Children In Need – Mufti Day

We are pleased to announce that we are running a Mufti day for the students tomorrow, 20 November 2009. It will cost the students £1 and the proceeds will be donated to the ‘Children In Need’ Charity. Thank you for your support.

Please note, this is a non-uniform day and students should not arrive at school in ‘fancy dress’.

Our local PCSO's have asked the school to participate in a consultation to find out how people feel about their local neighbourhood.  All students can have their say and the consultation can be found under my courses - Student Surveys. 

This is also available for staff to have a say - you may need to navigate to the course which is under All Courses - Miscellaneous - Student Surveys

Have your say! It's open until Sunday 25th October 2009.

We are sorry but following changes to our telephone system voicemail service over the weekend we are still experiencing some problems with this service.  When you ring the school the telephone system goes straight to voicemail but you are then able to type in the extension you require and speak to someone, please dial 400 for main reception.  If you are unable to get through then please email us at the following address: office@mandeville.bucks.sch.uk .

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Young Ambassador Conference, Twickenham Rugby Club, Tuesday 15 September 2009

Mandeville Student ‘Sarah Mason’ is one of two young leaders from across the Mandeville School Sports Partnership (37 schools) who has been selected to represent Mandeville School Sports Partnership as a Gold Young Ambassador, which is part of the National Youth Sport Trust Leadership and Volunteering programme to raise the profile of sport, and use the power of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to inspire young people to choose sport.  

Sarah Commented ‘I spent the day with a variety of Ambassadors from across the country and my team captain was Miriam Batten (Sydney 2000 Silver Medallist quad sculls), we planned our year ahead and learnt about the Olympic and paralympic values and how to integrate the values into school sport and PE. My position now allows me to meet pupils in both primary and secondary schools and talk about the Olympics and how to get everyone off their sofas and into sport whether it be competing, officiating, umpiring or scoring’.

Sarah has been a key player in raising the profile of sport within Mandeville School, supporting intra and inter school sport activities as a participant and volunteering as a young leader since Year 9. Last year Sarah was part of the inaugural ‘Leadership Academy’ held at Mandeville School which involved 35 Young Leaders aged 14+ from across the Mandeville School Sports Partnership. The Academy provided training on a monthly basis and raised the awareness of volunteering opportunities taking place within schools or out in the community. All 35 students are currently logging their hours to achieve the Bronze Award (50hrs volunteering), Silver Award (100hrs) Gold (200hrs).

As we are counting down to London 2012 it is great to have such enthusiastic young role models like Sarah who are dedicated to motivating a variety of people to get active!

If you have any questions or require more information regarding Sports Leadership and Volunteering in the Mandeville SSP please contact Katie Milton on katie.milton@mandeville.bucks.sch.uk

The Young Ambassador programme is managed by the Youth Sport Trust on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Children, School and Families    www.youthsporttrust.org

PRESS RELEASE - GCSE RESULTS 2009

The school is highly delighted to announce that results continue to exceed all expectation with subsequent ‘outstanding’ achievements. This year 97% of students gained five or more GCSE passes and 100% of students gained one or more full GCSE awards. In relation to GCSE qualifications including English and Mathematics the school made an impressive leap forward to exceed the government national target by 7%!

This fantastic achievement has been brought about by the significant investment in staff training and student ‘coaching’ with the school taking a lead role within in Buckinghamshire.

Peter Patchett, headteacher, commented “I am really proud of all our students who have worked hard to produce such a fantastic set of examination grades. Recognition of this success must also be extended to staff and other members of our thriving school community”

A number of students excelled with top grades and in particular we recognise and congratulate the achievements of the following students:

Ryan Clark, Antonia Evans and Jack Geraghty gained A*, A and B grades in all of their GCSE examinations.

Holly Woolford, Jemma Gates, Rosie Gibbard, Amy Murray, Laura Bailey, Trish Burdon, Jordan Collins, Genine Grant - Telfer, Ouzma Khan, Jamie Simpson, Sam Ward and Faryal Zahir gained C grades or higher in all of their 13 or more GCSE examinations.

Peter Patchett

Headteacher

27 August 2009