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New Swimming Pool Cover
21 May 2009
On Wednesday 20th May we had a new swimming pool cover installed in the Sports and Performing Arts Complex. With the pool cover we hope to be able to start making immediate savings on electric, gas, water, chemical and air handling costs. The biggest winner from the installation will be the environment with a projected saving of approximately 100 tonnes of CO2 per year - just from the pool area. This saving is the equivalent of turning off 200 60W light bulbs that would otherwise be on 24 hours per day for an entire year. The cover will be used every day, with it being put on the pool at 10:00pm every night, after our public swimming sessions, and being taken off at 5:30am before the Early Birds public swimming session. For more information on the Sports and Performing Arts Complex, including our holiday activity courses and exercise classes please browse our website at www.bedfordhigh.co.uk/spa
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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