Gillotts on BBC Television

The first programme goes out in the UK on the specialist digital channel BBC4 at 9pm on Monday 6th October. Gillotts appears in programme four called 'To Infinity and Beyond' and will be transmitted on Monday October 27th on BBC4 at 9pm. It is 60 mins long.

Gillotts students appear in the film along with Marcus in his old class-room and wandering around the playground, sports field and in the computer room. A BBC spokesperson has said that Gillotts comes out of the film in a very good light. The Gillotts bit is featured right at the very end of the film - and there is a lot of quite difficult maths before you get there so please persevere.

The film will be repeated several times on BBC4 and may well be transmitted on BBC2, the more mainstream channel, next year. It should also be available on the Internet via the BBC iPlayer but just for a very short time, from Monday October 27th to Sunday November 2nd.

The BBC's partners in making the series, were the Open University, who are responsible for world-wide distribution.

Gillotts Equestrians at Wellington Park

In the 2'6 class Claudia Gilbert was 7th individually with a very fast time.

The 2'9 team comprised of Claudia Gilbert, Lily Fitzpatrick, Georgie Bird and Katie Wooster. Georgie and Katie went double clear and Claudia and Lily had just one unlucky pole down. The team managed a commendable 8th place.

The 3' class only ran with three Gillotts team members (instead of four) so they had more pressure on them. Both Katie and Lily had a pole down and Georgie went double clear. Agaim, the team were 8th. Congratulations must go to Georgie on her first outing for the school.

Anyone interested in joining the equestrian teams should contact Heather Wooster on 01189 721136.

Next schools competition is an Eventer Challenge (show jumping and x-country) on 12 October at Compton. Please contact Heather Wooster or Phillipa Quesnel if you want to take part

Gillotts at Modern Art in Oxford

The exhibition runs from: 13 September - 29 September - FREE ADMISSION, Open Mondays.

A total of 200 primary and secondary schools in Oxfordshire have entered their work and Gillotts is just one of them. I attended the opening exhibition on Friday night and I felt very proud of our students' work

Best Ever Oxfordshire GCSE Results

GGCSE results 2008

Gillotts’ GCSE results are the best ever, with 84% of students achieving five or more passes at grades A*-C. These are the best ever results achieved by any Oxfordshire secondary school and an improvement of five percentage points on the school’s performance in 2007.

There were many excellent individual performances and one third of all the entries resulted in A* or A grades. Success was however achieved by students across the ability range, with 98% of students achieving 5 or more passes at grades A* to G.

The Headteacher, Catharine Darnton, said:
“ These are fantastic results. On the basis of the 2007 results, Gillotts was named as being in the top ten of the most improved schools in the country. Now the school has moved forward yet again, as a result of the commitment and hard work of the students and staff. I am very proud of all that the students have achieved and would like to thank their parents for all the support they have given their children and the school over the past five years.”

Key performance indicators:
84% of students achieved 5 grades A*-C
68% of students achieved 5 grades A*-C, including English and Mathematics
33% of entries were awards grades A* or A.