Key events
Adult Choral Society: 1st rehearsal followed by coffee in the Refectory (Chapel)
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Chapel Choir: Welcome Service in the Cathedral for all new pupils and parents. Followed by refreshments in the Refectory
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Lower School: Norfolk Children's Book Centre talk followed by Parents' Drinks evening, finishes 9.00 pm
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Newsletters
Lower School Weekly Newsletter
Lower School Trinity Term Weekly News (week 10)
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School calendar
8 September 2010 11:55
U6 Futures: UCAS pep talk (CH)
8 September 2010 16:20
Rugby training: Elite (1st XV and Junior invitational) squads, finish 5.30 pm (Lower Close)
8 September 2010 17:45
Adult Choral Society: 1st rehearsal followed by coffee in the Refectory (Chapel)
Term dates 10-11
Michaelmas term
Starts Mon 6 September, 2010
Half term: Thur 21 Oct - Sun 31 Oct, 2010
Finishes Fri 17 Dec, 2010
Lent term
Starts Tue 11 Jan, 2011
Half term: Sat 19 Feb - Sun 27 Feb, 2011
Finishes Fri 1 Apr, 2011
Trinity term
Starts Tue 26 Apr, 2011
Half term: Sat 28 May - Mon 6 Jun, 2011
Finishes Fri 8 July, 2011
Government League Tables
13 January 2010
Comment from the Head Master:
Unfortunately, the official Government statistics for schools, published every January, generate the least helpful and most misleading of such league tables - particularly for academic, independent schools. International GCSEs are disregarded, so all Norwich School pupils appear to have failed mathematics and dual award science. The School gets a 0% rating for the proportion of pupils gaining 5 A*-C grades, while the correct figure is 100%.
Furthermore, the 'average points per pupil' measure which is used for GCSE and Advanced Level is also misleading in that scores are raised significantly by non-academic qualifications, by general studies examinations and by multiple entries. Schools that have a policy of entering pupils for general studies, for accessible non-academic qualifications and for numerous examinations will often appear further up the list than those that deliberately limit entries to a few of the harder academic subjects.
The unofficial league tables produced by newspapers at the end of August provide a meaningful rank order according to the proportion of top grades achieved. IGCSE is included and general studies and non-academic subjects tend to be excluded. Measured by the A/B grade percentage at A level, Norwich School has been the highest achieving school in Norfolk and Suffolk for the last four years.
Jim Hawkins
A full breakdown of 2009 examination results and links to the Daily Telegraph league tables can be found here.
For answers to your queries on this subject, please contact the Head Master.