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No Advice or Bad Advice
In April 2014 the Government produced a document called ‘Careers Guidance and Inspiration in Schools’ in which they stressed schools are legally required to secure independent careers guidance for all…
From Me to We
Students at Brampton College demonstrate they are part of the ‘We’ generation! Brampton College has always been proud to support its students’ Charity Committee in promoting the needs of those…
Planning for Exams
Bernard Canetti, the Principal, spoke to our AS students today to make sure that they understood the importance of their AS examinations. He spoke to them of the need for…
A level Reforms
As you may be aware, the Government has introduced a fundamental change to the A level curriculum which is being implemented in stages from September 2015 to September 2017. This…
Self-Esteem Workshops
We are pleased Kate Bellamy is coming to speak to our AS and GCSE students on Wednesday 22nd October 2014. Kate works for a company called Pacesetter and she coordinates…
Charity Committee 2014
Brampton has a very successful student run Charity Committee. Each year the students choose which charities to support. This year they have chosen Senhoa which was proposed by Rusna. Here…
Facilitating Subjects
The classification of ‘facilitating’ subjects has gained prominence in recent years. We are particularly pleased with the number of students taking and excelling in these. This year 66% of our…
GCSE English Results Buck National Trends
Students at Brampton College studying GCSE English Language and Literature were delighted with their results yesterday which bucked national trends. Following Mr Gove’s reforms of the assessment procedures for GCSE…
Best Ever A level Sociology Results!
• 5 students achieved A*/A after only 1 year of study • A*/A percentage of 91% • 100% A*/A grades for Brampton’s 2 year Sociology students • The majority of…
Is testing Useful?
There has been a lot written about the role of examinations and how they are used. Indeed, if this was all we concentrated on then the learning experience would be…
