reputation for football in the area and rugby 7s has provided an opportunity for spring term rugby for some of the players. The orchestra performed with style and distinction at the schools’ prom and the upper school production of the Tempest is showcasing the talents of some very talented actors. The Easter holidays mark the start of the final phase of the examination preparation and revision programme, and Year 11, 12 and 13 students should be revising thoroughly throughout the vacation. Next term will be dominated by external examinations, and the summer results will be determined to a large extent by the commitment and focus the students show from this point on. There will, of course, be time for other activities over Easter, and I hope that all the girls going on the China trek in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, the students and teachers going on the Classics trip to Sicily and the public speaking team going to the national finals of the BPW competition, all have enjoyable trips. K L Jenkinson - Headmaster Although we are proud of the quality of the school’s assembly programme and value its importance to the ethos at CRGS, we recognise the right of parents to withdraw their child from the act of collective worship should they wish. This also applies to the non national curriculum aspects of the sex education programme. Parents should write to the Headmaster if they wish to exercise this right. Following the recently held election, Mr S N Pandya has been elected as a Parent Governor with effect from 20 March 2007 and his term of office is for four years. The results were as follows:
Mrs L J Howlett - Clerk to Governors We are looking into our provision for disabled students, parents, staff, Governors and visitors to the school. We would be grateful if you would let Ms R Wallace know in writing in confidence of any disabilities pertaining to either your son(s)/daughter(s) who attend(s) the school or yourselves of which we are not already aware, so that we may seek to make any necessary improvements. Please let us know if you would like to receive information in an alternative format. We are also setting up a steering group to look into our provision and are looking for a parental volunteer who has a disability to join the group. If you are interested in volunteering please write to Ms Wallace in the first instance. Ms R Wallace - Assistant Head Despite the generally held view that Oxbridge entrance is getting more and more competitive every year, CRGS received a record number of offers in 2006/7. The students and their teachers prepared thoroughly for the various challenges involved and were delighted to receive 31 offers in total, the highest number on record. 12 were successful in their application to Oxford and 19 received offers from Cambridge. An important feature of the preparation this year was the interview practice provided by the teachers, governors, parents and friends of the school. The offers spanned the full curriculum and once again came from a wide range of colleges. The Headmaster felt that this year group was particularly talented and deserved such a high level of success. “I have been particularly impressed with the ambition of the students in Year 13. Not all have applied to Oxbridge, of course, but most have applied for competitive courses at prestigious universities and have been successful in securing offers. The Oxbridge results are a useful marker and I am delighted to see so many of our students creating such a good impression on interview. The school now has contacts in virtually all the Oxbridge colleges and has first hand knowledge of most of the courses. This can only help future students prepare well for the rigorous selection procedure. Some highly able students are overlooked by Oxbridge each year, however, and we should not lose sight of the fact that the whole process still remains somewhat of a lottery on an individual basis. I hope that all those who applied, whether successful or not, will aim for straight As at A-level and underline their academic credibility in an unequivocal manner. The successful students were:
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