Dear Parents/Guardians

STOP PRESS!

I am very pleased to inform you that we have heard this afternoon that Buckinghamshire has been admitted to the BSF programme ………which means our vision to rebuild the school finally becomes a reality. I will be in a position to provide you with further specific information following my attendance at a two day BSF conference later this month.

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This is an exciting time for Mandeville School which will shape the future of teaching and learning and bring forth new and innovative learning technologies within a 21^st century learning environment.

Peter Patchett

Headteacher

8 March 2010

Dear Parents/Guardians

I would like to thank you for your response to my request for feedback following our recent period of enforced closure. 

There were many positive comments and offers of help which were gratefully appreciated.  There were also observations and suggestions for further improvement to our policy on school closure which I plan to raise with the Governing Body and Local Authority.  

As you may be aware we have experienced technical difficulties with our website which is hosted by the Local Authority - hence the delay in bringing to your attention a further update on our plans for this term.

The school has devised extended activities to enable students to access their education during lunch and after school. However, given the number of students participating we have decided to concentrate primarily this half-term on Year 11.  Further opportunities for Year 11 will be provided through ‘catch up’ and booster classes during February half term and the Easter break.  Work for all other year groups will be provided via the VLE and additional teaching sessions are planned for weekends later in the term (dates to be confirmed).  

 May I take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and to reassure you that every possible action will be taken to ensure that we do not find ourselves in this situation again. 

Peter Patchett

Headteacher

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

Peter Patchett , Headteacher of the Mandeville School expressed how extremely proud he was of the students’ achievements this year and the outstanding progress in the overall performance of the school’s Sixth form.

2009 has seen a significant increase in performance at Key Stage 5 on previous years, with improvements in the average points score per student, per entry.

At AS level there was a 30% increase in the pass rate with more students gaining A/B grades than any previous year. There was also a 25% increase in the number of students taking A2 level qualifications supporting the highest number of students from The Mandeville School to access University education. The school’s performance at BTEC continues to be excellent with all students obtaining a qualification at level 3.

Particular highlights are the performance of Samuel Jardine who gained 5 A levels (2 A’s, 2 B’s and a C) and Stacey Draper who gained 4 A levels (1 A, 2 B’s and a C). Stacey intends to continue her studies at Bedford University.