CIFE Award Winners
Hannah Ye – Award Winner (Bosworth College CIFE prize)
Hannah did exceptionally well in her A Level exams, gaining 6 A grades in Maths, Further Maths, Economics, Business Studies, Accounting and Chinese. Hannah has progressed to the University of London where she has chosen to study Economics and Business with East European Studies.
Hannah’s mother and brother (also an ex Bosworth student) attended the award ceremony and expressed their pride at her achievements.
Hannah had many interests whilst at Bosworth she: qualified as a First Aider, volunteered for Cancer Research UK and passed an Open University Course on Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis.
Hannah with her Mum and Brother (above left) and Hannah receiving her award (above right)
Oi Yean Wong – Award Winner (Achievement in Science)
Oi Yean within her Science A Levels gained the highest marks possible in 17 out of a possible 24 units, a truly gifted scientist. From studying on our 18 month A Level programme, Oi Yean went onto achieve 4 A grades in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths as well as a grade A in Chinese at AS Level.
Along with her talents for Science, Oi Yean is a gifted musician and middle distance runner. We wish her continued success at Newcastle University where she is studying Medicine.
Oi Yean and Mrs Carter (Vice Principal) (above left) and Oi Yean receiving her award (above right)
Students take up mathematical challenge
Minh Trang Nguyen pictured with her Olympiad award – an exceptional achievement
Currently at Bosworth Independent College 174 of our 192 A Level students choose to study Maths at A Level, with many of these students also opting for A Level Further Maths. Last year, our students achieved a 100% pass rate at A Level in these subjects, with 73% of students gaining an A grade and a further 18% a B grade.
Therefore, it is fair to say Maths is a core subject at Bosworth, and because of the number of students we have studying this subject at A Level we are able to offer 16 different units out of a possible 18 available.
To incorporate this number of units we actually have 51 different A Level groups with an average of 8 students in each group. Which obviously means timetabling this subject in itself proves a mathematical challenge! However, having 18 maths teachers on hand helps.
The students can choose statistics, mechanics or decision maths to go alongside the compulsory pure maths units and with students from 22 different nationalities opting for maths each Bosworth student has a very unique learning experience.
Furthermore, this year we entered a number of students into the Maths Challenge competition which is set for AS Level students. Of those who participated; eight students achieved gold, thirteen silver and four bronze medals.
Three of our gold medal winners qualified to enter the first round of the Maths Olympiad and one of these students, Minh Trang Nguyen, won a place in round 2 of the Olympiad from which the National team is chosen. This is an exceptional achievement and we are eagerly awaiting her results.
An introduction to Northampton
During the summer months of July and August, Bosworth Independent College is home to over 50 students joining their Summer School UK programme.
Each group is kept to a maximum of 15 and they are grouped according to their English abilities. Last year year we had 11 different nationalities; Brazilian, Chinese, German, Italian, Malaysian, Mongolian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
As we strive to support the local business community we will always look to source Summer School activities within the County. Students will visit many local tourist attractions; Northampton museum & art gallery, Abington Park museum, Stoke Bruerne (picture of students shown above), Althorp House and Rockingham Castle.
The town centre is also regularly visited during the programme offering a number of activities such as; shopping, Tenpin bowling, Laser Zone & Vue cinema, all ideal for the British weather! On sunnier days, students enjoy team building and orienteering at Brixworth Country Park and cycling around Pitsford Reservoir.
The course director Rachel Tatar explains,
"Our experienced teachers make a real difference to the students written and spoken English over the 6 week programme. By giving students a worthwhile experience at Summer School we encourage them to consider the UK as a future study option either at a School or University."
Furthermore, we believe we are helping to put Northampton firmly on the map by teaching the history and culture of our town.
An Art programme is also on offer to the International students 3 afternoons a week to improve their art portfolio and to learn new skills and techniques. This is also open to UK students between the ages of 13-18yrs and we hope this summer to encourage more UK students to join the group.
Book now to join us for one week or all six weeks from the 4th July - 14th August. Our Summer School page has more information, photos, Summer School video and also our application form.
