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6 Surrey Advertiser 10 October 2014
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Examination Successes 2014 98.1% Pass Rate Almost a quarter of all subject passes were at Grade A* and A Average UCAS points score was 338 Over 330 in Sixth Form 5 students into Oxford and Cambridge 4 students to study Medicine
‘In this large and very popular sixth form, the standards reached by students areexceptionally high. Students make outstanding progress because of the excellent, well-planned teaching they receive, which ensures they are challenged and enjoy learning in a
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Life in the Howard of effingham sixth form is never dull.
Whether you are a mem-ber of the prefect team, the year book committee or working backstage in the mu-sical, there is always lots to do and enjoy.
With more than 330
students, we are able to offer a very wide range of subjects.
in 2014 at A-level, almost a quarter of all passes were at grade A* or A and five stu-dents have gone on to study at Oxford and Cambridge, with a further four securing places in medical schools.
Although our academic
achievements are impressive and our examination results place us among the top Surrey schools and colleges, we know sixth form isn’t just about work.
Students attending other schools in both the state and private sector can apply to join us. Not all our students
are local so where you live is not an issue. Some students travel to us from as far afield as Sutton, epsom, Dorking and Guildford.
Come along to our Sixth form information evening is on Thursday October 23 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm to discuss our courses. All are welcome.
Students leave Howard with top grades and confidence
Members of the sixth form at Howard of Effingham enjoy social activities as well as achieving well at A-level.
A MOTORCYCLiST suffered serious arm injuries in a collision with a car near Onslow Village on Tuesday morning.
The emergency services were called to the A31 farnham Road, at the junction with The Drive, at 7.50am.
The motorcyclist, aged about 30, suffered a number of injuries in-cluding a fractured arm and knee pain.
Two ambulances at-tended and he was taken to Royal Surrey County Hospital after being checked at the scene.
Motorcyclist hurt in collision
CANCeR treatments and how they can be tailored to individual patient’s illness will be discussed at a free event next week.
The Cancer Partnership Research Group is hosting the event at the Holiday inn, egerton Road, Guildford, from 6pm to 9pm next Wednesday.
Dr ellen Donovan, National institute for Health Research career development fellow at the Royal Marsden, will be speaking about radiother-apy for breast cancer.
To register for a place contact Sophie Gasson on [email protected].
Target cancer
THe University of Surrey’s nursing programmes have been placed in 14th position out of 68 institutions in the latest Sunday Times Good University Guide. Graduate job prospects and high student satisfaction were cited.
Top 20 place
Nick Linnell. Sheridan Taylor. Adrian David.
Sue Whittaker. Mark Worsley. Julia Jaconelli.
THe police and crime commissioner Kevin Hurley has suggested holding a referendum asking the public if they would pay more to increase the number of police officers on the streets of Surrey. He believes that by increasing the council tax by £1 a week, up to £52 each year, he can more than double the number of the force’s 1,940 police officers.
Surrey Police receives the smallest grant from the gov-ernment to fund policing. The revenue budget for 2014/15 was £207.3 million, half of which is already fund-ed by the council tax, while the other half is paid for by the government.
if the council tax were to increase by £1 a week, it would be a 25% rise.
The decision on whether the referendum will be held will take place in the next few months and would be carried out at the same time as the May 2015 elections.
Nick Linnell, a web devel-oper, felt that Guildford was quite a safe area to live in and the increase in council tax would not directly benefit the residents of Guildford.
“i do not think we need more police in Guildford as the crime rate is not that high, so how would this mon-ey improve the lives of people in Guildford? i am not sure that people could afford it ei-ther, so i am not sure about that idea,” the 41-year-old said.
Sheridan Taylor, 28, a stu-dent from Kingston, felt that the council tax was high enough and most people would find it hard to pay the increase. She said: “i think
we pay enough council tax in Surrey, mine is more than £3,000 a year and adding to that would not be fair.However, i do think there is a need for more police officers on the streets, especially in somewhere like Kingston. So maybe i would consider pay-ing more, it is tricky.”
Adrian David, 53, a project manager who works in Woking, echoed the belief of many others by mentioning the amount of paperwork there was for police officers to do.
He said: “it is an interest-ing question. i think the main issue with police officers is that they are mired in paper-work instead of being out po-licing on the street. i wonder if you increased the number of cops, would that not in-crease the detection rate, and then there would just be more paperwork to do and
they would still be stuck in the office? i don’t know. But i would certainly be willing to pay more to keep the streets safer.”
Sue Whittaker, 54, , a learn-ing mentor for a school, who lives in Normandy, spoke about other issues that she thought needed to be ad-dressed first before policing.
She said: “it is a real strug-gle for a lot of people at the moment to pay their bills. it is very expensive to live in Surrey as it is, and i think there is other issues to sort out before we tackle this. for instance, i do not have any street lighting outside my house, that is not safe, i would like my council tax to sort that out before i am asked to pay more council tax for policing.”
