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Practice interviews help students prepare for future success
21 Sep

This week, we have welcomed a wide range of employers into the school, to hold practice interviews for our Year 11 students. Practice interviews are a fantastic chance for students to experience what a real interview would be like, in terms of format and questions. These interviews help our students to learn how to answer difficult questions, develop interview strategies, improve their communication skills, and to build professional relationships and confidence. Thank you to all of the business leaders involved.
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Open Evening 2021
16 Sep

Thank you to all of those who attended our Open Evening on Thursday, 16th September - we hope you had a fantastic evening getting to know our school and finding out what it is like to be a part of the Cheltenham Bournside School community. Visitors were able to have a go at a wide range of activities, ranging from fitness testing in our brand new Fitness Suite, coding in our modern Library, and language tasters in Modern Foreign Languages, to tasting food samples in the dining centre, exploring our music and drama departments and seeing our product design equipment in action. If you weren't able to join us for the Headteacher's Talk, or just wish to see it again, a recorded session can be found below. It's not to late to come and visit our school.
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Celebrating GCSE Success
12 Aug

256 students were celebrating on the 12th August after picking up a fantastic set of GCSE results. A message from Headteacher, Mr Jefferies: "It has been a brilliant morning of celebration. Today's GCSE results reflect our students' hard work and dedication throughout a time of unprecedented disruption. This year, grades were awarded by the students' teachers and rigorously checked by the senior leadership team and the exams boams. We can be confident, therefore, that the grades received are the grades these diligent, resilient young people deserve.
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Sixth Form students achieve top tier university places and higher degree apprenticeships
10 Aug

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; “I’d like to congratulate all of the students of Cheltenham Bournside Sixth Form for their hard work, determination and resilience in achieving great results despite a year of unprecedented disruption. 169 Sixth Form students have collected A level and Level 3 BTEC results and what we celebrate today are their destinations; over 90% of them have secured places on their first choice university course or degree level apprenticeship, whilst others are looking forward to starting their careers. "Following an extremely rigorous process in awarding these grades, I and the exam boards who verified the results, are confident that these results accurately reflect our students’ achievements, ability, and diligence.
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Virtual Summer Music Concert 2021
14 Jul

"Welcome to our virtual summer concert, which celebrates and showcases the musical talent of our amazing students. The students have worked so hard over the past two terms, preparing for what we'd hoped would be a live concert. Unfortunately Covid restrictions have got in the way. In its place however, we are delighted to bring you a virtual concert filled to the brim with incredible work.
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Team Transcend reach regional Young Enterprise Final
10 Jul

Congratulations to our Year 12 Young Enterprise team who reached the South West and Mid Wales final of the national Young Enterprise competition with their popular ‘Post-box Posies’ business, offering handmade and delivered faux flowers. With a turnover of over £3000 and a profit of £550, the sustainably sourced student business was recognised for the developing a brand built on honesty and trust. The judges were 'blown away by the teams' resilience, teamwork and perseverance." Leo Kelly, Head of Business at Cheltenham Bournside School said, “Working with Young Enterprise helps to give our students the life skills, knowledge and confidence they need to succeed in the changing world of work, and this year has been no exception. We’re so proud of Team Transcend; they developed a really strong brand offering an excellent product, all during a pandemic.
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