10 |August28, 2014 |harlowstar.co.uk| Star email: [email protected] NEWS LikeusonFacebook /HarlowStar Stewards St Mark’s West EssexCatholicSchool

Pupils celebrate their success PUPILS waitingnervously forthe resultsoftheir Bianca castro continuallystrivetoprovide foreachofthem.” ful GCSE examswereput outoftheir misery on [email protected] Outstandingstudentsinclude Wing Lau(11 A* and 201 Thursday ...and everyschoolinHarlow reported Agrades),Katie Day, Thomas Robinson andAshica five an improvementthisyear. Joshy(10 A* andAgrades) andMelissa Selwood (9 A* and BurntMill Academy studentssmashed allpre- to understand in my lessonssoIgot alot of books to andAgrades). O viousrecordswithatotal of 86 percentachieving do extrastudy at home. pupils achieved theirbest Ra five or more A*-C grades includingEnglish and “Itwas notjustthe language;Icamefromaschool resultseverwith60per cent gainingfiveA*-C sai mathsand 25 percentgainingfiveormoreA*and with just 20 studentssothere wasalot of change for grades includingEnglish andmathematics. dre Agrades. me.Ifeelgreat aboutmyresults.” Assistantheadteacher MarieErwoodsaid: “Weare we HeadteacherHelenaMillssaid: “Weknewwehad Atotal of 78 percentofpupilsatSt Mark’s West allthrilled with theresults anditreflectsonall the giv agreat groupofstudentsbut with recent education Essex Catholic School achieved five or more A*-C hard work of staff andpupilstoachieve thebest thi reformswehad averyslightconcern aboutwhatthe grades and58per cent gained five or more A*-C resultswehaveeverhad.Itisgreat news,and we’re nit resultsmight be. grades includingEnglish andmaths.Nineteen delightedfor allofour pupils.” P “Our children andstaff work incredibly hard.All pupils achieved at leastfiveA*orAgrades, 74 pupils Star achieversincludedGeorgeStrachan, who ou of my staff areinschoolat7am offeringextrarevi- gained at leastone A* or Agrade and55pupilssuc- achieved 15 A* andone A. He said:“Iamsopleased I’m sion andstudy opportunities andstudentscomein cessfullypassedthe EnglishBaccalaureate. to have done so well,especially when thereare so to p to Saturdayschooltostrivefor theirabsolutebest.” HeadteacherElaineHeaphysaid: “I am delighted many changestoeducationgoing on. “T Katarina Sucikova ,who spoke very little English that thehardworkofour Year 11 pupils andtheir “Itjustgoestoshow that everyyearthings areget- ou when shejoinedthe school twoyears ago, pickedup teachers hasbeenrewardedwithsuchagood setof ting harder foruspupils, butIwould saytoyounger tim five A* grades,one A, twoBsand aC.“Theteachers GCSE results. Iamproud of everypupil in accept- pupils to always strive do thebestthatyou cando.” the have been really kind to me,”she said.“Istruggled ingand meetingthe challenges that we at St Mark’s Passmores Academy also celebrated asuccess- ber

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