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		<item>	<title><![CDATA[ Headteacher's Latest Update ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=146</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Friday 6&nbsp;March 2026</p>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ The Weald School & Sixth Form College is delighted to announce another enormously successful year for our students who took A-level and NVQ ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=153</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p><strong id="docs-internal-guid-4e9863ea-7fff-89fc-f572-236213c5d256">Top grades are in line with our best ever results, with a slight increase in those at the highest end: 13% of students achieved A*s, compared with 12% in 2024, and 37% achieved As or higher, matching last year&rsquo;s figure.&nbsp; These outcomes place us, yet again, well above the national average of 28.3% A*/A grades.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:01:52 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Ofsted Inspection report ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=152</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-1ee7b549-7fff-9655-4bda-56c6b8846af7">We are pleased to be able to share with you the report from our recent Ofsted inspection.&nbsp; It is important to note that the inspectorate made a change to their framework at the start of this academic year by removing the &lsquo;overall effectiveness&rsquo; grade, so that schools no longer receive a single grade judgement.</strong></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-1ee7b549-7fff-9655-4bda-56c6b8846af7">We are absolutely delighted with the narrative of this report: the inspectors have highlighted some of the aspects of our school of which we are most proud.&nbsp; Our students, your children, showed the very best of themselves throughout the 2 days that the inspection team was with us and we are, as always, incredibly proud of every member of our school community.</strong></p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:30:58 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ The Weald School & Sixth Form College is delighted to announce that our students are celebrating excellent results again this week ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=151</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-dd7e222c-7fff-baed-9def-c9a211b50918">The Weald School &amp; Sixth Form College is delighted to announce that our students are celebrating excellent results again this week, as they receive the outcomes of their GCSEs and NVQs.&nbsp; 75% of students attained a grade 4 or above in English and Maths and 52% scored a grade 5 or above in both.&nbsp; This is a marked increase from last year, which is all the more impressive given the national context of results declining.</strong></p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 21:27:42 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ The Weald School & Sixth Form College is delighted to announce another enormously successful year for our students who took A-level and NVQ exams earlier this summer ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=150</link>	<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:25:38 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ The Weald School & Sixth Form College are celebrating excellent GCSE and NVQ results ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=149</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p><strong id="docs-internal-guid-c5fe85ec-7fff-1a56-9d66-8ef386ab90db">The Weald School &amp; Sixth Form College is delighted to announce that our students are celebrating excellent results again this week, as they receive the outcomes of their GCSEs and NVQs.&nbsp; After several years of extremely challenging circumstances due to the pandemic, these students have achieved tremendous success.&nbsp; 70% of students attained a grade 4 or above in English and Maths and 52% scored a grade 5 or above.&nbsp; Overall, 76% of students gained a grade 4 or above in all qualifications.&nbsp;</strong></p>


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	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 14:12:35 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Outstanding A-level and NVQ exam success ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=148</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p><strong id="docs-internal-guid-22de3e04-7fff-5153-d4e6-aa0683361591">The Weald School &amp; Sixth Form College is delighted to announce that our students are celebrating outstanding A-level and NVQ exam results yet again this week - and they have bucked the national trend by maintaining high levels of top grades!&nbsp; It could easily be forgotten that these students were enormously affected by the Covid lockdowns; they did not sit exams for their GCSEs, meaning that this was the first time they faced hugely significant national assessments.&nbsp; Their achievement is all the greater and we are tremendously proud of all of our students.</strong></p>


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	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:18:51 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ October - Black History Month ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=147</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Black History Month</strong>&nbsp;is an annual observance originating in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">United States</a>, where it is also known as&nbsp;<strong>African-American History Month</strong>. It has received official recognition from governments in the United States and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada">Canada</a>, and more recently has been observed in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland">Ireland</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_diaspora">African diaspora</a>. It is celebrated in February in the United States<sup id="cite_ref-Involvement_4-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month#cite_note-Involvement-4">[4]</a></sup>&nbsp;and Canada,<sup id="cite_ref-AboutCIC_5-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month#cite_note-AboutCIC-5">[5]</a></sup>&nbsp;while in Ireland and the United Kingdom it is observed in October.</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:11:27 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Shackleton Award ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=145</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify">We recently&nbsp;introduced a new award called the &#39;Shackleton Award&#39;&nbsp;which is based on the ideals that Ernest Shackleton lived by.