Category: Seniors and Sixth Form
Spelling Bee National Final 2015
A huge well done to Freddie L in Year 7 for proudly representing NSB at the National Finals of the Spelling Bee Competition at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge on the afternoon of Friday 3rd July. The event was organised for the fifth year running by Routes into Languages, a consortium of universities working together […]
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Near-perfect GCSEs and an A at A level – two years early
Joe Dean, 15, achieved a high A grade in his A level Maths exam, two years early and last week, joined the rest of the Year 11 boys to receive his GCSE results, Unsurprisingly, he also received an outstanding set of GCSE results achieving nine A*s and an A in English, Maths and all three […]
Read MoreTop flight twins
Year 12 twins, Christopher and Stephen Hierons have managed to achieve a full house of near-perfect A level results. Christopher and Stephen, 18, achieved all A*s and As in their chosen subjects. Christopher saw results of three A*s in Biology, History and his extended project qualification (EPQ) with an A in Chemistry whilst Stephen got […]
Read MoreNSB Sixth Form produces its first Oxbridge student
Adam Bainbridge, 18, has become the first student to leave NSB’s Sixth Form for an Oxbridge place. Adam, who was Head Boy, is now heading off to read law at Jesus College. His offer of a place has been supported with exceptional grades in his A levels – an A* in Biology and As in Religious Studies […]
Read MoreBest ever GCSE results for NSB
By any measure of grades awarded at A* to C, these were the School’s best GCSE results to date. 45.6% grades were awarded A* to B and the overall pass rate was 99.7%. Joe Dean was our top performer with nine A*s and one A. Joe also took A level Maths two years early and […]
Read MoreA level results 2015
This year, our boys achieved a 100% pass rate with 40.5% of grades awarded A* to B grades. At the top end, we achieved our best A* count to date and the percentage A* to A grades was up by over one percentage point on the previous year. Head boy, Adam Bainbridge secured a place […]
Read MoreDay Nine/Ten – Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th July
The NSB senior rugby players have ended their tour on a suitably high note with both teams putting in strong performances on Tuesday at one of Cape Town’s top rugby schools – Fairbairn College. The firsts clinched their game with a dramatic Matthew Charlton try in the final play of what eventually proved to be […]
Read MoreDay Seven/eight – Saturday 25th, Sunday 26th July
Both of our touring teams came away from their visit to Norman Henshilwood school yesterday with heads held high. The 1st XV produced a thrilling performance to secure a 31-10 victory. Playing with all of the intensity of their previous fixture, they applied the finishing touches to score five tries. Starting well, flying winger Will […]
Read MoreDay Four / Five
Both of our teams gave very strong accounts of themselves in the tour’s first fixtures played at Rustenburg High School stadium. The firsts were defeated narrowly 17-19 in a tough, physical encounter with their hosts in which all of the points were scored in the first half. NSB took an early lead when Joe Nicholson went over […]
Read MoreDay Three – Tuesday 21st July
As the squads completed their final training ahead of tomorrow’s fixtures at Rustenburg High School, some of the players from the first team and the development squad nicknamed ‘The Dogs’ have offered their thoughts on their prospects and their views of tour life on and off the pitch. On tomorrow’s game at Rustenburg: Dan G, […]
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