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Stoke College
Stoke by Clare
Suffolk
CO10 8JE
Tel: 01787 278141
Fax: 01787 277904

office@stokecollege.co.uk

Head:
Mr J Gibson BA CertEd

Chairman of Governors:
Mr. J Parcell

Open Morning - 4th March, 2008

Congratulations to Gaby and Ellie who have both been offered places to study A Levels at The Perse School in Cambridge. Gaby deserves particular mention because she has been awarded a much coveted scholarship. Very well done to them both.

You may have noticed that the GCSE results on our website do not match the figures in the government tables appearing in the press.

This is because the government makes two arbitrary errors in compiling its tables. Independent schools have frequently protested about the errors, but to no avail.

First, the government ignores passes from International GCSE, or IGCSE, exams. Many independent schools use these because they set a higher overall standard, especially for maths as we have been doing at Stoke.

Second, if a student is older than his or her normal year group, their results are discounted altogether. In fact the government methodology is so badly flawed that the pupil is counted as taking GCSE’s but achieving absolutely nothing. This especially distorts the numbers in a school like ours where we pay close attention to the progress of individual pupils, and place them into the year-group which best suits their capabilities.

So you can be confident that in 2007 68% of our pupils taking GCSE truly achieved five or more passes – including IGCSE maths – at grades A, B or C. The average figure for the last four years was 83%.

As we measure each pupil’s progress regularly against UK national norms, we are also confident that these results are significantly ahead of what the same pupils could have achieved in the average school.

We were pleased to welcome Tina Staples to Assembly on Monday. Tina is an experienced Fencing coach and she gave an extremely enjoyable presentation involving a number of pupils.
Fencing is a sport that has not been available to our pupils in recent years but that will change if sufficient pupils would like to join a club that Tina is prepared to organise for us.
Keep an eye open for details of this great opportunity.

Forthcoming PTA Activities

Friday 1st February
'Spooks' Evening

Friday 14th March
Easter Egg Hunt - 3pm

Bus Seats available

There are three places available on the Cambridge bus, one on the Sudbury bus, and six on the Thurlow/Hartest bus at present. Please contact the Bursar's Office to secure a seat.

Microsoft Case Study

Microsoft have completed an investigation into the use of Office at Stoke College and have published a Case Study which you can view if you click here .

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Information

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January

Monday 28th
Assembly - Prep School with Mrs. Warmington

Tuesday 29th
U13 Football v Gosfield (A) 2.15pm

Thursday 31st
U13 / U12 Hockey v Friends (A) 3.15pm
Duke of Edinburgh Year 10 / 11 taught session - map work - 4.15pm

February

Friday 1st
U11 ISA Regional Football at Stoke (all day)
U11 Netball v Thetford Grammar (H) 2.30pm
Year 7 Parents' Evening - Sports Hall - 3.45pm
Year 11 reports to parents

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Parent Governor

Our parent governor, Mr Simon Packford, may be contacted by email.
The address is:
sp@uwclub.net

School Bus Information
The school buses for Cambridge, Thurlow/Hartest and Sudbury will not be available on the dates and times shown below, as they will be in use transporting pupils participating in sporting fixtures and other school activities:

Cambridge Bus
There are three places available on the Cambridge bus at present. Please contact the Bursar's Office to secure a seat.

Sudbury Bus
There is one place available on the Sudbury bus at present. Please contact the Bursar's Office to secure the seat.

Thurlow/Hartest Bus
There are six places available on the Thurlow/Hartest bus at present. Please contact the Bursar's Office to secure a seat.

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