BEAUMONT PRIDE

Beaumont is Secondary School of the Year in Herts Sports Partnership Awards 2011

Beaumont is celebrating after the PE Department won the ‘Secondary School of the Year’ title in the recent Herts Sports Partnership ‘Service to Sport Awards 2011’.  Head Elizabeth Hitch, Head of PE Steve Jump and Second in PE Natalie Moody received the award at the Awards ceremony at the University of Hertfordshire on 12 September. The Awards programme recognises the contributions and celebrates the achievements of sports volunteers and schools in Hertfordshire.

Beaumont was one of seven schools nominated for the award in Hertfordshire. Beaumont was put forward by former School Sports Coordinator Michele Fox, and formally nominated by Tanya Angus, former St Albans and Harpenden School Sports Partnership Development Manager. (The School Sports Partnerships were closed earlier this year.).

The Awards Panel judged Beaumont to be Secondary School of the Year based on

• The wide range of opportunities available to students to participate in high quality PE and extra-curricular sport
• The many school-club links and the impact on sport in the community
• The commitment to teacher/coach training in order to improve the delivery of sport
• The high level of provision for disability sport at the school

Beaumont is also delighted that student Rowen Seglah was nominated in the Hertfordshire ‘Young School Volunteer of the Year’ category, and staff members Paul Willsher and Ryan Bratley in the Hertfordshire ‘Contribution to Disability Sport’ category, making it the only school to have nominations in three different categories.

Head of PE Steve Jump said "The award of Secondary School of The Year is a fantastic achievement for Beaumont school and is testament to the commitment and dedication of all the staff involved in the delivery of curricular and extra-curricular activities.  The Beaumont PE department strives to achieve a challenging environment for all of our pupils offering over 50 extra-curricular sports activities, and it’s wonderful to receive the acknowledgement from the Herts Sports Partnership for our continued effort."  

A level and GCSE Results 2011

Beaumont School Sixth Form students celebrated receipt of superb A Level and IB results.  A record eight students successfully secured highly competitive Medicine/Veterinary and Oxbridge places and an impressive 90% of students gained places at universities of their choice.  The top A Level results were achieved by Elliot Andrews (three A*, two As), by Rebecca Heselton (three A*, one A) and by Matthew Peckham, Jake Hodges and Rebecca Juster (two A* and two As).  IB students Kim Renfrew and Harriet Brown achieved an outstanding 40 points each placing them in the top 3-4% of students globally.  Headteacher Elizabeth Hitch, stated, "All the students are to be congratulated on their outstanding results which are due to their hard work and determination to succeed alongside the excellent support of staff and parents.  I wish them all the very best for their futures."

A Level key information:                              

65% A*-B grades

99.7% A*-E grades

Year 11 students celebrated the school’s highest grades yet for GCSE with several achieving A* and A grades across the board and eight students achieving an impressive seven or more A* grades.  In addition the school is very pleased that the majority achieved the new English Baccaulaureate.  Mr Sievewright, Head of Year 11, said, “I am so proud of all the students in Year 11.  They’ve worked very hard and have been a brilliant year group.  They worked so well together as a team and they thoroughly deserve these excellent results.” 

80% 5A*-C grades inc English and Maths 

94% 5A*-C grades (all subjects)

56% English Baccalaureate

International Baccalaureate Results

Congratulations to all the students who achieved their IB diplomas.  The Beaumont average was a new record of 34 points (world average 30) and two students achieved an outstanding 40 points each. Well done to all.

International School Award

Beaumont has been successful in again gaining the International School Award and is accredited for three years from 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2014. The awarding body has congratulated the school on working so hard to co-ordinate an impressive range of work.

English Department Ofsted Inspection: Beaumont is Outstanding

We are delighted to have been judged Outstanding in the recent Ofsted Inspection of the English Department.  This is such a key area in any school and to be recognised as outstanding is terrific.  Many congratulations to the staff in English and to all the students whether they met the Inspector or not.  He was very impressed with all sorts of aspects of both the school and department.  Achievement was judged to be outstanding with 90% of students obtaining A* to C grades in 2010 in GCSEs and of these a very high proportion attained the top grades.  Lesson observations showed teachers have excellent subject knowledge and use this with striking impact during lessons.  The students enjoy English and respond well to their teachers’ high expectations.  The Inspector also identified the outstanding range of activities organised by staff to enrich the English curriculum and broaden the students’ experience.  He was particularly impressed with the shared goal of ensuring that students attained highly but also gained an excellent appreciation of English Language and Literature.  A copy of the letter from the Inspector with his findings is available here. 

Vocal Ensemble record their first CD - available October 2010

Beaumont School awarded Artsmark Gold                                                                                                   

We are delighted that Arts Council England has awarded an Artsmark Gold to Beaumont School in recognition of our commitment to, and excellence in, arts education.

Elizabeth Hitch, Headteacher said: “I am delighted that the Arts Council has recognised Beaumont’s outstanding arts education programme. Our students really enjoy and benefit from the high quality arts activities on offer here and excel in music, drama, art and dance. I’d like to thank all our staff for their hard work in achieving this award.”