News and updates from Bosworth Independent College
Summer School 2010 at Bosworth Independent college
Mon, Oct 19 2009 08:18
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Summer School 2010 at Bosworth Independent college
Bosworth Independent College has been running summer school programmes for over 15 years. The programmes are aimed at individuals or small school groups who wish to benefit from a professionally structured language course balanced with social and cultural activities across the week. All of our programmes are managed by full-time staff within the college.
For 2010 we are offering the following programmes:
We look forward to seeing you next Summer.
Bosworth Independent College has been running summer school programmes for over 15 years. The programmes are aimed at individuals or small school groups who wish to benefit from a professionally structured language course balanced with social and cultural activities across the week. All of our programmes are managed by full-time staff within the college.
For 2010 we are offering the following programmes:
- Academic English for Teens (13–19 years old)
- Combined Course: English Language with Art Portfolio Preparation
We look forward to seeing you next Summer.
Watch us on the BBC - Wednesday 14th October
Watch us on the BBC - Wednesday 14th October
We are taking part in a BBC series on Education. The series is being broadcast to the following channels: BBC news channel, BBC world, the world service, radio 4, BBC online & the One o'clock news.
Depending on the what other news breaks on Wednesday we may have an hourly slot with some or all of the the channels above.
For example the school taking part on the programme today appeared:
9.20 BBC news channel
10.35 BBC news channel
10.45 World Service
11.35 BBC news channel
13.20 BBC One o'clock news
15.35 BBC news channel
16.35 BBC news channel
17.35 BBC news channel
17.45 BBC World
We are taking part in a BBC series on Education. The series is being broadcast to the following channels: BBC news channel, BBC world, the world service, radio 4, BBC online & the One o'clock news.
Depending on the what other news breaks on Wednesday we may have an hourly slot with some or all of the the channels above.
For example the school taking part on the programme today appeared:
9.20 BBC news channel
10.35 BBC news channel
10.45 World Service
11.35 BBC news channel
13.20 BBC One o'clock news
15.35 BBC news channel
16.35 BBC news channel
17.35 BBC news channel
17.45 BBC World
A-Level Course Information in detail
Mon, Oct 5 2009 02:45
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Bosworth Independent College A-Level Courses
Our A-Level course information is now available in detail for each A-Level subject on our website. Go to the bottom of our A-Level Courses page and choose from one of the 17 course descriptions. Here you can read more on each subject or download the information as a .pdf to takeaway and read when it suits you.
Examples include:
Law
Mathematics
Economics
Chemistry
English Literature
Art
and many more...
Any questions on our courses can be directed to our Admissions Team at anytime.
We are looking forward to hearing from you and hope this information is useful.
Our A-Level course information is now available in detail for each A-Level subject on our website. Go to the bottom of our A-Level Courses page and choose from one of the 17 course descriptions. Here you can read more on each subject or download the information as a .pdf to takeaway and read when it suits you.
Examples include:
Law
Mathematics
Economics
Chemistry
English Literature
Art
and many more...
Any questions on our courses can be directed to our Admissions Team at anytime.
We are looking forward to hearing from you and hope this information is useful.
GCSE Results 2009
Mon, Aug 31 2009 05:16
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Each year Bosworth Independent College has a growing number of students joining them to study the GCSE programme. Whilst the College has a strong reputation locally for its A-Level courses, many will not be aware that students join them from the age of 14 to study GCSE.
For a variety of reasons, a number of our current GCSE students transferred to Bosworth and chose to complete the one year intensive programme. Whilst this proves a challenge for the students the results have more than rewarded their efforts this year.
One of our local students Bethany Slinn (pictured above) who completed the one year intensive programme has celebrated 8 GCSE’s - 2 A* and 6 A grades and equally impressive one of our Polish students based in Northampton attained 6 GCSE’s – all A grades, both wonderful personal achievements.
Mike McQuin (Principal of Bosworth Independent College) explains; ‘I would like to see more pupils studying with us at GCSE level because having the students across a three or four year period helps us to ensure they achieve a good University place.’
A-Level Results 2009
Thu, Aug 20 2009 03:35
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Bosworth Independent College students once again achieved exceptional results across the board with 78.4% of the entrants gaining one ‘A’ grade, 52.9% gaining two ‘A’ grades and 36.2% gaining three ‘A’ grades from the 102 students entered. All students gained a pass grade in all subjects and virtually all students expect to begin a University course in September.
Mike McQuin (The Principal) was obviously upbeat about this year’s results, but interestingly he wasn’t just praising the straight ‘A’ students.
“Of course we are pleased with the results of the very good students and it’s always good to get your students into the top universities or to study in competitive areas like medicine or law, but we are often happier with the students who have achieved more modest results.
In this year’s cohort there are students who came to us, probably not expecting to achieve more than a pass grade at A-Level, but who now have B and C grades and are on their way to University against all expectations. For the College and its teachers, these are the real successes. It is, after all, what we all came into teaching for – to help young people achieve more than they ever thought possible”
Please visit our results page for more information on our Summer 2009 A-Level results.
