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  • 'Frighteningly good' Addams Family production

    Wow, wow, wow! This year's School Production cast and crew pulled out all of the stops to deliver a 'frighteningly good' performance to three sold-out audiences - the best yet! This year's production was The Addams Family , a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family. The story follows every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met.
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  • Student Awards 2023

    ANNUAL school AWARDS ceremony in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and progress On Tuesday evening over 70 students and their families came together at the Parabola Arts Centre in Cheltenham to celebrate the Cheltenham Bournside Schoo l Awards . Senior and graduate students were recognised across all subject areas for outstanding academic achievement and progress, as well as their wider contribution to the life of school. Nine students from Years 9 - 12 were also invited to the ceremony to receive the Headteacher Award 2023. The Headteacher's Award is a new award for this year and is awarded in recognition of consistently reaching the highest standards of academic excellence, a positive attitude to learning, contribution to the life of the school and high attendance.
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  • Celebrating hard-earned Duke of Edinburgh Award achievements

    On Wednesday 6th December we held a Duke of Edinburgh Awards celebration evening for more than 130 students who have achieved the award at Bronze, Silver and Gold over the past 12 months. Joined by guest speakers Rachel Smith, Bournside of DofE Alumni, and Paul Webb from H5 Adventure, the ceremony recognised student a chievement at all levels of the award and the efforts that staff and volunteers have made to ensure the scheme is so successful. "Windswept, wet and wondering which way up the map goes: the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme provides all kinds of challenges. When we think of the D of E, we tend to think of expeditions – of days spent exploring the mountains, valleys and pathways of our countryside.
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  • Sporting passion, skill and commitment celebrated at the Bournside Sports Awards 2023

    On Monday 23 October, we held the Sports Awards 2023 to celebrate the outstanding sporting talent at Cheltenham Bournside School. More than 50 awards were handed out in recognition of the sporting achievement of students in Years 7 - 10, in rugby, football, netball, hockey, tennis, rounders, cricket, athletics, and swimming. The accompanying award citations, read out by Head of Physical Education, Mr Winterbottom, highlighted the sporting passion, skill and continued commitment of the winning students. Thank you to everyone who was able to join us.
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  • Celebrating Academic Success with a Progress 8 score of +0.52

    We are proud to celebrate our recently published Progress 8 score of +0.52, which places Bournside in the top 16% of schools nationally. Progress 8 is a national measure of how much progress pupils make from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4. Our score of +0.52 is considered 'well above average', the highest possible banding. That means that pupils at Bournside achieve over half a grade higher in each qualification, compared to similar pupils across the country.
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  • Senior House Captains 2023/24

    We are delighted to introduce our 13 Senior House Captains for the 2023/24 Academic Year. Taking on the key student leadership role during their important A-Level year, the S enior House Captains are appointed following an interview process. The successful students were selected for their ambition for the role, their record of achievement in the life of the school, their attitude to learning, as well as excellent records of behaviour, attendance and punctuality. For our younger year groups, the Senior House Captains are prominent role models and an accessible and supportive team.
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  • SAVE THE DATE: Careers Fair 2023

    Bournside Careers Fair, 2023 Thursday 9th November, 4pm - 7pm, Bournside Sports Centre With more than 50 exhibitors already confirmed, this year's Bournside Careers Fair is set to be the most inspiring and informative to-date. For the first time, students in all year groups will have the opportunity to visit the Careers Fair stalls to explore their future education and employment options and to access independent advice and guidance. To manage capacity, year groups are being invited in waves: Years 11, 12 and 13 Invited to arrive between 4.00pm and 5.30pm. Years 9 and 10 Invited to arrive between 5.00pm and 6.30pm.
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  • Students and staff showcase best of Cheltenham Bournside School at open evening

    It was wonderful to open our doors to prospective students and their families at our open evening on Thursday 14th September 2023. More families than ever before joined us to find out more about life at Cheltenham Bournside School. Prospective students and their families were able to explore the school's extensive facilities and enjoy interactive activities in each department, designed to inspire interest and curiosity in the next steps of their school journey. Visitors also enjoyed entertainment at musical 'busking' spots across the school site, food tasters in the Dining Centre and tours of the newly renovated Sixth Form spaces.
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  • Cheltenham Bournside School students celebrate "best ever GCSE results" in line with the top 20% of schools in the country

    Today Cheltenham Bournside School is celebrating its best ever set of GCSE results with average grades matching targets set for the top 20% of schools in the country. The number of students gaining a grade 5 or above including English and Maths was also the highest the school has ever achieved.   Headteacher, Steve Jefferies, said “Our students and staff have worked tirelessly to achieve these fantastic results. Students continued their studies in school with their teachers right up to the last full exam and teaching staff provided a huge number of revision sessions before and after school.” “Of course, most importantly, the high quality of teaching in classroom lessons, the work of our dedicated support teams, the diligence and determination of students and the support of parents and carers have all contributed to this success.”  “Whilst I’m delighted at the school’s overall results, today is all about the individual achievements of our students and it’s great to celebrate with students like Ruby who gained the equivalent of nine GCSEs at grade 9 (with the tenth a grade 8!), Poppy (eight grade 9s and two grade 8s), Eleanor who gained ten GCSEs graded at 8 or above and Kady, Tahmid, and Oliver who gained nine GCSEs at grade 8 or above.”
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  • A Level students celebrate fantastic results and new destinations at Cheltenham Bournside School

    Students and staff at Cheltenham Bournside Sixth Form are celebrating the outstanding achievements and destinations of their Sixth Form students today. Steve Jefferies, Headteacher said, “These results reflect the hard work, determination and resilience of our students. These are the students, remember, who started sixth form having never sat public exams and having endured the disruption Covid caused to teaching and learning. As can be seen by today’s results these students, their teachers and the school’s support staff have worked tirelessly.
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