• GCSE Results Up 8% In Merton

  By WimbledonPPL at 13:17 on 26/08/11

  

  It's been another good year for students at our local schools with 8% more students achieving five ore more GCSE grades A-C including English and maths than last year, exceeding the 2010 national average by 6.9%. In total 60.4% of students attained at least five grade Cs or above including maths and English. 85.6% got achieved fice Cs or above overall, up from 77.1% last year. The provisional results show Merton to be home to two of...

• Wimbledon Posts Excellent A-Level Results

  By WimbledonPPL at 18:28 on 24/08/11

  

  Nearly a quarter of students at Ursuline High School and Wimbledon College achieved A or A* grades and nearly all achieved a pass grade.  Merton Education Councillor Peter Walker said: "These results are great news and testament to the hard work that students and their teachers have put in over the past year. We now have around 70% of the schools in Merton achieving a good or outstanding rating by OFSTED and these results...

• Kids win free entry to airport open day

  By Open_Day at 17:58 on 05/08/11

  

  Kids' recycled planes win tickets to airport open day   The pupils of Oaklands Primary School in Biggin Hill have been hard at work turning recycled materials into model aeroplanes in order to win Family Tickets to Biggin Hill Airport Family Open Day on September 10th. They have been drawing, writing, cutting and sticking, colouring-in and their teachers have been judges, awarding one family in every class a family ticket to the...

• Mayor Gets Construction Of New Merton Sports Ground Underway

  By WimbledonPPL at 10:18 on 20/07/11

  

  Staff and pupils were at Raynes Park High School on Friday to witness Mayor of Merton, Councillor Gilli Lewis-Lavender launch the building works for the new Memorial Sports Ground.  Named in memory of the Raynes Park High School pupils killed in action during World War II, the ground will offer brand new sports facilities within a short walking distance for pupils at Raynes Park High School and also children at Sacred Heart...

• Teacher Strikes To Hit 44 Local Schools Tomorrow 30 June

  By WimbledonPPL at 14:10 on 29/06/11

  

  Strikes have been called by the National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in protest against government plans to change pensions. This will affect many schools across Merton. Primary Schools Abbotsbury, Bishop Gilpin, Garden. Gorringe Park, Haslemere, Hatfield, Hillcross, Hollymount, Joseph Hood, Lonesome, Malmesbury, Merton Abbey, Merton Park, Pelham, Poplar, The Priory, Sacred Heart, St Mary's, SS...

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