An astonishing 94% of pupils at the College secured at least 5 A-C grades this Summer. This was up by 24% from the previous best for the school, in 2010.

When English and Maths are included, this rose by 29%. We are waiting for confirmation that this places us as the most improved school in the Country. 61% of pupils gaining 5 A-C including English and Maths is above the National average and exceeds the FFT (Fisher Family Trust) target for the top 25% of simi-lar schools by 15%.

Excellent preparation for the final written examina-tion in English meant that pupils secured good GCSE passes, despite changes to the grade boundaries of Controlled Assessments.

We will not be complacent. We recognise that we have delivered massive improvements but that we can still do better. Our objective for our 2013 cohort is to secure 95% 5A* - C's and 70% including English andMaths.

The College

Crown Woods CollegeA Humanities College

145 Bexley Road, Eltham SE9 2PTPhone: 0208 850 7678 Fax: 0208 294 1921

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Top ScorersThe following pupils scored over 600 points. Each GCSE grade or BTEC course carries a certain number of points. An A grade or its equivalence at BTEC, scores 58 points.Martins Adaramola DelamereCheyanne Anderson DelamereFraser Aubrey DelamereAyadoyinmola Ayandosu AshdownHabib Balarabe SherwoodJawad Basit DelamereBelal Behery DelamerePrajoti Bhandari DelamereMatthew Birmingham AshdownMildred Ehiabor AshdownPaige Garrett DelamereAshim Gauchan AshdownConnor Godden DelamereKarel Green DelamereCharles Hart DelamereErdem Hassan SherwoodPeter Hodgson Delamere

Max Hopgood DelamereMccallen Jude AshdownAarun Kang DelamereEliza keys SherwoodHayley Killick SherwoodRaimondas Kirsa DelamereHolly Knowlden SherwoodSebnem Koca SherwoodOliver Laws Delamere Nam Ly AshdownToni-Marie Mccuish DelamereHakon McEvilly DelamereJames Morgans DelamereBiranchi Neupane AshdownJemimah Nyarkoa DelamereCallum Oliver AshdownMayolia Ologunebi Delamere

Sean Onatade DelamereLevi Scott DelamereChloe Smith Ashdown Libby Southwell DelamereAlex Summers AshdownArchie Thompson AshdownTite-Live Wasolua Kibeti DelamereZexuan Yin Delamere

94% 5 A-C grades 61% 5 A-C including English and Maths

M J MurphyPrincipal

• Pupils worked hard, attended four compulsory after school classes each week and we ran Saturday and Sunday schools before every exam.• We employed tutors for pupils in groups of a maximum of three, twice each week.• We kept pupils in lessons right up to the last examination in June.• Attendance improved significantly – it matters!• Our small school model helped personalise relationships. Our teachers were determined to ensure their pupils achieved the best possible grades. • Every pupil was supported, challenged and rewarded. It was just as important for pupils to get 5 A-C. All achievements were recognised and publicly celebrated.

How did we do it?Pupils from all the three schools celebrating together for individual results see page 2

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Mr. M. HartnettHead of Arden

A* - B 37%A* - C 71% A* - E 99%

2012 Exam Results Day

Crown Woods students achieved the best A level results ever. Congratulations to our year 13 students who have reaped the rewards of lots of hard work with our best set of results ever at A2.

Top Performing Students Ben Steer - A* A* B B C C Queen Mary Glenn Smith - A* B B Warwich Georgia Gibbons - A* A* A B Canterbury Geremias Estrada - A B C C Leicester Benjamin Smith - A B B C Goldsmith Samuel Obute - A A B B Lancaster Billy Crutchlow - A* A* A Fire Service

Michael Ellery - A B C GoldsmithsAleksandra Ukagba - A B B SouthamptonDominic Dodd - A B B KentModestas Zilinskas - A* A B BrunelTomas Narmontas A A B GoldsmithsOusmane Toure - A A B Kingston

Mr Hartnett would like to wish all the students the best with the future in whatever they choose to do. Should you require any further advice please do not hesitate to contact Mr Hartnett at mhartnett@crownwoods.org.uk

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Biranchi Neupane Ashdown School 1A, 3B's, 2C's, Construction Distinction and Principal LearingSirat Shinwarie Ashdown School 3A's, 4B's, 2C'c and ICT PassZexuan Yin Delamere School 7A*'s, 2.5A's, 2.5B's and Distinction triple award ICTLibby Southwell Delamere School 5A/A*'s, 5B's and Distinction in ICTMadeline Springer Sherwood School 7A/A*'s, 3B's and pass ICTTemilade Adelakun Delamere School 8A/A*'s, 3B's and Distinction ICT double awardOliver Laws Delamere School 9A*'s, 2A's and Distinction ICT triple awardZikria Mohamadi Sherwood School 1A*, 1.5 A's, 4B's, 3.5C's and pass ICTSophie Page Ashdown School 1B, 4.5 C's, Distinction Health and Social Care (4A) and pass ICTHolly Knowlden Sherwood School 1A, 2.5B's, 2.5C's BTEC Science (2A) and Health and Social Care distinction (4A*)

PIXL 'partners in excellence' NomineesPIXL stands for 'performance in excellence' and is an organisation of over 250 schools that share prac-tice in order to raise attainment. Crown Woods is the most improved PIXL school between 2011-2012. Three Crown Woods pupils; Matthew Birmingham (Ashdown), Sebnem Koca (Sherwood) and Mike Nahimana (Delamere), have been nominated to receive a PIXL award, we wish them luck.