&nbsp;The new award rewards and recognises the courage, teamwork, resilience or determination shown by an individual over an extended period of time.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:35:44 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Elgar House Reindeer Run ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=144</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Elgar House students recently held their fifth reindeer run in aid of Chestnut Tree Children&rsquo;s Hospice.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 1 Aug 2018 15:17:24 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Community Christmas Party ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=143</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify">The Weald School hosted another successful community Christmas party with over 45 seniors in attendance making dozens of local people smile in relation with the Lions Club and Rotary.</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:46:37 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ School Production 'The 39 Steps' ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=142</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">We recently staged the very successful school production, &lsquo;The 39 Steps&rsquo;, involving our talented and committed students in both the cast and crew.</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:27:58 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Enchanting Harry Potter Studio Tour ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=141</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">&quot;Welcome to Hogwarts!&quot; The golden doors opened, transporting year 9 to the incredible world of JK Rowling&#39;s stories. Glittering Christmas trees lined the great hall and a replica festive feast including flaming Christmas puddings was laid out on the long tables. This was an amazing start to our tour of the movie studios.</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:22:16 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ School Production 'The 39 Steps' ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=140</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify">This year&#39;s school production, &#39;The 39 Steps&#39;, tells the story of our dashing young hero&nbsp;Richard Hannay, a Canadian visitor to 1930&#39;s London.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:44:16 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Victory for Greenpower car team ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=139</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Students from The Weald School Greenpower Car Team were celebrating recently as they won the International Final of the Formula 24+ category.</p>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2017 09:27:30 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Opening of new buildings ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=138</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify">The Weald School has officially opened a series of new buildings as part of an &pound;11 million expansion and development. Jeremy Quin MP cut the ribbon to the new block on Friday 22<sup>nd</sup> September which includes a 450 seat canteen and 22 teaching rooms catering for mathematics and art. The school welcomed around 50 local community stakeholders for the event which included a tour of the new facilities.</p>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2017 09:55:41 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Open Evening ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=137</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify">Our&nbsp;Open Evening this year was&nbsp;on Thursday 28 September.&nbsp;We welcomed over 700&nbsp;prospective parents and students from both local villages and&nbsp;further afield to join us. The evening provided&nbsp;an opportunity for families to see The Weald at work, hear about exciting developments, particularly our new buildings/facilities and talk to some of our staff and students.</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Excellent Weald GCSE Results ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=136</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Students at The Weald School were celebrating another excellent set of GCSE results at the Billingshurst School on Thursday 24th August.</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:21:30 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Superb A Level Results ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=135</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">The Weald School was buzzing with the excitement of students opening their A-level results this morning and, once again, the Billingshurst school was celebrating another set of simply superb results.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 13:01:30 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Victory for Livingstone House ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=134</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Livingstone celebrated&nbsp;an outstanding year culminating with a clean sweep of trophies in the final assembly. After&nbsp;winning sports day and having several sport culture wins, it was looking good for the reds.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2017 12:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Golden evening for Weald students ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=133</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify">On Thursday 13&nbsp;July&nbsp;700 students, proud parents and esteemed guests from the community all gathered to celebrate another outstanding year at The Weald School&rsquo;s annual Gold Awards ceremony.&nbsp; Students at The Weald excel in a wide range of skills throughout the year and this annual event recognises exceptional successes for effort, progress, and wider contribution to the school.&nbsp;Students should feel very proud of their achievements.</p>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 15:31:31 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Year 11 Prom ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=132</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Year 11 Weald students marked another successful year by celebrating&nbsp;their annual&nbsp;leavers&#39; prom on Thursday 29th June&nbsp;by cruising down the River Thames on the Erasmus boat.