The 2018 GCSE Certificates have now arrived at school and are now available for collection from the school office.
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Darland Christmas Cards
Christmas cards available to purchase at £3.00 per pack of 25, designed by Darland pupils. Should you wish to purchase any Christmas cards, please click here and complete the slip at the bottom of the poster and send it in with your child to the school office.
Attitude to Learning Award Winners – Oct 18
Attitude to Learning (ATL1) Award Winners – October 2018!
The students who had the highest number of Attitude to Learning 1 grades (ATL1s) during the first half term are as follows: (Top Boy / Top Girl in each year group)
YEAR 7 – Devon Clutton and Jenson Vye
YEAR 8 – Poppy Wright and Jake Barr
YEAR 9 – Ben Todd and Rebecca Brown
YEAR 10 – Ella Hancock and Harvey Clare
YEAR 11 – Hannah Church and Ben Ashfield
Huge congratulations go to this fantastic group of students – their hard work and efforts in school are outstanding. In recognition of their excellence, they each received 2 x Odeon Cinema Tickets. Very well done to all these students.
School Council Elections
The final week before the half-term break saw our annual School Council elections. The voting process, subsequent counting and awarding of the prestigious School Council shield badges was organised by the Year 11 Prefect team headed up by the Head Girl, Sophie Layhe and Head Boy, Connor O’Toole.
Students from all year groups were given the opportunity to vote for the individuals in their year group whom they felt would best represent them on the School Council. After some hectic lunchtime voting and intense counting sessions, we can announce that the new Darland School Council for 2018-2019 will consist of:
Year 7 – Tomos Ankers and Esme Hewiit
Year 8 – Anabelle Hennesey and Jack Massey
Year 9 – Lewis Thomson-Dutton and Sophie Bagby
Year 10 – Anabelle Bailey and Charlie McCann
Year 11 – Tom Parry and Caitlin Williams
Congratulations to all elected students and a huge thanks to those students who voted, and of course to the Year 11 Prefects for their organisation and administration of the process.
URGENT INFORMATION ON BUSES
We have received notification from Arriva that the Chester Road will be closed from the Grosvenor Garden Centre to the A483 on Tuesday 11th September. Buses from Wrexham to Chester will operate as normal to the old ATS depot, turn left for Llay and then turn right on to the A483 dual carraigeway to the Post House roundabout and then normal route to Chester. Pupils will need to walk from the old ATS depot to school, please ensure you child leaves in plenty of time to arrive at school on time.
At the end of the school day pupils will need to walk from the school to the ATS stop. We will dismiss Year 7 at 3.05pm, Year 8 at 3.10pm, Year 9 at 3.15pm and Year 10 and Year 11 at the normal time.
GCSE Press Release 2018
Year 11 pupils at Darland High School were today celebrating a terrific set of exam results. 63% of the year group achieved the ‘gold standard’ of five good GCSE passes including English language and Mathematics. Particularly impressive was the increase in the number of students achieving the very top grades, with 20% of the cohort achieving at least 5 A or A* grades.
A delighted Peter Agnew, headteacher at the school, commented:
‘Stricter rules governing the type of GCSEs which count towards measuring school performance have not dented the ambition and achievement of our students, who continue to thrive under the care and dedication of our excellent staff.’
Among the high number of pupils who did exceptionally well were:
Eleanor Yates of Rossett : 7A* and 4As
Ben Consterdine of Marford : 6A* and 2As
Dylan Aldridge of Acton : 4A* and 2As and 4Bs
Lucy Armitage of Marford : 11A* and 2As
Emily Baines of Marford : 10A* and 3As
Elycia Mackay of Wrexham: 6A* and