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Chapel Choir at St Margaret's, King's Lynn
01 July 2009
Chapel Choir recently sang evensong at St Margaret's, King's Lynn. This magnificent church represents the former importance of this town and port. Charles Burney, the music historian and associate of Handel, was once organist at St Margaret's and his daughter, Fanny Burney, is often considered to be the first English novelist. The splendid Snetzler organ was superbly played by Mr Bond and the service was well received by the local congregation. The choir was congratulated on the quality of the psalm singing, which is no mean achievement for a choir which does not sing psalms on a weekly basis. Mr Fricker sang the responses and we are grateful to Mr Leitner for driving one of the minibuses. Of equal enjoyment to the music was the visit to Hunstanton earlier in the day. The sea air was obviously of great benefit to the girls' voices. Dr Weston
GCSE Results
Girls have once again achieved some truly excellent results in their GCSE examinations this summer. 29% of all results were at A* grade, 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B.
Carla Barberio, Rebecca Murray, Hannah Short and Surina Taneja all achieved 10A* grades, Tessa Forbes and Chloe Scott 9A* grades, Connie Fan, Yasmin Jamil and Frances Whittaker-Wood 8A* and Emily Myrtle, Lauren Roberts and Georgia Austin Greenall 7 A* grades.
Eighteen girls were sitting their examinations having spent, in most cases, only 3 years studying in English, and yet between them they amassed results which closely mirrored the overall percentages: 21% A*, 54% A*-A and 76% A*-B.
Although I am sad that our boarders are unable to progress to Bedford Girls' School for their Sixth Form studies, I am delighted that most of our very top achievers will be going on to take A level or IB courses there.
I wish every girl who left Bedford High School at the end of Upper 5 the very best of luck for their future studies.
Julie Eldridge
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