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Winner of Young Musician of the Year
09 March 2009
Many congratulations to Mengxiao (Kiana) Yu in Lower 6 who won the Rotary Young Musician of the Year 2009 final as well as the School Festival Cup. Mengxiao played the Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso which is a very advanced recital piece. The final was held at BMS, when she defeated some very strong opposition. Mengxiao won a cash prize and the opportunity to spend a day with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Every year Bedford Castle Rotary Club, in conjunction with Bedford Rotary Club, organises and runs the "Young Musician of the Year" contest. This competition is open to under 18s who attend schools and colleges in Bedfordshire. There are three age groups and Mengxiao won the senior class. On numerous past occasions young musicians from Bedford have gone forward to win National awards.
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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