Burnley school's GCSE pass rate increase among best for England (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Burnley school's GCSE pass rate increase among best for England
4:00pm Friday 6th July 2012 in News
By Peter Magill, Chief reporter
‘DELIGHTED’ Sally Cryer
A HIGH school in Burnley has been praised after recording one of the top increases in its GCSE results in the country.
Unity College has increases its rate of A* to C grades for 2011 by nearly 20 per cent, according to latest figures.
Just under five years ago the Towneley Holmes Road super-school was served with a ‘notice to improve’.
But now a leading educationalist says the school has notched up a ‘stunning achievement’ with its good exam performance.
Sue Williamson, the chief executive of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, said: “Unity College has proved itself to be one of the best schools in the country at improving GCSE outcomes for their students.
These results are a testament to the hard work of the students, teachers and leadership team there and a vindication of their beliefs in high expectations, good teaching and ambition for every young person.”
In December inspectors from the government education watchdog Ofsted also flagged up the school as ‘improving’.
Headteacher Sally Cryer said the school was pleased with the results.
She said: “We are delighted to be nationally recognised for our year on year improvements in our GCSE results and we expect significant further improvements.
“We are very proud to be one of the most-improved schools in the country and this is due to the dedication, and relentless drive to give every child the best possible eduction and for every student to be ‘the very best they can be’.”
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Truth will out
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5:23pm Fri 6 Jul 12
And everybody knows it.
Pendlesider
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10:38pm Fri 6 Jul 12
Graham Hartley
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10:56pm Fri 6 Jul 12
Stuart Farquar wrote:But he didn't say that knowledge has no importance.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein
Graham Hartley
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11:14pm Fri 6 Jul 12
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3:07am Sat 7 Jul 12
davidinburnley
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8:52pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Love Rovers Hate Venkys wrote:It's true. Some of us even have A' levels and degrees.
People in Burnley have GCSE's? Give over!
I guess from your user name you must be from Blackburn - therefore I will explain those two unfamilar terms for you...
A' levels are gained when one studies a subject at an advanced level at a big building known as a college.
Degrees are even higher than that - and the buildings one studies in for a degree are known as universities. We have one of those in Burnley ;)
Graham Hartley
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11:27pm Sat 7 Jul 12
davidinburnley wrote:Rather a shame that UcLan's Burnley campus website displayed a blank page on its 'courses' link when I checked; I found the courses after a period; others may give up.
Love Rovers Hate Venkys wrote: People in Burnley have GCSE's? Give over!It's true. Some of us even have A' levels and degrees. I guess from your user name you must be from Blackburn - therefore I will explain those two unfamilar terms for you... A' levels are gained when one studies a subject at an advanced level at a big building known as a college. Degrees are even higher than that - and the buildings one studies in for a degree are known as universities. We have one of those in Burnley ;)
Is it correct to claim that Burnley has a university? The University of Central Lancashire has a campus there - though the link to 'campuses' from www.uclan.ac.uk doesn't work.
davidinburnley
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10:41am Sun 8 Jul 12
Graham Hartley
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Stuart Farquar
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3:50pm Sun 8 Jul 12
Graham Hartley wrote:His quote is quite obviously wasted on you as your from Blackbum
Stuart Farquar wrote: Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert EinsteinBut he didn't say that knowledge has no importance.
Graham Hartley
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9:45pm Sun 8 Jul 12
Stuart Farquar wrote:I derive such fun from correspondence of this sort that I cannot think of any of it as wasted.
Graham Hartley wrote:His quote is quite obviously wasted on you as your from Blackbum
Stuart Farquar wrote: Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert EinsteinBut he didn't say that knowledge has no importance.
Graham Hartley
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10:02pm Sun 8 Jul 12
Graham Hartley
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10:06pm Sun 8 Jul 12
Stuart Farquar says...
4:14pm Fri 6 Jul 12
Albert Einstein