Three times a winner! TRIPLETS Megan, Lauren and Emma Carter (right) proved things do indeed happen in threes. They all achieved 11 A*-A grades in their GCSEs - plus two A grades at AS-level. Invicta Grammar School head Julie Derrick said:
“This is an amazing family and school achieve- ment. “The triplets all want to go to Cambridge so
watch this space!We are sure their dreams will come true.” Six other girls joined the triplets on the
same pass rates – Katie Billing, Sophie Bradshaw, Annabelle Brittle, Eleanor Bryant, Chloe Ranger and Bethan Dowden. Mrs Derrick added: “We had more 20 students with straight A*-A grades.”
Prep school head predicts ‘confusion’ in state schools
Lara Bowles (11), from Chart Sutton, with the Music Cup she received at speech day
FEARS over the instability and falling standards of state education were ex- pressed at Sutton Valence Prep School speech day by its head Richard Johnson. Referring to fluctuating plans, budgetary cuts and changes to the curriculum, Mr Johnson told parents and pupils: “I personally feel that so many dramatic changes in such a short space of time will create a sense of confusion that will take years to settle. “We are about to see amajor change within the state education system in this area – in both primary and sec- ondary schools – all without any extra resources.
“We are already seeing precious op- portunities in sport, music and the arts being taken away.” Mr Johnson said he was delighted
that many of the features the govern- ment attributed to an outstanding school were already present in schools such as his, where high aca- demic standards were balanced with a wealth of opportunities outside the classroom. The school’s Kent Test results this
year were the best for many years, with 46% of the year group passing and four pupils gaining 100% in all three papers. This compared with 25% across the whole of Kent.
Bursar appointed
SUTTON Valence School has a new bursar. Simon Fowle succeeds Andrew Hutchinson, who retired last term after 18 years. Mr Fowle, mar-
ried with 10- year-old twins and two grown- up sons, joins from Burgess Hill School for Girls, Sussex, where he hed been bursar since 2006.
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