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Academy Status
Created: Tue 31st Aug 10 at 15:55:50, Last Update: Tue 31st Aug 10 at 15:56:36

Heckmondwike Grammar School will open as a new Academy with effect from 1st September 2010.

 
The opportunity for outstanding schools to convert to academy status was provided by the coalition government through the Academies Act 2010. The arrangements for funding and governance are very similar to those that applied under the Grant-Maintained status which the school enjoyed from 1989 to 1999.
 
Governors and senior staff have worked hard throughout the summer holiday to facilitate the change. They are grateful for the support of the DfE and the local authority in helping to meet the legal and commercial requirements.
 
Heckmondwike Grammar School has been recognised by Ofsted as an outstanding school on four occasions and has a strong reputation for consistently high standards and achievement. The Academy status will have no impact on admissions or the school ethos. The additional freedoms associated with Academy status will enable the governing body to further raise high standards not just in the school but also in the local community.
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Note to parents about the Academy Programme
Created: Mon 21st Jun 10 at 14:53:09, Last Update: Mon 21st Jun 10 at 15:01:41

Parents will no doubt know that the secretary of state for education has written to outstanding schools giving them the option of converting to academy status, subject to new legislation currently passing through parliament.

 

At their meeting on 17th June the governors of the school resolved to proceed with an application with a view to securing academy status by the 1st September. Pupils have today been given a letter to take home regarding this decision and we recommend all parents to read this letter, a copy of which can be downloaded by clicking here.

 

A list of frequently asked questions compiled by the department for education can be downloaded by clicking here.

 

Further information about the academy programme is available at the department for education website.

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HGS Internet Facilities
Created: Tue 25th May 10 at 09:53:05

The Local Authority will be carrying out essential work on the schools broadband link starting at 8pm on Wednesday 26th May and continuing until 6am on Thursday 27th May. This work affects all schools in the Kirklees LEA.

 

The following services provided by HGS will not be available during this time:

  • HGS Web Site
  • Staff and Student email
  • Moodle (HGS Virtual Learning Environment)
  • Work from Home
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School Swimming Team
Created: Wed 17th Mar 10 at 08:25:13

Leeds and District Schools Championships

Due to the double postponement due to adverse weather conditions of one of the qualifying galas, on both its scheduled date and on the reserve date, that will now take place on Tuesday 23 March. Regrettably, therefore, the finals of the Individual Championships will not now take place. Qualification for the Team Championships in April will be announced after the completion of this preliminary gala.

Mr Allen
 

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School well placed in Performance Tables
Created: Thu 14th Jan 10 at 16:06:46

The official school performance tables for 2009 were published today allowing parents to compare the performance of state and independent schools. We are sure that all associated with the school will be pleased with our strong showing at both GCSE and A-level.  For further details please click on the link below.

 

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Moodle Access - Thursday 29th October
Created: Tue 20th Oct 09 at 14:09:11

Please note that the Schools Moodle VLE will be unavailable to both pupils and staff on Thursday 29th October between 9am and 5pm. This is due to essential maintenance. We apologise for inconvenience this may cause.

 

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Chief Inspector praises School
Created: Fri 21st Nov 08 at 14:08:50

Heckmondwike Grammar was named yesterday in the Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools' Annual Report as an outstanding school.  HGS is the only school in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region to have achieved this distinction four times in the last fifteen years. See the report in the Huddersfield Examiner .

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School team wins regional mock trial competition
Created: Mon 10th Nov 08 at 14:04:24

Congratulations to the sixteen members of the HGS Bar Mock Trial team who competed against 17 other schools and colleges on Saturday in the regional round of this national competition. The event, which was organised jointly by the Bar and the Citizenship Foundation, took place in the Leeds Combined Courts. Seasoned judges were present to adjudicate and spoke warmly of the overall team performance and the impressive examining and cross-examining skills of our barristers. The team now go forward to the National final which will take place in the Old Bailey in March.

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Schools for the Future – Kirklees Consultation - Tuesday 4th November
Created: Mon 3rd Nov 08 at 11:54:31

On Tuesday 4th November from 3.30pm – 8.00pm there will be an open consultation event run by Kirklees Council held in school. The event will be held in the main school hall with access via the North Street entrance.

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Outstanding A-level Results for Heckmondwike Grammar School
Created: Thu 14th Aug 08 at 12:42:57

Outstanding A-level Results for Heckmondwike Grammar School

 
Staff and students are celebrating the school's best ever A-level results. Our 200 upper sixth form students achieved 791 A-level and 216 AS –level passes, an average of 4.5 A-level passes per student.  Excluding General Studies, 85% of results were at grade C or better and 71% of these grades were either A or B. The average UCAS points score, at 407 is equivalent to just over 4 B grades, and is ten points higher than the school’s previous best ever performance.  The very good results placed the school in 61st place in the unofficial league table of the top 300 schools and colleges compiled by The Independent.  
 
There were some excellent individual performances:
 
  • Forty-two students achieved 3 or more grade A passes;
  • Fifteen students achieved five or more grade A passes;
  • Timothy Dhir, Catherine Gordon, and Emma New achieved a remarkable 6 grade A passes
  • Tom Ridley’s 7 grade A passes is probably one of the strongest A-level performances in the country this year;
  • Tim Dhir and Niall Oddy were in the top five candidates in A-level General Studies;
  • Kiri Gabriella Anderson was one of the top five students in A-level Art;
 
All students achieved at least three passes enabling almost all year 13 students to start University courses in October, including a number of students who have won places at Oxford or Cambridge Colleges:
 
  • Emma New will study medicine at Keble College Oxford;
  • Maud Halstead is reading History at Magdalen College Oxford;
  • April Cashin-Garbutt will study Biological Science at Pembroke College Cambridge;
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