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Clitheroe Advertiser &TImes.Thursclay, August 30,2012


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www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Window on by Eric Beardsworth


SHOPKEEPER Jac­ queline Wadge reckons her window has extra sparkle - thanks to ex­ pert d es ign e r Katie Longshaw-Pye. Jacqueline won the


free makeover after a public vote in Clithe- roe’s popular shop win­ dow contest, which aims to boost retailers in the town by encouraging the kind of imaginative dis­ plays favoured by TV’s ‘Queen of Shops’ Mary Pbrtas. The display in blue,


white and hot pink com­ plements the colours of Jacqueline’s shop, Jwl Contemporary Jewel­ lery, in Wellgate. Jacqueline had previ­


ously made her own dis­ play which attracted the winning votes, but ad- . mits her own work was


was outshone by Lan­ cashire lass Katie, who works for the top store Harrods in London. She said: “Katie had


some great ideas that I never would have thought of, and now I can tell people my win­ dow display was done by sorneone from-Har- rods.” • The shop w in d ow ,


p roject is part o f a scheme funded by Kib­ b le V a lley Borough Council and Creativity Works, and supported by: Clitheroe Cham­ ber o f Trade. It was launched last year of­ fering shopkeepers free masterclasses in window display.


COLOUR MATCH: De­ signer Katie Longshaw- Pye shows off her work at Jwi Contemporary Jeweiiery in Weiigate, Ciitheroe


www.cntheroeadvertIser.co.uk Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, August 30,2012 In partnership with by Eric Beardsworth


CoJSi?5yo Katie’s work * 11 A-mazing grades!


„ EXAM marking has got tougher 5 and average grades have gone down nationally, but many Ribble Valley GCSE students were hap­


in 24 years, after marking standards were tightened up, was defied by Rib- ble Valley’s schools.


.Jennie Towler, Lucy Woods and Sa­ rah Wright.


grades were: Hera Asad, Christian Barsby, Ben Farrar, Hannah Maiynis- sen, Victoria Nelmes, Grace O’Du^,


Ur Most GCSE students from the


single one of our students and their teachers.” Nine pupils who gained 10 A*


have achieved highly and we would like to congratulate them all. We are proud of the excellent academic ■ results, which are a reflection of the hard work and commitment of every


headteacher Mrs Judith Child said the results were “outstanding and probably our best ever”. CRGS re­ ported 36% of passes at A*, 72% of grades at A* to A and 93% of stu­ dents gaining A* to B grades. Mrs Child added: “All our students


Clitheroe Royal Grammar School


Chatburn Road site have enrolled for A-level study at York Street.


Imgton, headteacher Mr Anthony McNamara said: “We had many very happy young people collecting their results, including a large number who had gained A* and A grades in their GCSEs. Results for nearly all of our


At St Augustine’s RC High, Bil-


with the results for all our other sub­ jects.” Stonyhurst College’s results were


which is being expressed at a national level over the marking of the English papers, which is at complete variance


departments were either similar or substantially up on last year. ‘‘However, we share the concern


pily bucking that trend. The first dip in grades nationally


THE A TEAM: St Augustine’s pupils Matthew Corish, Jonathan Taylor, Tho­ mas Barnes and Oliver Burns, who achieved a . combined total of 38 A* and A grades, (s)


up on last year, 45% at grades A*/A, compared with 43% last year. The


GCSE results at Stonyhurst,” said headmaster Mr Andrew Johnson. ‘-‘I’m really proud of the results our pupils have achieved through their hard work and dedication. Equally, Stonyhurst also wants to celebrate the achievements of the students who were expecting more modest results,”, he said.


“This is another year of brilliant


Ribblesdale High, Clitheroe, said: “There has been a slight decline in grades, which has been noticeable in English. 56% of our pupils have achieved grades A-C, which is slightly down on last year, but on the whole we are delighted with our results. As­ sessing the progress they have made since they came to us in Year 7, it has been fantastic.” '


achieved 10 at A*^ while another seven students got straight A* and A. One fifth of all entrants were awarded an A* grade.


overall A*- C grade pass rate was 87%. Mary Flanagan, from Accrington,


’ At Bowland High School, Grindle- ton, headteacher Mr Stephen Cox said: “We are delighted'with the achievements of our pupils. Their hard work accompanied by the in­ credible support by their teachers has produced some outstanding results.” Among Rowland’s individual re­


sults, Elle Pearson obtained 11 A* grades, one A and a grade A in AS maths, while Amy Kidd obtained eight A*, one A and a grade A in AS maths.


Mrs Wendy Street, acting head of


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