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Connor is a great example of “being better than you thought you could be”. By his own admission he did less than impressively when he took his GCSEs, but a new-found determination saw him hit the heights with exam success this time round.

Connor achieved A*s in Maths, Chemistry and Physics and is starting a Physics degree at Imperial College London in October.
Predicted just average grades after achieving merely modest GCSEs, he surpassed even his own expectations to gain a place at one the world’s most the prestigious institutions.

Connor, recently interviewed by the local media, said: “I never thought I would be at this point now. I was really down when I got my GCSE results so this is a complete turnaround. I hadn’t been interested in school and saw exams as just something you had to do. But after getting those grades it just hit me. I wanted to do A levels and I wanted to go to university. I felt I just wanted to knuckle down and achieve more and make my family proud. So I got my head down and worked hard and here I am today.”

Doing subjects which really interested him spurred Connor on and encouraged him to apply to Imperial College London. He needed two A* and an A to get in and was apprehensive about reaching that target. “I thought I could get a good result in Maths but then obviously it was up to the other two, so I was really nervous up to about receiving my grades. You can check online with UCAS whether you have got into university and I said I wasn’t going to do that but when me and my dad got to the school car park, (on Thursday morning) I just had to check – I didn’t want to be disappointed – and I’d got in. I was a bit teary-eyed and so was my dad. I knew I had two A*s at that point but didn’t know I’d got a third. I was just over the moon.”

Connor is doing a four year course at ICL and ideally would love to turn his passion for Physics in to a career but realises there is a long way to go.
Celebrations of his success include a hospitality package with a meeting with one of the class of ‘92 at Old Trafford, the home of his favourite football team, Manchester United.

Among other individuals who stood out for 2016 were Joe Aziz with three A* and one A going to Birmingham to study Theoretical Physics, Joe Murfitt who achieved the same high grades and is also off to Birmingham to do Medicine and Tamsin Durrant, again off to Birmingham University, after gaining three A* to do Chemistry, while Divesh Jina attained three A* and will be going on to study Engineering.

Chris Parkinson, Principal, said: “We have a policy of challenging students to be better than they thought they could be and to take the hardest A level subjects such as Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and Physics. These subjects alone have achieved an amazing 60 A* and A grades between them. These results are a testament to the hard work and commitment which our students and staff have put in over the last two years.”

Bosworth Academy students are once again celebrating amazing A Level results, with the majority of students having been able to access their University of choice.

Quote Chris Parkinson, Principal “These results are a testimony to the hard work and commitment of staff that our students have enjoyed such success.”

Some of the individual stars were:

• Joe Aziz who gained 3 x A* & 1 x A and is now going to Birmingham to study Theoretical Physics
• Joe Murfitt who gained 3 x A* & 1 x A and is now going to Birmingham to study Medicine
• Tamsin Durrant who gained 3 x A* and is now going to Birmingham to study Chemistry
• Divesh Jina who gained 3 x A* & 1 x A and is now going on to Cambridge to study Engineering
• Connor Mawer who gained 3 x A* and is now going to Imperial College to study Physics

Bosworth Academy has a policy of challenging students to be better than they thought they could be, and to take the hardest A level subjects such as Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and Physics. These subjects alone have achieved an amazing 60 A*/A grades between them. These results are a testimony to the hard work and commitment which our students and staff have put in over the last two years.

Number of students entered 162

A* – E = 100%
A* – C = 75%
A* A B = 48%

Uniform ordered online with Price and Buckland will be available for collection between August 23rd-August 26th 9am -12pm

PE Tops – these are available from Liss Sports – www.lisssport.co.uk/BAKS4
PLEASE NOTE – there is no restriction on the colour students choose

For more information on the school uniform & dress code for all year groups and the link to Price & Buckland click the link below:

School Uniform [link]

Any queries then please email Ben White – [email protected]

Due to unforeseen circumstances the swimming pool has to be closed for maintenance.

The pool is expected to reopen on Wednesday 27th July 2016.

It will also be closed from Monday 8th August until Wednesday 31st August for early morning swim.

The Henrichment Team took part in the RSPB’s Big Schools’ Bird Watch back in February. Armed with binoculars and warm coats the students headed out into the Academy’s grounds and became bird spotters for an hour. The data they collected has been added to results from other schools, the numbers crunched and now the results are in!

The blackbird has triumphed once again, securing the top spot as the most-seen bird, cropping up in 87% of schools.

Second place has been held by starlings. These noisy, speckled birds showed a higher average count per school than in 2015.

Woodpigeons, however, have jostled into third place, a position that last year was held by house sparrows.

House sparrow numbers were actually higher this year, but they were still overtaken by the massive jump in woodpigeon numbers.

Woodpigeons favour grassy areas with scattered trees, such as parks and gardens – so school fields fit the bill (excuse the pun!) perfectly. Plus, the fact that woodpigeons are big, distinctive and sometimes noisy birds probably helps by making them easy to spot and identify.

With more than 80,000 birds counted and 90,000 people taking part, Big Schools’ Birdwatch offers a valuable snapshot of the birds that use the habitats provided by schools to survive.

The Henrichment Team are looking forward to taking part again next year!

To view the RSPB certificate, click the link below:

RSPB Big Schools’ Bird Watch 2016 [pdf]