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26 Nov

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School Awards 2024
20 Dec

On Tuesday evening, more than 80 students and their families gathered at the Parabola Arts Centre in Cheltenham to celebrate the Bournside School Awards 2024. The now annual event recognised outstanding academic achievement and academic progress as well as the broader contributions of individual students to the life of the school. This year, 18 students from Year 9-11 were invited to the ceremony to receive the prestigious Headteacher’s Award 2024. A new addition to the awards last year, the Headteacher’s Award is given in recognition of consistently achieving the highest academic standards, demonstrating a positive attitude to learning, contributing to the school community, and maintaining excellent attendance.
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Announcing Our Senior Sixth Form Prefects for the 2024/25 Academic Year
27 Nov

We are pleased to officially introduce our 14 Senior Sixth Form Prefects for the 2024/25 academic year, an exceptional group of students who have been selected to embody and promote the core values of our school: Ambition, Curiosity, Pride, Purpose, Respect, and Support . The selection process included a short video application, to be filmed in school. These outstanding students stood out for their clear ambition for the role, their impressive contributions to school life, and their continued commitment to learning. Additionally, their excellent records of behaviour, attendance, and punctuality further highlighted their suitability for this key leadership role.
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Highly skilled Year 9 students perform an 'innovative and creative Macbeth' at the Schools Shakespeare Festival 2024
26 Nov

22 talented Year 9 students impressed an audience of over 200 people with their take on Macbeth, peformed on the professional stage at The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury at the beginning of November. Their performance was part of the Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival , the world's largest youth drama festival. Each year thousands of young people unite to take part and the Festival culminates with exhilarating performance evenings in professional theatres across the country, raising aspirations and unlocking their potential. "SSF gives students the opportunity to work as an ensemble-based theatre company where they can create work inspired by contemporary theatre makers.
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Proposed Admission Arrangements for entry in September 2026
26 Nov

In line with legal requirements set out in the School Admission Code 2021 , we are consulting on changes to our Sixth Form admissions arrangements for September 2026 Entry . The main changes to the admission arrangements are detailed below:

Each year we will admit a maximum of 200 students to our sixth form with 180 places reserved for students of Bournside School and 20 places reserved for students from other institutions

In the event of oversubscription, in the sixth form, priority will be given to looked after children and previously looked after children who meet the academic entry criteria. All other students will be admitted in order of academic ability defined as average GCSE (or equivalent) points score

The consultation will be held between Tuesday 26th November 2024 and Tuesday 7th January 2025. Responses and feedback on the proposed changes must be received by 9.00am on Tuesday 7th December 2024 and should be sent by post or email to the addresses detailed below: admissions@bournside.gloucs.sch.uk Admissions Office Cheltenham Bournside School Warden Hill Road Cheltenham GL51 3EF A copy of the proposed Admissions Policy for 2026/27 can be found here: Admissions-Policy-DRAFT-for-consultation-Nov-24.pdf
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South Africa Sports Tour 2025 - First fundraiser planned
04 Nov

In our first international sports tour since 2019, Bournside netball, football and rugby teams will be travelling to Cape Town to compete against South African schools in the Connect Festival of Unity in July 2025. 73 students are set to travel the 6000 miles to the adventure capital of South Africa to experience sport and outdoor activities amidst stunning landscapes. In the jam-packed itinerary, students will have the chance to soak up the breath-taking views of Cape Town from Table Mountain, immerse themselves in local culture, test their nerve on a zipline through the Cape canopy, and potentially spot the big 5 on two safari game drives whilst staying on a game reserve. "The 2024 Bournside Sports Tour promises to be an unforgettable experience, blending the thrill of sports with the exploration of the rich cultural and natural wonders that South Africa has to offer.
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We're roaring to go! Lions at Large is Bournside's Charity of the Year
02 Oct

Students and staff at Cheltenham Bournside School are proud to support the Lions at Large campaign this year; working together to fundraise towards an amazing project - The Big Space Cancer Appeal - which will have a positive impact on so many individuals and families across Gloucestershire and beyond. Three of our school core values are ambition, respect and support which align perfectly with the ambitious purpose of the Big Space Cancer Appeal and our incredible students are already busy coming up with some brilliant fundraising ideas. We are delighted to get our school community behind this important cause. Good luck to everybody involved.
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A warm welcome to Olive! Our new school puppy
10 Sep

Welcome, Olive! Update (30th September, 2024): Today, we are delighted to welcome our newest member of the culture team, Olive. Today is Olive's (one of Lottie's seven puppies) first day at school, and at just 8 weeks old, she is already doing a great job. Her six brothers and sisters have joined their forever homes this weekend too.
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Bright futures and big ambitions for Bournside GCSE students with results amongst the best in the country
22 Aug

A preliminary Progress 8 score of +0.45 suggests that once again, Cheltenham Bournside School is placed amongst the best schools in the country. In all subjects students made more progress at Bournside than students nationally. Spirits were high this morning, with 295 students collecting GCSE results across 38 subjects joined by their friends, family and many of their teachers from their time at Bournside. Headteacher, Steve Jefferies said, “We’re delighted with this outstanding set of results and I’d like to congratulate every individual student who has worked so hard to achieve their potential.
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Cheltenham Bournside School celebrates an amazing set of A Level results and the bright futures of our scientists, medics, philosophers and more.
15 Aug

Cheltenham Bournside School’s sixth formers are celebrating an amazing set of results and destinations today. Steve Jefferies, Headteacher, said, “ I’d like to congratulate the teachers, parents and above all the students whose talent, hard work and determination has been rewarded today with a fantastic set of results. We set ourselves the target of achieving results equivalent to the top 20% of schools and I’m delighted to say we hit that challenging benchmark." 22 students gained an average grade of A in all of their subjects with 11 achieving straight A* or A grades. Steve Jefferies said “Of course, we’re pleased about the “headline figures” but what we’re really delighted about is that these results open up so many new opportunities for our students and we wish them all the very best for the future.” Mr Warren, Head of Sixth Form said; “ Congratulations to all our incredible students on their outstanding achievements!
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Sports Day 2024
18 Jul

Term 6 and the end of Activities Week saw the welcome return of the whole school sports day. Whether competing or enthusiastically supporting their house, everyone got involved. The ice-cream vans on the field were a popular addition too! Congratulations to Hawking House who won the most points during Sports Day, as well as the most House Points this year!
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