The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide provides information on the Summer 2023 public examinations, as well as other insights into schools from across the country.
As an indicator of our students’ ability and hard work, the support and encouragement of their families, and the talent and industry of staff, we were so pleased to see our students’ successes being celebrated. Our students’ results (GCSE and A level) are ranked 12th nationally. As last year, the collective achievements of GCSE and A level students mean CCHS is the top-performing girls’ state school in East Anglia, and 4th in the country.
Behind all this success sit so many individual stories, with students embracing life at CCHS beyond the classroom to enrich and develop themselves through House evens, the arts, sport, public speaking, volunteering and charity work, and in so many other ways. Each individual student brings something particular and special to our school community and we are richer for that. How fortunate we are to work with our students across the school.
We continue our leading work, as members of the UK Regional Advisory Board, with ICGS (International Coalition of Girls’ Schools). In addition, in November, we hosted the SSGS (Successful Selective Girls’ Schools) Autumn Conference, which provided a wonderful opportunity for us to share our work with colleagues from other girls’ schools and to learn from their great practice.
Mr S. Lawlor, Headteacher
The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2023
The recent BBC News Click programme (Saturday 10thDecember) featured a pioneering project in Scotland – the Glasgow Women’s Library. “This is the only accredited museum in the UK dedicated to women’s history and it’s filled with books that are about, for and by women. 20,000 books and half a million archived items here are providing a valuable resource for researchers and historians.”
It is often said that newspaper articles provide the first draft of history. If that is so, the recent Parent Power feature in The Sunday Times (11thDecember) provides inspiring news about girls’ schools. “Girls triumph in The Sunday Times Parent Power academic rankings…” We were delighted to see that last year’s GCSE and A level students from CCHS featured so prominently due to their tremendous work and achievements. Their results are ranked 17th in the country – a testament to the talent and effort of the students, the expertise and attention of our staff, and the care and support of their families. Indeed, the Year 11 GCSE results are ranked 4th in the country. The collective achievements of GCSE and A level students mean CCHS is the top-performing girls’ state school in East Anglia.
Importantly, “Parent Power also reveals that amid growing concern about children’s mental health after the pandemic, many leading girls-only schools…have set up or are planning wellbeing centres where girls can swiftly access psychological support and counselling…” We have developed our student services at CCHS, with our Pastoral Hub, Mental Health First Aider clinics each week, Young Carers drop-in sessions, as well as bespoke Art Therapy sessions, to name but some of our services.
https://www.cchs.co.uk/pastoral/
Our leading work, as members of the UK Regional Advisory Board, with the ICGS (International Coalition of Girls’ Schools) demonstrates our active and ambitious commitment to excellence in girls’ education and empowerment.
Mr S. Lawlor, Headteacher