</p>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 7 Mar 2017 11:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=131</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>On Wednesday 21 June, a large group of volunteer students from years 7 to 13&nbsp;took part in a clean-up of Station Park in Billingshurst organised by two of the Community Captains. &nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:16:03 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Weald Mock Election ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=130</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>As the country went&nbsp;to the polls in one of the tightest general elections, students at The Weald&nbsp;got&nbsp;involved, experiencing democracy first hand with their own Mock Election on Thursday 8 June.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 6 Sep 2017 09:35:38 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Year 13 celebrate their last day in style ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=129</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify">On Friday 19th May, we said goodbye to our year 13 students. Students celebrated their time at The Weald by enjoying a fun afternoon on the field.</p>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2017 12:00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=128</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Over the past 7 years The Weald School has had a partnership with the Luoyang Leading Edge, no 2 Secondary school in the Xigong district of Henan Province in China. On 6th April 2017, 11 Year 10 students left Heathrow to fly to China; accompanied by Miss McInerney &amp; Mr Trotter.</p>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:37:19 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Weald Welcomes Belgian Students ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=127</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify">It was great to welcome 58 Belgian students (and their staff) recently from IEJ Nivelles to experience life here at The Weald. The students were involved in a tour of the school and were particularly impressed with the excellent compositions in A Level music technology and the experiments in A Level Biology.</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 10:09:48 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Best Ever Weald Gymnastics Results ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=126</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>On Friday 10th March, two teams of Weald gymnasts competed at the British schools national finals in Stoke on Trent.&nbsp;Having trained relentlessly on solo and group floor routines plus vaulting, they were all rewarded with great achievements. The under 16s mixed team had huge smiles as they stepped onto the podium to be handed their bronze medals, coming 3rd out of 16 schools from all around England, Scotland and Wales.</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 12:08:10 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ DofE Bronze Awards Ceremony ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=125</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">On Thursday 9<sup>th</sup> March The Weald School held its first ever Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Ceremony with over 150 students, members of the community and parents in attendance.</p>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 3 Oct 2017 13:44:55 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Year 11 Leavers' Hoodies ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=124</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify">It has been the tradition in the past for students to purchase a leavers&rsquo; hoodie at the end of Year 11. Students will be able to wear the leavers&rsquo; hoodie as a replacement to their blazer as they near the end of their time at The Weald. The hoodie will display all the students&rsquo; names on the back, and will include the school logo.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">The cost of the hoodie is &pound;13.50, and should you wish to purchase one, payment must be made by <strong>17<sup>th</sup> March</strong> which will give ample time for the ordering and production of the hoodie.&nbsp;<strong>No orders will be accepted after this date. </strong></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><strong>If you didn&#39;t get chance to try on the sample hoodies, please come and see Miss Lewis in Front Reception before the order deadline.</strong>&nbsp;</p>

<p>The sizes range from <strong>XS</strong> to <strong>XL</strong>, and the colour options are below:</p>

<ul>
	<li>Bottle Green</li>
	<li>Candyfloss Pink</li>
	<li>Cranberry</li>
	<li>Heather Grey</li>
	<li>Black</li>
	<li>Peppermint</li>
	<li>Sapphire Blue</li>
	<li>True Violet</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify">Payment can be made online directly with our supplier, with payment via Paypal/debit card at <a href="http://hoodies4schools.co.uk/event/69.html">http://hoodies4schools.co.uk/event/69.html</a>. Alternatively, you can place an order over the phone by calling 0800 817 4901. If you have decided not to order a hoodie for any reason, please let us know by contacting <a href="javascript:void(location.href='mailto:'+String.fromCharCode(97,98,114,111,119,110,64,116,104,101,119,101,97,108,100,46,111,114,103,46,117,107))">abrown@theweald.org.uk</a>.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Please note that all orders will be delivered to The Weald and will be distributed to Year 11 during an assembly near the end of April. Should you have any questions about the leavers&rsquo; hoodie, or the process, please do not hesitate to contact Mr T Peck at <a href="http://tpeck@theweald.org.uk">tpeck@theweald.org.uk</a>.</p>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 3 Oct 2017 10:19:26 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Sainsbury's Active Kids ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=123</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify">Sainsbury&rsquo;s Active Kids 2017 launched&nbsp;on 25<sup>th</sup> January and the collection box is available in Front Reception until 2<sup>nd</sup> May.&nbsp;Sainsbury&rsquo;s have brought back pre-printed 1 and 5 vouchers at the till. So this year there are three ways to collect; in Sainsbury&#39;s supermarkets and online at <a href="https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/">sainsburys.co.uk</a> you&#39;ll be given one voucher for every &pound;10 you spend, and in Sainsbury&#39;s local stores you&#39;ll get one voucher for every &pound;5 you spend.