Twelve longest-serving Cooperative nursery staff at the University of Sussex were threatened with a change to their contract in spite of 187 combined years service in early August.
You can read more information about this issue in an article first published by Brighton and Hove News on 12 August.
Less than a week later, by Thursday 18 August, Cooperative Childcare offered better terms to their most loyal nursery staff by doubling their consolidation package. Nursery staff may still leave. More details here.
Brighton GCSE students buck the national trend
Longhill High School is proud to buck the national trend of a falling A* to C pass rate. More than half Longhill’s students, 56 per cent, achieved 5 A* to C grades including English and Maths. Students from Longhill High School improved their GCSE results by six points since last year.
Alfie Hammond got four As, three Bs and two C grades. He said: “I feel quite chuffed. I am very happy.”
Next year he will take biology, chemistry and economics A levels at BHASVIC.
Alisha Gilbert is really happy too, particularly for getting an A in English literature and a B in English language against the odds. She will join Alfie at BHASVIC to study maths, chemistry and physics.
You can read more about Longhill success stories here.
Dorothy Stringer students compete with Cardinal Newman for top GCSE results in Brighton and Hove
Dorothy Stringer School outperformed all other state schools in their GCSE results, beaten only by rival faith school Cardinal Newman.
Yian Zeng was the top performing student at Dorothy Stringer. As well as achieving 13 A* grades at GCSE, she also secured AS results in philosophy and ethics and Chinese as well as an A in additional mathematicsFSMQ.
Zoe Alexander got ten A* grades and an A. She said: “I feel relieved and happy. I am very surprised as well. It was a lot of hard work.”
One of Zoe’s teachers said: “You could not get anybody who has worked harder for her results.”
You can read more details at Brighton and Hove News here.
Best ever GCSE results for Varndean School
Students at Varndean School have improved their GCSE exam results with 61 per cent of students gaining five A* to C GCSE passes, including English and mathematics.
Nine students achieved ten or more A* or A grades and almost 20 per cent of all students achieved five or more A* or A grades.
Forty per cent of all grades awarded were A* to B and three students achieved a Level 3 extended project qualification usually reserved for sixth form students, two of whom achieved A grades.
More details at Brighton and Hove News here.