Mark Worsley, 51, business development manager from Guildford, said: “it is a
difficult one, we are quite sheltered in Guildford with crime, when compared with some other areas, so is it re-ally needed here? Would a council tax increase for peo-ple in Guildford just be sub-sidising policing in other parts of the county? i am not sure. if all the extra money was going straight into front-line policing i think i would pay for it.”
Julia Jaconelli, 45, a busi-ness owner from Cranleigh, said: “i am not sure it is fair to make everyone pay the same. Maybe some sort of sliding scale should be adopted.
She added: “However, i do think there is a need for more police on the streets. Guildford turns into a differ-ent place at night time, and i think we could do with more of a police presence then. i have been the victim of petty crime on several occasions.”
Views split on giving extra for more police
By Namita Gandhi
A DARiNG great-grandmother has fulfilled a lifelong ambition and completed an abseil from almost 40 feet high at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford.
Anne Clifford completed the descent on her 80th birth-day on September 25 when she took on the high climbing wall with her fear of heights.
Mrs Clifford from Aldershot damaged her right hip a number of years ago but after mastering her move-ment with just the use of her left leg, she decided to do it again.
She said: “Once i got to the
bottom and the instructors suggested i go again, i thought ‘oh yes’. i knew what it was going to feel like, i knew how i would grip so i got a little higher and got there a bit faster the second time.
“The first time i learned what i was doing and then it felt great abseiling down the second time as i knew i could do it and i enjoyed it.”
Mrs Clifford, who is a wid-ow, has four children, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and on the day was supported by her daughter Vicky.
Daring granny faces her fears
Anne Clifford took on the climbing wall for her 80th birthday.
Surrey Sports Park
A GUiLDfORD charity helping young people with learning difficulties has received £1,000 from Surrey’s high sheriff.
Those who work for and receive help from the Halow Project met and thanked the high sheriff, Peter Lee, for the contribution which was via his Youth Awards scheme.
The money will go towards the charity’s Craft Creations project, which aims to give people the chance to design and create items from recy-cled materials which are then sold, as part of Halow’s A Reason To Get Up initiative.
Mr Lee enjoyed taking part in a brief craft class when he visited the charity. He made a woollen lanyard and helped to operate the group’s
handmade glitter blaster.“it’s a wonderful opportu-
nity for me to visit fun projects like this,” he said. “Crafty Creations is a fantas-tic way for young people to improve their skills and helps them find work in the local community. i’m very glad that Halow received a High Sheriff Youth Award.”
Mr Lee heard from the youngsters about their fa-vourite moments working to-gether, which included sell-ing items at Guildford Christmas lights switch-on and former Pussy Cat Doll, Ashley Roberts, wearing one of their corsages at Guilfest.
The group meets at Lockwood Art Centre with Halow staff, volunteers and workshop group, Jelly Tree.
Cash boost aids crafty group
Peter Lee, High Sheriff of Surrey, visits the Halow Project.
A fORMeR soldier and verger was inducted as the 37th master of Abbot’s Hospital last week.
The hospital has provided low cost sheltered accommo-dation for elderly people in the town since 1622.
former masters include Richard Abbot, brother of founder George Abbot, and Samuel Russell, the brother
of artist John Russell.Last Wednesday, Bob
Jennings, 60, took up the post at a short service taken by the chaplain, Canon Robert Cotton, and attended by gov-ernors including the Mayor of Guildford, Councillor David elms.
Mr Jennings said: “There are very few of these types of institutions around – both
from a historical point of view but also from a modern point of view. They are somewhere that is safe and secure for people in their old age.
“from a financial point of view, certainly in our estab-lishment the residents know where they are. There is no sudden bill going to turn up. They also know once the door is shut at the hospital it is as
secure as anywhere in england, and we don’t have a main road right outside the front door.”
Mr Jennings has moved to Guildford with his wife Ann, and he said the lodgings have proven very comfortable.
He has learnt that the resi-dents, the hospital and the master are very much part of the community.
“Since i have been here there has been the judicial parade and service, and the Quakers service for the Guildford bombings across the road,” he said. “Some at-tended and some didn’t be-cause they can remember very vividly that night. i was a serving soldier in Northern ireland at that time.”
Mr Jennings served with
the army for 18 years before going on to manage interna-tional airports.
More recently he has held a number of church posts in-cluding holding the post of verger at St George’s Chapel, at Windsor Castle, and at St Mary’s in eastbourne.
Having worked at such places, he is fully aware of the importance of the history of
Abbot’s Hospital. He said: “i’ve been reading up about it for the last six months. i was appointed in about february or March and i’ve been reading about the his-tory and trying to understand about George Abbot. At his prime he was quite a figure and he would have been one of the most powerful non-fighting men in the country.”
New master takes his place at Abbot’s Hospital
Bob Jennings, the newmaster at Abbot’s Hospital,
in Guildford High Street.