• Adult education taster events

  By  Sevenoaks-People at 08:00 on 27/08/10

  

  SEVENOAKS Adult Education Centre hosts two open days next month with free taster sessions. The Bradbourne Road HQ opens its doors for an evening session from 6 to 8.30pm on September 7. Then on September 9 it stages events from 10am to 2pm. Courses are for people to learn new skills, improve old ones, inspire a new hobby or follow a career path. Among the subjects on offer this year are computing, clock and watch repairs, falconry,...

• Girls meet great expectations with perfect way tobow out before new academy begins

  By  Sevenoaks-People at 08:00 on 27/08/10

  

  GIRLS at Four out of five pupils (80 per cent) recorded five grades between A* and C, up from last year’s 64 per cent rate and in excess of the target 68 per cent. In addition, the number achieving five ‘good’ GCSEs including mathematics and English was up from 48 per cent in 2009 to 59 per cent on Tuesday. Acting head teacher Paul Derrick said: “There’s no one thing we’ve done we can...

• Our outstanding Sevenoaks GCSE students

  By  SevenoaksHol at 08:14 on 26/08/10

  

  Special congratulations to Sevenoaks’s Bradbourne School, whose pupils have excelled in this year’s GCSE results. According to the Kent Council is has been another record year for Kent’s students, based on provisional figures. Some 77.7% of the county’s students achieved five A* to C grades this year – an increase of 4.7% on 2009 and 8.6%above the national average. Over half of all students achieved the...

• The worst performing primary schools in Sevenoaks?

  By  SevenoaksHol at 12:41 on 25/08/10

  

  We have covered the best performing primary schools in Sevenoaks according to the league tables. So it’s only fair to look at the ‘worst’ performing schools and ask if the league tables are really reflecting the truth. According to the 2009 league tables, the five schools below are the ‘worst’ in the area based on the aggregate score for the school. What does the aggregate score mean? The aggregate score...

• Top five primary schools in Sevenoaks – do you agree?

  By  SevenoaksHol at 20:57 on 24/08/10

  

  League tables are a controversial way to measure the quality of a school. When the benefits and challenges of school life spread far beyond the marks received in set tests on set dates, many parents find that using tables to judge whether a school is right for their child tells only half the story. How good at tackling and preventing bullying, how adept at integrating and supporting children with special needs, how healthy the school...

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