During the week beginning Monday 26 September 2022, both Year 10 and Year 11 tutor groups held cake sales everyday raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support as part of their Coffee Morning fundraiser.  Macmillan do whatever they can to help everyone with cancer live life as fully as they can by helping people directly, giving the right support at the right time, with practical information and support about money, family and work.

Mrs Carter started running these in memory of Mr Vafeas, a previous headteacher at Borden Grammar. This year was also in memory of Mr Jenkins, a former pupil and previous Head of Science.  The final total is in and just over £330 was raised for this most worthy cause.

On Friday 23rd September, Year 13 Geography students finally got to complete their much anticipated coastal field trip to Herne Bay.  The trip, delayed from July when the weather was too hot to go to the beach (not Mr. Williams' decision!) took place during what can only be described as torrential and constant heavy rain!  Despite the conditions, the students were able to undertake a range of fieldwork activities in preparation for their individual studies.  The ability to make notes was somewhat hampered by having to write on paper mache, however the experience will hopefully prepare them for some high quality fieldwork in the coming months.

A cake sale for Macmillan Cancer Support is taking place every day this week at break times in the quad and, if there are any left, at lunchtimes too. Year 10 and Year 11 are flying the flag for raising money for this very worthwhile cause by bringing in cakes to sell.

Students are welcome to bring in money to buy these delicious cakes and help support this charity. Many thanks in advance for your support in this matter.

The Year 7's have had a fantastic first day. They have all shown incredible resilience, positivity and were all still smiling as they left this afternoon. 

Following the cancellation of their GCSE examinations in 2020, there is no doubt that both students and schools have found the return to formal examinations demanding. We are all aware of the significant challenges these young people have had to face as a result of the pandemic, from the personal and wellbeing challenges to the significant period of remote learning across their studies. We are very proud of them all.

Overall our students should be proud of achieving some very impressive results, with over 43% of their grades being at the highest level of 7 to 9 (A/A*) and almost a quarter of entries being a grade 8 or 9 (A*). A special mention should go to the 49 students who achieved 5 or more top grades and the 14 students who achieved 10 top grades or more. Only a very small percentage of grade 9s are awarded nationally each year and so a special mention should go to those students who managed to achieve over half of their grades at this level. Jack Garnett and Hayden Gear achieved an unbelievable 10 grade 9s whilst Fortune Solanke and Joshua Gray achieved 9 grade 9s. Alex Godfrey, Samuel Ng, Scott Pearce and Brendan Murray achieved an amazing 8 grade 9s. Brennen Moran achieved an impressive 7 grade 9s, with Oliver Broad, Theodore Cutler-Johannsen and Thomas Friday also achieving 6 grade 9s.

Over 86% of students achieved 5 GCSEs at grade 5 or more (a ‘strong pass’) including both mathematics and English, which is a significant jump from previous examination years at Borden. Overall, 97% of all student outcomes were at grade 9 to 4 (A* to C). This represents excellent outcomes by a cohort of students who have displayed immense levels of determination and resilience during the course of their GCSE studies.

We are enormously proud of the achievements of all of our students under such challenging circumstances and wish them the very best of luck as they move on to pursue their future choices.

Following the cancellation of their GCSE examinations in 2020 these results represent this cohort's first experience of formal external examinations. We are all aware of the significant challenges these young people have had to face as a result of the pandemic, from the lack of experience in sitting formal examinations to the significant period of remote learning across their studies. We are very proud of them all. 

Within the many successes, we are pleased to report some particularly outstanding results by our year 13 students here at Borden Grammar School. There are 14 students who achieved at least three A or A* grades across their three or four subjects. These students are Joshua Bass, Harry Brown, Thomas Scollard, Sam Canning, Gabriella Deevoy, Tom Fassenfelt, Ethan Gear, William Price, Ciaran Higgins, Imdad Rahman, Zak Robinson, Joe Shaw, Shaharyar Sikander and Ted Vidyarthi. Of these students the very top performers are Shaharyar Sikander A*A*A*, Zak Robinson A*A*A, Gabriella Deevoy A*A*A, Harry Brown A*A*AA, Tom Fassenfelt A*AA and Ethan Gear A*AA.

Overall our students achieved some very impressive grades, with 54% of all grades awarded to them being at A* to B and a quarter of the grades at the highest level of A*/A. This represents excellent outcomes by a cohort of students who have displayed immense levels of determination and resilience during the course of their A level studies. These results will allow the students to successfully move on to the next stage of their education or careers. Students have successfully secured places at top universities including Durham, Warwick, Royal Holloway, Nottingham, Southampton, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), the University of London and the University of Kent. A number of other students have secured high level apprenticeship and degree apprenticeship opportunities at local companies as well as blue chip companies in London.

We are enormously proud of the achievements of all our students under such challenging circumstances. We wish all of our students the very best of luck as they move on from Borden and know that they will be hugely successful in whatever career path they choose to take.