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Posted on 21 Jul, 2017 | Comments Off

Results days and Y12 Enro...

Results Days: – A-level Results Day is Thursday 17th August. Results can be collected in the Sixth Form Centre from 9.00am. Should a Year 12 candidate be awaiting an AS subject result that will be issued on the same day. ALL Year 12 students should email Mr Hollyman before Monday 21st August (ohollyman@gms.bucks.sch.uk) to inform him of their...

Posted on 17 Aug, 2017 | Comments Off

Exceptional A-level Resul...

Congratulations to our A-level students on an excellent set of results. Celebrations have been in full flow at Great Marlow School today as students received their A-level results. There were scenes of great excitement as over two thirds of students achieved grades A*-C in their A2 examinations and very nearly half of these grades were A*-B. Results were exceptional...

Posted on 28 Jul, 2017 | Comments Off

Prestigious Win for Chloe...

Chloe Brownbill is the winner of the regional Girls Active Prize for her commitment to sport. In the Girls Active Awards 2017, she was recognised by the Youth Sport Trust to become the regional winner of the Committed Learner category. The Girls Active Awards celebrates the work of schools to develop positive attitudes towards sport; it recognises individual students...

Posted on 28 Jul, 2017 | Comments Off

GMS Sports Day

Wednesday 12th July was the celebration of student sport at GMS in the annual Sports Day. Preceding the day, four one hour morning sessions for each respective year group battled for their houses in running, jumping, throwing and tug of war. This was followed by an afternoon session where the entire school and staff came out for the sprint events. As usual the level...

Posted on 21 Jul, 2017 | Comments Off

Musical Summer Concert

The evening consisted of a number of performances from across the year groups. Particular highlights included Ruby Moss’s Mussorgsky piece on the oboe, Lucy Ashburner’s rendition of Warwick Avenue by Duffy and the jazz bands performance of Fly Me to the Moon. The department would like to congratulate all those involved and send a massive thank you to...

Posted on 18 Jul, 2017 | Comments Off

Thank You – FoGMS R...

FoGMS wishes to formally thank everyone who has contributed to a fantastic fund-raising year: they raised an incredible £13,200. This money has been pledged to provide a new school minibus. So far they have committed to two years of the lease and hope to be able to provide funds for a further three years. The new minibus is currently being used and is sporting the...

Posted on 18 Jul, 2017 | Comments Off

GMS on Channel 4

GMS was showcased on Channel 4 ahead of the World Para Athletic Championships. The renowned television company were reporting on the sporting opportunities available for children with disabilities across the UK and our school was shown to be a beacon of best practice. The show can be seen here:...

Posted on 17 Jul, 2017 | Comments Off

Portrait Award Art Trip

As always an incredibly busy term in the Art Department! This term we have overseen the GCSE and A-Level exams, internally assessed every piece of coursework and exam project, been moderated by AQA, taken fifty Year 10 students to The National Portrait Gallery and hosted a spectacular Fashion Headdress show. The outcomes from our students in Art and Design progresses...

Posted on 17 Jul, 2017 | Comments Off

Hats, Hats, Hats.

Once more GMS’s Art Department has held its annual Hat Show, celebrating the successes of all Year 8 pupils’ work over the summer term. For each group involved, it has been 14 long, arduous weeks of collaborative designing, constructing and decorating a hat based on one of six categories. Many lunchtime and after-school sessions have been filled with classrooms...

Posted on 14 Jul, 2017 | Comments Off

Celebration of Success

On Thursday 13th July, Great Marlow School recognised the extraordinary achievements of their students at the annual Celebration of Success Evening. The event was attended by over 300 people including the Mayor of Marlow, Cllr Jocelyn Towns, Cllr Chris Funnell, the Chair of Governors Ms Sally Brookes, Sara Campbell, the members of Friends of Great Marlow, the...