A Level Results and Confirmation
Wed, Aug 19 2009 11:54
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Results
Exam results will be available at college from 9.00am on Thursday 20th August. We can give you your results over the phone but we cannot tell you anybody else’s results without their written permission. It is a busy time on the phones and so we ask you not to request breakdowns of individual marks until after 11 0’clock. It is only fair that all students can get through to us on the lines to confirm their final grades. Unlike at AS the individual marks do not matter – the only thing the university is interested in is the grade - they will not care about a high B or a low B. If you e mail a request to ec@bosworthcollege.com we will reply with details of marks as soon as we can usually by the end of the day. If would like a remark of any papers this will not be dealt with until Friday 21st August and you should phone then to discuss. The boards rarely make mistakes so don’t make plans around this!!
For more information please see our updated Clearing Procedures 2009 section:
Best of luck with your results tomorrow.
Exam results will be available at college from 9.00am on Thursday 20th August. We can give you your results over the phone but we cannot tell you anybody else’s results without their written permission. It is a busy time on the phones and so we ask you not to request breakdowns of individual marks until after 11 0’clock. It is only fair that all students can get through to us on the lines to confirm their final grades. Unlike at AS the individual marks do not matter – the only thing the university is interested in is the grade - they will not care about a high B or a low B. If you e mail a request to ec@bosworthcollege.com we will reply with details of marks as soon as we can usually by the end of the day. If would like a remark of any papers this will not be dealt with until Friday 21st August and you should phone then to discuss. The boards rarely make mistakes so don’t make plans around this!!
For more information please see our updated Clearing Procedures 2009 section:
Best of luck with your results tomorrow.
Local students come in from around the county for revision
Tue, Jun 23 2009 11:41
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In six days over April, Bosworth Independent College provided an intensive Easter Revision programme aimed at focusing the attention of students in the crucial period that begins the countdown towards year-end examinations.
Apart from revisiting course content, there were study skills sessions to aid revision technique, with mock examinations taking place on the second day of each course to test the students' progress. The programme was met with great enthusiasm and success from all the students that took part and our feedback included the following comments:
"It makes you feel more prepared and motivated for your exams"
"Highlights areas of weakness and helps to plan targeted revision in these areas"
"Friendly, good learning environment"
"Teaching is informal and doesn't feel like revision"
"Excellent teaching, pupils really want to achieve the best grade possible and everything runs very smoothly"
With students from good schools all around the county choosing to spend their time at Bosworth for the most important part of their exam preparation, this in itself tells its own story.
Bosworth students awarded for their hard work
Fri, Jun 19 2009 11:45
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The Council for Independent Education (CIFE) held their annual awards ceremony on 23rd April 2009 at the House of Lords and it was hosted by Baroness Perry of Southwark. These awards are in recognition of outstanding achievement by students in end of year public examinations. CIFE is a professional association of independent colleges in the UK. This year, five students from Bosworth achieved such recognition.
The Richard Smart Prize for Mathematics and Sciences
Eugene Chiu, Malaysian - Maths with Economics at University College London
Desmond Lee, Malaysian - Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Management at Imperial University
Ashley Hong, Malaysian - Medicine at Edinburgh Univeristy
The Richard Smart Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences and Languages
Sneh Jani, British - French and German at Bristol University
Vy Le Thao Tran, Vietnamese - Management studies at Nottingham University
The Principal and Vice-Principal were present at the awards and were both very proud!
(Picture from right to left) Eugene Chi, Ashley Hong, Mrs. Carter (Vice Principal) Desmond Lee and Sneh Jani
Bosworth Summer Ball 2009
Mon, Jun 1 2009 01:11
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The eighth Bosworth summer ball took place on Saturday 23rd May and was our most successful so far. Over 250 students enjoyed the atmosphere of the town’s historic Guildhall. Everyone dressed up for the occasion and some even hired stretched limousines so that they could arrive in style. Everyone who went really enjoyed themselves as you can see from the photographs:
Community Participation
Fri, May 1 2009 02:00
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Caption: Students attending Northampton Cathedral, situated next to the college, for Choir club.
Some of our students are actively getting involved in the local community and taking part in events and activities organised outside of the college. Some of our female students have joined a local dance class and are learning Latin steps plusa younger student, and very keen footballer, joined a local football team and plays regularly at weekends. Some students keen to earn extra pocket-money and also practice their English have undertaken part-time week-end employment in local shops, and restaurants. Several students also participate in voluntary work at local charity shops and in a old people’s home. We believe that students benefit from taking part in work experience and activities outside of the college. For our overseas students this is especially relevant to improve their English and integrate into British society and these experiences add to their UCAS university application. Universities are always very impressed by students who get involved with events and activities outside of school.
(Left to right – Back) Kevin Lo (Malaysian), Henri Ooi (Malaysian)
(Left to right – Front) Meredith Nguyen (Vietnamese), Hayley Vu (Vietnamese), Oksana Smirnova (Ukranian),
