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Bosworth Academy congratulates former student, Emily Scarratt, on winning the World Cup. Emily produced the two stand out performances of the recent women’s Rugby World Cup in both the semi-final and final. She scored the match winning try in the close fought final against Canada and kicked 11 points. Her performance confirmed her as a global figure in the women’s game as England’s most influential player with her incisive running. The victory for England and Emily went some way to compensate for the disappointment of losing in the final to New Zealand four years ago. Emily, still only 24, with 54 caps to her name could become a record breaker in terms of points and caps. She is looking forward to the challenge of being a full time professional athlete following selection with the Sevens squad in preparation for the Rio Olympics, where Rugby 7’s will feature for the first time. Emily has been a great supporter of Bosworth since leaving in 2008. She has presented to both the senior leadership team training day and whole staff training looking at how aspects of preparation for elite sport could transfer into education, and more recently offered coaching session to budding young players as part of the Academy Open Day. Everyone at the Academy wants to congratulate Emily on her outstanding achievement and thank her for her continued support of her former school, Bosworth.

During the week beginning Monday 29th September until Friday 3rd October there will be an opportunity for all parents/guardians and children to visit the school during a typical working day. Having visited the school at the Open Evening on Thursday 25th September, you are welcome to contact us and book an appointment to visit again during the day with a member of staff. Tours take approximately one hour. Please contact the Academy on 01455 822841 extension 202 for KS3 (ages 11 and 12) or email [email protected]. For KS4 (ages 14 – 16) call extension 234 or email [email protected].

Former Bosworth student, Jon Pesic-Smith, returned to school to deliver a key note address to the staff as part of the August training day programme. After studying A Level Maths, Chemistry and Biology at Bosworth Jon went on to Cambridge Trinity College to study Medicine. He is currently in his fourth year of Neurosurgery at Newcastle Hospital. Jon shared aspects of both his training and professional life with the staff, looking at team work, communication, procedures and analysis, making excellent connections between the two professions. He followed his presentation with an informative and entertaining question and answer session. He continues to be a great advocate and supporter of his former school, presenting awards that carry his name for outstanding achievement in the Sciences at the Annual Excellence Evening.

We are pleased that the number of students gaining 5 good GCSE passes has held up compared to last year, given the turbulent exam system that we are currently working within, where schools had been told to brace themselves for unpredictable results. We are particularly delighted to have achieved our highest ever English and Maths results, with 77% of students gained A*-C in Maths, and 75% gaining the highest grades in English.

Bosworth has operated an active policy of significantly increasing the emphasis on the hardest GCSE courses. As a result our students’ GCSE only results across the curriculum rose significantly compared to last year, with each student achieving on average nine grades more than last year’s Year 11s. It’s a pity that published league tables will not fully reflect this, however as ever, we will continue to strive for the very best for all our young people and not chase league table statistics for their own sake. There were numerous starring performances such as:

Joe Aziz
Achieved: 9A*, 1 A and 1A^ in Further Maths
Joe will be staying on at Bosworth Academy to study Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Biology and Chemistry

Tamsin Durrant
Grades Achieved: 9A* and 2 A
Tamsin will be staying on at Bosworth Academy, selecting a mix of both subjects from the arts and sciences. Tamsin put down her success to revision and lots of hard work.

Saneeca Jain
Grades Achieved: 7A*, 3A and 1A^ in Further Maths
Sanecca put all or her success down to hard work and the teachers at the Academy and can’t wait to come back to study Computing, Biology, Maths and Chemistry

Ashlin Oskoui
Grades Achieved: 10A*, 2A and 1B
Ashlin will be staying at Bosworth to study the three sciences and Maths.

5 A* – C including English and Maths 64%
5 A* – C unavailable due to missing results
5 A* – G 97%
1 A* – C 98%

Students at Bosworth Academy in Desford have once again achieved some outstanding A level results. Last year we achieved our best ever outcomes and have managed to achieve even more this year. The numbers of students gaining the highest grades this year is tremendous and backs the national trend with 1 in 2 entries rewarded by the top grades of A*, A or B.

There are some fantastic individual stories of achievement such as Joe Withers, Grace La Piccirella and Hannah Williamson. Having achieved 11 straight A* grades in his GCSE’s at Bosworth Academy Joe Withers went on to achieve five A grades at AS level. He has now been awarded four A* and an A grade at A level. Joe is now going on to study architecture at The University of Bath. Grace La Piccirella achieved three A grades and an A* at A level and is pursuing a course at The University of East Anglia to study Natural Sciences. Having been offered a place at all the institutions to which she applied Hannah Williamson is now undertaking a course in Fashion Design at Northumbria University. She achieved straight A and A* grades in all her subjects at A level.

