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Balcarras pays tribute to Gordon Ottewell
Today I learned of the sad news that Gordon Ottewell has passed away at the age of 88. Gordon was one of the original four patrons of Balcarras when the school was officially established on 12th November 1986. The photo above shows Gordon on the right alongside Tom Graveney, Peter Selve...Read Full Story - 13/09/19
Now Science joins Maths
Hot on the heels of A level maths now our GCSE science results have been confirmed as the best in the country. We have confirmation that the department have achieved Alps 1 which means that in terms of value added no school in the country can match us in GCSE combined science. It is no wonder...Read Full Story - 05/09/19
Best Maths Results in the Country!
On Tuesday this week Balcarras was contacted by ALPS education to tell us that our A level maths results were the best for any school in the entire country. ALPS analyse the progress made by all students nationally comparing their starting point (ie their GCSE scores) to what they achieved at A leve...Read Full Story - 04/09/19
GCSE Results High Flyers
The GCSE results of our Year 11 in 2019 were truly exceptional both in terms of the grades achieved and the progress made. 42% of all the grades awarded were 7+ and while we are still waiting for our official Progress 8 score the early indications are that it will be very high. 54 pupils achie...Read Full Story - 22/08/19
Incredible GCSE Results
Congratulations to all of our Year 11 students on a fabulous set of GCSE results. There was a great atmosphere today in the sixth form common room as the results were handed out. Year 11 were a terrific group and we are very proud of what they have achieved collectively. The results wer...Read Full Story - 15/08/19
Best Ever A Level Results
This year saw our Year 13 cohort achieve the best results in the school’s history, no mean feat given that last year was also a previous best ever performance. The cohort achieved a superb 70% A*-B, 91% A*-C and 99% A*-E. 37% of all grades were either A* or A, which surpassed last year...Read Full Story - 19/07/19
Farewell to Paul Greenway
It has been quite an emotional week at Balcarras as we bid farewell to Paul Greenway after 35 years service to this school. On Wednesday we had a dinner at the school attended by 120 current and former colleagues and today we will say thank you to him one last time in the final assembly. On be...Read Full Story - 14/07/19
D of E Gold Expedition
Year 12 pupils completed their practice expedition in Dartmoor.Read Full Story - 14/07/19
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Primary Physics conference
Building strong foundations in primary science: Focus on Physics and KS2 to KS3 transitionRead Full Story - 05/07/19
- 03/07/19
Most Innovative team
The Balcarras Young Enterprise team were given a special commendation after attending the National Finals in LondonRead Full Story - 03/07/19
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- 02/07/19
Year 2 Visit Science
Year 2 Visit Science On Friday 28 June, 90 Year 2 pupils from Charlton Kings Infants School visited the science department. They did four sessions of 30 minutes each looking a a different bit of science. Mrs Atkin showed them the different colours that chemicals burn in the science of firework...Read Full Story - 21/06/19
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Ottewell win house dance
You can see the highlights of House dance on Monday 1st July at 7pmRead Full Story