Westholme NL Xmas 2010.indd - Westholme School

A LEVEL ELATION
Westholme students have once again fulfilled their potential this
year, gaining excellent A level results with a 100%
pass rate and 68% of all grades being A*/A/B.
The new A* grade really stretched our girls, with the
top 9% gaining them. One outstanding
performance was in Biology where 20% of
all students gained A* grades.
BEST GCSEs - EVER!
Westholme students gained the best GCSE results in the School’s
history! The results are amazing and unprecedented. There was an
overall pass rate of 99%, and 60% of all grades were A*/A.
35% of all Westholme students each gained a minimum of 10A*/A
grades. For the first time a number of students took on additional
Maths which resulted in fourteen pupils gaining 12 A*/A grades. This
was an exceptional achievement. Pass rates in GCSE English and
Mathematics were 100% and 99% respectively.
One Year 7 pupil, Natasha Mols,
gained an A* in GCSE Spanish
and another student from Year
11, Colwen Clauscen gained
an A grade in A level Chinese
along with her 12 GCSEs.
10 WESTHOLME SENIOR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
SCHOLARSHIPS
We were very proud to have financial support from local businesses,
Artisan Interiors and Emica, in the form of Scholarships and the
Eureka Essay awards.
Alyas Khan, CEO of Emica launched the Eureka Award in the
Summer term and visited to award the winning prizes of £150
each to Rachael Moodie (Seniors) and Malini Dey (Juniors). He
was impressed with the creativity of the ideas all the girls had
presented and said, “These essays have depth of imagination and
ideas for regeneration that are amongst the best the panel have
seen. Congratulations.” He was also pleased to award the Eureka
Scholarship for £500 to Emma Watts for the highest performance
in Geography based on external GCSE results. Mr Khan commented
that all the girls who had been awarded prizes from his company
would be guaranteed work experience and interviews at the end
of their studies.
Katy Hill, former pupil and parent of Westholme came to award the
Artisan Interiors Scholarship to Jodie Clegg, who had excelled in her
Art GCSE examination. Jodie was
delighted with the £500 award
to enhance her studies. Mrs Hill,
a director of Artisan Interiors,
said that it was extremely
rewarding to help a talented girl
through her learning, and she
looked forward to seeing Jodie’s
future work.