Wisbech Grammar School

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Headmaster: Mr R S Repper, MA (Oxon) FCMI Bursar: Miss E P Thuburn Admissions: Mrs S Davies

24 January 2009 - Senior School Entrance Exams 31 January 2009 - Senior School Entrance Exams

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Wisbech Grammar School was founded in 1379 and has provided a sound academic education for many years. The School became fully co-educational in 1970 and this is also reflected in the appointment of the teaching staff.

More than £5m has been spent on new facilities in recent years. A new assembly hall and classrooms for the preparatory department, Magdalene House, are due for completion at Easter 2008.

The school offers 23 different subjects at A level, and an essentially academic curriculum provides pupils with the opportunity to study French, German, Spanish, separate Sciences, History, Geography, Music, Art and a wide range of Design and Technology disciplines.

Pastoral care is Form based, but there is also a strong House system, which includes competitions, across the age range in all major sports, together with a Music Festival, Quiz, Debating and other activities.

A substantial extra-curricular programme includes many Sports, Electronics, Chess, Music, Drama and Scrabble. A twinning arrangement exists with French and German schools. Trips abroad have included Russia, China, Iceland and USA, as well as the annual ski trips. Music and Drama are well supported, allowing several concerts and productions every year.

The Magdalene House Preparatory Department, which opened in September 1997, has grown from 83 to 170 pupils, with boys and girls from Reception to Year 6. Great emphasis is placed on acquiring basic skills in reading, writing and number work.

The Magdalene House pupils benefit from being part of an established Senior School, thus having access to many of the excellent facilities that already exist there. As well as their own computer suite, Magdalene House pupils have use of Science laboratories, indoor sports hall, all-weather pitch and Drama facilities. Specialist teaching is offered in Music, Design Technology, PE and Games, Information Technology and Drama. Many girls and boys are involved in peripatetic music lessons, with opportunities to perform in dramatic and musical productions throughout the school year.

For further information, contact:-
Magdalene House Preparatory Department (Head - Mrs C H Cranwell)
Telephone: 01945 586780 Fax: 01945 586781.

Senior School (Head - R S Repper, MA(Oxon) FCMI)
Telephone: 01945 583631 Fax: 01945 476746
Email: hmsecretary@wisbechgs.demon.co.uk

Age range: 4 - 18

Day pupils: 357 boys and 349 girls

Annual day fees: £6,600 - £9,600

This school does not offer flexi-boarding.

TOTAL PUPILS: 357 boys and 349 girls, including 60 boys and 71 girls in the 6th form

Staff numbers: 54 full time and 17 part time

Method of entry: Entry test or exam, Interview

Accreditations and affiliations: HMC, ISC, SHMIS, ASCL

Religious affiliation: Church of England, Inter-denominational

Academic	Languages	Sport	Activities	Music	Miscellaneous
Business studies Design technology Economics Electronics Painting/Sculpture Photography	French German Spanish	Athletics Cricket Gymnastics Hockey Martial arts Netball Rounders Rugby Squash Swimming Table tennis Tennis	Drama productions Duke of Edinburgh Award Outdoor pursuits/Adventure trg Public speaking/Debating Yoga	Band/Orchestra Brass Choir Guitar Keyboard Organ Singing Strings Woodwind	After school club School bus service

The school offers: Other bursaries, Academic, Financial need

Curriculum, exams and 6th form

Exam boards: Edexcel Foundation, AQA, OCR

% pass rate at grades A* to C (exams at age 16): 95%
% pass rate (exams at age 18): 99%
23 courses are offered for age 18 exams
99% of pupils went on to Higher Education or took a Gap Year

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