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Evensong in London
12 November 2008
Chapel Choir Sings Evensong in London On Monday, 10 November Chapel Choir visited St Luke's, Chelsea, to sing evensong at the invitation of the Director of Music, Jonathan Leonard. The church is situated just off the King's Road and is a very large and impressive early nineteenth century building with an excellent acoustic. This was a rewarding venue and the service was very well sung; the girls quickly became acclimatized to the building and produced a warm and resonant sound. Mr Bond played the organ and Mr Fricker sang the responses. The service included the first performance of Dr Weston's new Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D minor.
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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