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UK Independent Secondary School of the Year 2011
Friday, 11 November 2011I am writing with some fantastic news. The Sunday Times has decided to award Brighton College the title of UK Independent Secondary School of the Year 2011 in their highly influential Sunday Times Schools Guide to be published this Sunday and on line.
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Best GCSE results in Sussex
Thursday, 25 August 2011I am writing with very good news regarding our GCSE results which pupils are collecting this morning.
The boys and girls should be delighted. They have smashed the college record. Most importantly, every pupil achieved results that they can be proud of – whether that be ten A* grades or a mixture of A and B grades. Every set of results is personal, special and equally valued.Tagged under -
Letter from the Head Master, Summer 2011
Wednesday, 03 August 2011In Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall, the young Paul Pennyfeather, sent down from his Oxford college, is interviewed for a teaching post in the offices of Church and Gargoyle, scholastic agents. The proprietor, Mr Levy, explains to Pennyfeather that "in England we class school into four grades: ‘Leading school', ‘First-rate school', ‘Good school' and finally, ‘School". Paul Pennyfeather, of course, ends up in a ‘School'.
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Simon Smith, Second Master
Monday, 27 September 2010Simon Smith has decided to retire at the end of the academic year after 38 years of outstanding service to the college, for the past eleven as Second Master.
He has been a wonderful support to me in my five years as Head Master, providing wise counsel, good humour and kindly reassurance throughout. My predecessors, Bill Blackshaw, John Leach and Anthony Seldon, also owe him a terrific debt of gratitude. He has served each of them with great loyalty. Above all, Simon has served this community. He has made time for colleagues and pupils in equal measure, supporting them when times are tough and admonishing them only when necessary.
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Make A Difference Day
Tuesday, 11 October 2011Wednesday 28th September saw all Brighton College pupils and staff engage in over 100 community service projects in and around Brighton, as they set out to help their local area as part of the College's fourth annual "Make a Difference Day." Whether clearing Coldean Woods together with Brighton and Hove Urban Rangers or undertaking maintenance at St Dunstan's centre for blind ex-servicemen and women; marching and collecting in support of Breast Cancer Awareness or clearing scrub with the National Trust Downland Restoration Project at Devil's Dyke; baking cakes for the elderly, sorting stock for the Martlets Hospice charity shops or, indeed, picking litter from the beaches and roads of Kemp Town; more than 800 pupils worked in the community to support a huge range of projects across the city and local area.
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Letter from the Head Master, A Level results, August 2011
Thursday, 18 August 2011I am writing with news of our A-level results, which the sixth form will receive this morning.
It is all very pleasing. This very cheerful group has broken the school record for top grades with 75.9% of all grades at A* or A. These are the best A-level results ever achieved by a co-educational school in England. The college’s previous best was 72.8% in 2010.
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ISI Inspection of Brighton College 2011
Tuesday, 22 March 2011I am writing to let you know the outcome of our latest school inspection. The inspection began on Tuesday 11th January and was completed on Wednesday 9th February.
Inspectors assess schools in ten areas and grade them as ‘excellent’ (the equivalent of the state sector’s ‘outstanding’), ‘good’, ‘satisfactory’ or ‘unsatisfactory’. Typically, a school of our standing would hope to receive a mixture of grades at ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.
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Brighton College - Then and Now
Saturday, 28 November 2009At this year's Annual Dinner, the Head Master gave a fascinating account of our very first OBs' escapades following their time at the College. Following some sneaky pilfering on our part we have at great expense secured a transcript of his speech (we asked for it... he gave it to us...) for your perusal:
"Brighton College was the first public school to be founded in Sussex, one of 68 public schools established across England between 1840 and 1870. From the outset, it attracted to it the sons of some of the greatest families in the land.
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Alumni Relations Office:
The Development and Alumni Relations Office's primary role is to support the Head Master and Governors in realising the long-term plans of the school, by raising non-fee income, and by building a network of strong relationships among parents, staff, Old Brightonians and other friends and supporters.
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Upcoming events
- 1980s Reunion - School disco! 19/05/12
- Cricketer Cup 2012 17/06/12
- Cyril Gray 28/06/12
- John Spencer Retirement Cricket Match 29/06/12
- Newquay Surf 7s 2012 30/06/12
- Worthing 7s 2012 28/07/12
- Pioneers Club: Gravetye Manor Garden Tour & Afternoon Tea 10/08/12
- Cronk Cunis U21 15s Tournament 2012 27/08/12
- Peter Rumney Memorial Game 2012 01/09/12
- Sussex Schools Cup 02/09/12