Pupils Making the Most ProgressThe following pupils made truly exceptional progress from when they entered the school at year 7. The Government expect pupils to make three levels of progress. Four levels is very good. Five levels is therefore exceptional, although impossible for our most able pupils who were at level 5 on entry.

EnglishMarime Brasha Sherwood 5 LevelsAdam Dar Delamere 5 LevelsConnor Godden Delamere 5 LevelsAqib Mahmood Sherwood 5 LevelsJoshua Malone Sherwood 5 LevelsMike Nahimana Delamere 5 LevelsJake Shultz Delamere 5 Levels

MathsAshim Gauchan Ashdown 5 LevelsDuke Ifeanyi Sherwood 5 LevelsSebrem Koca Sherwood 5 LevelsDaniel McGinn Delamere 5 Levels

New in Year 10/11 and Speaking Another LanguageLinda Adu Sherwood 9.5A-C Including English/MathsSobijan Lingadasan Sherwood 10.5A-C Including English/MathsZikria Mohamadi Sherwood 12 A-C Including English/Maths Sohil Hassani Ashdown 5 A-C Including English/Maths

Libby Southwell (Delamere) /Madeline Springer (Ashdown)/Temilade Adelakun (Delamere)

Zikria Mohamadi (Sherwood)/Biranchi Neupane (Ashdown)/Sirat Shinwarie(Ashdown)

Oliver Laws (Delamere)Well done Oliver he is our highest

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Dami nominated for special award for determination!Oluwadamiliola AgunbiadeDami suffers from albinism, severe sight loss and is on the Autistic Spectrum. He has a statement of SEN. He came to Crown Woods with well below average SATs scores and found the size and routines of the school very challenging. Dami had difficulty remaining seated in class and would often have outbursts of temper. However, by the end of Year 9 Dami had overcome many of these 'obstacles', as he saw them. He transformed into an extremely hardworking, in-dependent, sensible and responsible member of his school. The net result being a good collection of GCSE results and a highly respected student. He contrib-utes enormously to the college community and the positive, inclusive ethos and he is a delightful young man. Dami achieved the following qualifications:English CEnglish Literature CMaths BCore Science DAdditional Science BGeography CBTEC Business MeritALAN numeracy pass at level 2This gave him 9.5 A-C grades or their equivalent.

An Olympic year in Crown Woods College!Crown Woods College was first contacted in September 2011 by the 2012 Ceremonies Committee to be told we had been selected as the only secondary school in Greenwich to play a part in the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Games.

The reason for our selection was the links Crown Woods College had built with the Greenwich Olympic Champions, this started our pupils awareness of the games by hosting a week full of Olympic cultural activities culminating in a performance for parents, pupils and staff based on the Olympic values.

Alongside this, Ms. Westergaard had contacted Chris Roberts (leader of Greenwich Council) to offer the service of CWC pupils in the new performance space in Woolwich. We were the only school to approach the council in this way.

From September we met with representatives from the Ceremonies Committee to plan the involvement of our children.

During the Autumn term, Isobel Turner (previous Yr13 student) attended the new Velodrome on the Olympic site to paint part of the official finishing line! She met Sir Sebastian Coe as well as some Olympic cyclists, a very exciting day!

Isobel was our Young Olympic Ambassador and has been a part of high level meetings deciding how young people across London can benefit from the legacy of the 2012 Games.

The excitement really began in January when choreographers from the Ceremonies Committee arrived to audition 100 CWC pupils. It was quite informal, but the children were very nervous. They all performed well and were a credit to Crown Woods.

We had a long wait – almost until Easter – to find out who had been selected. Finally we were able to give pu-pils the good news, as well as the disappointing news for some. From the 100 who auditioned, 37 were selected to participate.

Meanwhile in February, we met with a representative from the Japanese national Volleyball team who were

interested in using our facilities for training during the Games in July. This went ahead and I’m happy to announce they won Bronze! As a thank you they left us all their equipment and balls.

In March we had our fundraising day for Sports Relief when we raised a total of £1,349.39. A great effort by everyone.

Shortly after receiving the news from the auditions, a group of 12 pupils from all schools and every year group visited the Copperbox (Handball arena) on the Olym-pic site. Everyone had a great day and the children really enjoyed participating in sports in a real Olympic venue!

On 25th June we held our Olympic Sports Day with pupils receiving Gold, Silver & Bronze medals for participating in events. There was even a special Olympic podium built for the occasion!

In June our school was allocated over 200 tickets for various Olympic events. These tickets were awarded to those pupils who were unsuccessful in the auditions back in January, as well as to pupils in the home schools by their HoS for attendance, achievement & progress.

Crown Woods pupils were honoured and excited to take part in this amaz-ing event. Well done and thank you to all pupils, parents/carers and staff who helped make this experience possible.

Next year we will be involved in an Olympic legacy project with all schools in our cluster. This is called the New Eltham Masterclasses. We will be working with students from Ravensbourne College to make a film based on what we will be left with once the media circus has left town, ‘This is our Greenwich’, and we want to share the legacy! It will include a history focus with a premier of the film in the Summer term 2013.

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