The September 2013 new starters have settled in and the Abingdon Senior Schools are now looking to September 2014. There are three fee paying schools and three State schools …
Abingdon School had an Open Day this morning for pupils considering coming to Abingdon next school year.
St Helen & St Katherine also had open day today. Their new Science Centre looks very prominent now.
Our Lady’s Abingdon also have an Open Morning soon.
John Mason had their Open Evening last week. They have two open mornings to come.
Fitzharrys will have an Open Evening and two Open Mornings.
Larkmead will also be open evening and morning.
Thanks to both John Mason and Fitzharrys for telling me about their open days, and how well they are both doing.
Fitzharrys says “2012-13 was a year marked by real progress across the school. Highlights include a 16% rise in our Maths GCSE results as part of our overall 5% improvement, doubling the A grades in Year 12 as part of greater success across the board, and record Year 10 exam results.”
What we need is an Aldi in Abingdon!
Didn’t know they were into education…
Shopping in Aldi is always an educating experience, comparing prices (and quality) with other Supermarkets and learning by how much one is being ripped off by them. I also shop weekly in M&S (Food), Waitrose & Tesco as well as visiting Aldi for my learning experience. An Aldi in one of the empty units in the precinct would be of great benefit to the town.
I agree with T Harbuckle. An Aldi supermarket is just what we need in Abingdon. Like NOW!!!!
Nice to see we’re keeping the class hierarchy in place… “then there are the state schools”, outrageous!
I ‘m sure this is unintentional – i think backstreeter is/was a governor at a state school
Bad choice of words. I should be striving to narrow the divide. Not widen it. Apologies.
I don’t know who the Paul is who commented about class and schools – but it wasn’t me!
Aldi, poundland, charity shops? come on we can do better than that!
Shops off topic somewhat.
What will the Large ‘Anchor’ Supermarket be when they demolish The Charter, in Phase 2 of the scheme.??
Apparently New Look still want to move into 1 of the new larger units in precinct, (if they are ‘accepted’).
Col.
We need a good range of shops, including cheaper ones. Aldi are a very effective challenger to the market domination of Tesco and Sainsbury’s and more power to their elbow.
I found this Blog by accident when surfing the Internet looking for information on the “academisation” of John Mason. All of my children went to JM when it was a comprehensive school. They are all grown up and left years ago. I find that the standards of the local newspapers have dropped so far I stopped taking them so obviously I missed anything that they may have said about the change but would not have expected that it was a peaceful transition as many people hold strong views on “academisation” so I wonder if anyone has memories of the event.