Bosworth Academy has a policy of challenging our students to do the hardest A level subjects such as Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and Physics. These subjects alone have achieved an amazing 63 A*/A grades between them. These results are a testimony to the hard work and commitment which our students and staff have put in over the last two years. It’s great to see them go on to study at some of the most prestigious Universities in the country. We wish them the very best in their future lives, and look forward to hearing about their success in the future.

174 students entered

100% of students achieved at least one A level
A* – B = 47%
A* – C = 73%
A* – E = 98%
Average point per entry = 213

If you missed collecting your exam results, please contact or visit main reception who can help with this.

Please note: Year 10 results will be given out on the first day of term.

If you wish someone else to collect on your behalf, you must give them a signed and dated letter of permission.
Alternatively, results can be posted if you leave a stamped addressed envelope (no bigger than A5) at reception or the Exams Office.

For information on enquiries, remarks, access to scripts and retake information, please download the relevant document below:

A-Level / Level 2 BTEC Information for Students [pdf]
GCSE Information for Students [pdf]

The Sutton Trust and the US-UK Fulbright Commission are delighted to announce the cohort for the Sutton Trust US Programme 2014. Congratulations to the 175 students who were chosen from an original pool of over 2,000 eligible applicants to participate.

They were highly impressed by their qualifications and commitment to the programme as demonstrated in their application forms, their video submissions and their performance at the recent April Introductory Residential.

The aim of the US programme is to encourage academically talented, low and middle income British students to consider studying at American universities. Selected students come from across the UK and many will be the first in their family to go to university.

Students participate in a summer school in the US at either the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), Yale or Harvard (which joined the programme this year). They will spend a week living on campus and visit a number of other US universities in the area. Participants benefit from residential activities and receive an intensive programme of support, delivered by the US-UK Fulbright Commission over a number of months. This covers admission tests, college choices and help with applications.

The Sutton Trust and the US-UK Fulbright Commission are delighted to announce the cohort for the Sutton Trust US Programme 2014. Congratulations to the 175 students who were chosen from an original pool of over 2,000 eligible applicants to participate.

One of our Year 12 students Robyn Elms was lucky enough to be selected. Here is her story…

After a long wait, on 28th of February I was emailed the following exciting news:
‘Dear student,
Congratulations! We are delighted to inform you that you are one of 200 applicants who have been invited to the Introductory Residential weekend on 24 – 27 April in London. Having received over 2,000 applications from qualified students, we were overwhelmed by the number and quality of applicants and were thoroughly impressed with your application.’

Then I had to do a series of surveys and tests such as the PLAN and Mock ACT tests (which US universities use as well as A Level Grades that test English, Maths, Reading and Science knowledge through multiple choice questions). The April residential was overwhelmingly informative and an eye-opener. We were given a huge wad of paperwork to read through and complete; lots of lectures and a 2 hour PLAN test.

On the 30th of April I was emailed the following:
‘We are delighted to inform you that you have been selected as one of the 175 participants to continue on the programme and travel to the US in August 2014. You should be proud of yourself having been selected as one of 175 participants out of over 2,000 eligible applicants for the Sutton Trust US Programme. We were highly impressed by your suitability and commitment to the programme as demonstrated in your original application, as well as your performance in last week’s residential. It was an extremely strong applicant pool and we hope you look forward to the exciting opportunities which lie ahead.
We have randomly assigned students to the US weeks. You have been selected to take part in the MIT (August 5 – 12, 2014) week.

I was so thrilled, having expected I wouldn’t make it through to the next stage as everyone at the residential were so smart, confident and highly achieving. It was a privilege and joy to be around such people.

We wish Robyn all the best for her trip to America in August! She was the only student in Leiceste shire to be selected.

Mrs L Holdback
Head of Sixth Form Education

Charnwood Arts and Creative Hinckley have announced an exciting new partnership project to celebrate the young artistic talent in our region.
The Leicestershire and Rutland Young Artists Open Exhibition invited entries from any young artist aged between 8 and 19 who lives or works in either of the two counties.

All work was judged by a panel of experts and prizes awarded in three age categories:

• 8 to 11 years
• 12 to 15 years
• 16 to 19 years.

 
A number of students from Bosworth Academy entered the competition and were lucky enough to be shortlisted and displayed in the exhibtion. The work of Shauna Porter, Victoria Ballard,Chloe Bradwell, Layla Hamill, Olivia Lamb, Chloe Szczurek, Lauren Bailey, Indie Conte, Eva Crowson, Saffron Crumbie, and Jess O’Dell.
Special mention goes to Shauna Porter who achieved the runner up award.

Date Wednesday, 02 July 2014 until Friday, 01 August 2014
Venue The Gallery, Atkins Building, Hinckley LE10 1QU

Join us on the 25th September to find out MORE information on the choices you have available and how to apply for Year 7 Laureates, Year 10 Key Stage 4 and Year 12 Oaks Sixth Form…

To download a copy of the programme of events for the evening, click the picture below:

Click the link below to download a letter from the principal:

Letter to parents [pdf]