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Head praises exam results: 100 per cent pass rate for A-level students
A HEAD teacher has paid tribute to students and staff at the annual prizegiving.
Richard Baker, head teacher of Rishworth school, told the audience that nearly 90 per cent of students had achieved five or more A* to C grade GCSEs.
The pass rate for A-level students was 100 per cent, almost a third were A grades.
He spoke about the year's field trips to Flamborough Head, North Yorkshire and Berlin and recalled a soggy expedition to the Lake District as part of a Duke of Edinburgh award.
He also thanked the Parent Teacher Association, for helping raise more than 2,000 for charity, and the school governors for their work.
He paid tribute to outgoing chairman Dilys Whitaker.
He said she had been "an exceptionally active chairman to Rishworth School and her wisdom and sound judgment have served the school supremely well, as they are sure to continue to do in the future."
He also paid tribute to Andrew Curwell, a sixth form student who died, aged 18, last June, weeks before finishing his studies at the school's sixth form. His parents and brother, Tom attended the event.
Mr Baker said: "Andrew was in so many regards an embodiment, to be remembered, to be inspired by and to be emulated."
Results
Matthew Rowden, Rochdale Childer Award; Cissy Chen, Owen Library Prize; Sunny Chan, Owen Library Prize; James Sexton, Butterworth Prize for Music - Junior; Harry Meredith, Butterworth Prize for Music - Senior; James Field Young Musician of the Year - Junior; James Sexton, Young Musician of the Year - Intermediate; Harry Meredith, Young Musician of the Year - Senior; James Sexton, Morsley Instrumental / Vocal Music; Emily Moran, The Carol Palmer Prize (for the most improved woodwind player); James Field, Choir Prize; Liam Parfitt, Beacon Prize; Abigail Leonard, Prize for Geography; Abigail Leonard Ackroyd Prize for History; Gilbert Gregory, Viney Prize for Pure Maths; Elizabeth McKay-Lewis, Pitchforth Prize for Applied Maths; Aaron Wong, Hirst Prize for Chemistry; Elizabeth McKay-Lewis, Hanson Prize for Biology; Gilbert Gregory, Pickard Prize for Physics; Abigail Leonard, Robinson, Prize for French, Nice Prize for Modern Languages, Prize for Design Technology; Sophie Marshall, Crowther Printing Prize for Graphics; R.P. Smith Prize for Drama (for Contribution to School Drama); Cara Novotny, Geraldine Carter Award - Drama (for Best Performance in School Drama); Rebecca Northfield, Drama & Theatre Studies Prize (for most improved performance), English Language Prize; Alexandra Jobson,Parson Prize for Business Studies, Chadderton Prize for Art; Rebecca Northfield, Prize for Economics; Gemma Robinson, Psychology Prize; Gemma Robinson, Houghton Prize (for Service to the School); Alexandra Jobson, Prize for Sports Studies; Kristina Klimenko, EFL Prize; Hope Thorley, KT Anderson Prize (for Contribution to School Sport); Andrew Curwell, KT Anderson Prize (for Contribution to School Sport); Gemma Robinson, Walker Prize for English Literature; Alexander Ashmore, Rotary Community Service Award (Chair of Sixth Form Charity Committee); Harry Meredith, Rotary Community Service Award (Chair of Sixth Form Charity Committee); Helen Searle, The Rawson Prize - (for consistent effort in all aspects of School life); Nancy Moore, The PTA Prize (for Community Spirit in the Middle School); Gilbert Gregory, Headmaster's Prize (for outstanding A level results); Abigail Leonard, Headmaster's Prize (for outstanding A level results); Gemma Robinson, Hanson Prize for Deputy Heads of School; Abigail Leonard, Hanson Prize for Deputy Heads of School; Elizabeth McKay-Lewis, Hanson Prize for Deputy Heads of School; Gilbert Gregory, O.R. Prize for Head of School Adam Robinson, 7R Form Prize; Laura Dixon, 7I Form Prize; illiam Frost, 7S Form Prize, Alexander Brearley, Year 7 Effort Prize; Philippa Wilkinson Year 7 Effort Prize; Olivia Bryan, Year 7 Effort Prize; Amelia Adams, Year 7 Effort Prize; Georgina Brian, Year 7 Effort Prize; Bethany Haigh. 8R Form Prize; Stephanie Thomson, 8I Form Prize; Lucy Schofield, 8S Form Prize; Sadie Greetham, Year 8 Effort Prize; Emily Sutcliffe, Year 8 Effort Prize; Maisie Richardson, Year 8 Effort Prize; Cara Novotny, Year 8 Effort Prize; Jennifer Garrad, Year 8 Effort Prize; Jagger Gledhill, 9R Form Prize Tom Clay, 9I Form Prize; Hannah Clegg, 9S Form Prize; Eliott Roebuck, Year 9 Effort Prize; Liberty Baxter-Cox, Year 9 Effort Prize; Isaac Marsh Year 9 Effort Prize; Harriet Greenwood, Year 9 Effort Prize; Jessica Aspinall, Year 9 Effort Prize; Anna Yumasheva, 10R Form Prize; Kathryn Taylor, 10I Form Prize; Adam Smalley, 10S Form Prize; Thomas Daniel, Year 10 Effort Prize; Janet Lee, Year 10 Effort Prize; Mike Zhang, Year 10 Effort Prize; Taylor Page, Year 10 Effort Prize; Theo Crutchley Mack, Year 10 Effort Prize; Paul-Henry Jackson, Year 11R Form Prize; Daniel Hirst, Year 11 Form Prize; Justin Wong, Year 11S Form Prize; Helen Searle, Year 11 Effort Prize; Anna Sutcliffe, Year 11 Effort Prize; Nancy Moore, Year 11 Effort Prize; Zahra Murtaza, Year 11 Effort Prize; Marek Dudek, Year 11 Effort Prize; Cissy Chen, L6 Effort Prize; Erkki Antonkov, L6 Effort Prize; Phyllis Lau, L6 Effort Prize; Matthew Taylor, L6 Effort Prize
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