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Last year we received new softy rounder&rsquo;s balls for PE and measuring spoons for Food Technology.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 2 Aug 2017 09:58:15 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=122</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify">Girls from The Weald gym club entered the&nbsp;South East regional gymnastics competition at Tonbridge, Kent recently. Pair Keah Stell and Olivia Fovargue won silver in the Under 19 category, whilst two teams entered the Under 14 group.&nbsp; Megan Billingham, Lauren Copley (who stepped in at the last minute) Megan Dowse,&nbsp;Jess Goold,&nbsp;Skye Tayler &amp; Mariella Vibert came home with gold medals. Emily Richards, Nadine Russell, Olivia Viney, sisters Ruby and Maisie Walker &amp; Ellie Waters won&nbsp;bronze.&nbsp;All girls can be really proud of their&nbsp;hard&nbsp;work,&nbsp;showing great resilience to overcome a number of difficulties in the build up to the event.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Next week we have 3 teams of gymnasts entering the U13 &amp; U16 trio regional competition in the hope of qualifying for the national finals. We wish them all the best of luck!</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2017 08:59:44 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=121</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Are you thinking about which Sixth Form college to apply to?&nbsp;We are still taking applications which are sent to us in January.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 1 Nov 2017 16:25:35 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=119</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Weald students celebrated Christmas&nbsp;in the last week of term, welcoming guests such as students, staff, parents and members of the community to enjoy their festive music. The evening involved a mixture of instrumental pieces, soloists, bands and readings. Guests enjoyed festive refreshments such as mulled wine and mince pies throughout the evening. One guest mentioned &#39;It was a fantastic way to end the year. The students have worked very hard to produce such wonderful and traditional music.&#39;</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 1 Nov 2017 16:26:37 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=120</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify">Students at The Weald achieve extremely well. The Government&rsquo;s new national achievement measure is called &ldquo;Progress 8&rdquo;.&nbsp; The three year rolling average progress score for students at The Weald put us in the top 10% of schools nationally with a score of +0.50. This means that students score on average +0.50 GCSE grades higher for each GCSE they take in comparison with students from similar starting points nationally.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">With over 3000 secondary schools in England, this puts The Weald in the top 300 schools in the country. Progress 8 tells us how well pupils have progressed between the end of primary school and the end of secondary school (Year 11), compared to pupils in other schools who got similar results at the end of primary school. This is based on results in up to 8 qualifications, which include English, maths, 3 qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and 3 other additional qualifications.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Achievement post 16 (Year 13) is equally high. Our value added or progress scores post 16 put the performance of students from The Weald in the top 20% of schools nationally.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Further information on the school&rsquo;s performance can be found on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/126068">https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/126068</a></p>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:41:57 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=118</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>
	The Weald School Community Christmas Party has become quite the annual event in the local calendar. The event is organised by the school’s Community Captains, and supported by the local Rotary and Lions club organisations. This year’s event hosted over 70 senior citizens from the local community, with some of them being collected by mini-bus from their homes by volunteers.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2016 16:35:41 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=117</link>	<description><![CDATA[On Enrichment Day this year, students were involved in a number of different activities including some exciting trips. Year 8 and 9 students had the opportunity to travel to Ypres in Belgium, visiting a number of WW1 memorials and The Passchendaele museum.&nbsp;Others experienced the magical world of Harry Potter at the Warner Bros Studios in Watford,&nbsp;London.&nbsp;The Land&nbsp;Rover factory was the destination for a group of&nbsp;Year 10 Business students, who found out all about modern manufacturing processes, and took part in&nbsp;an exhilerating off-road adventure!]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 16:24:41 GMT</pubDate>
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	A fantastic cast of Weald actors performed to a full school hall, for our end of year production of Arthur Miller’s 'The Crucible'.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 23.4px;">The play is a fictionalised version of events which took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692-3. In the story, Abigail, the minister’s niece (played by Year 12 student Lily Niblett), accuses several local women of witchcraft, and a witch hunt ensues. It’s a challenging and gripping play, and highlights how intolerance and hysteria can tear a community apart.</span></p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 16:19:25 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=115</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>
	Ten Year 11 Weald School students visited Namilyango College just outside Kampala in Uganda over half term.&nbsp; The inaugural trip involving students followed visits of staff from both schools in the last four years as a result of&nbsp; a twinning programme from the London 2012 Olympics called 'International Inspirations'.&nbsp; The aim of the trip was to allow students to gain an insight into the lives of young Ugandans.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2016 09:21:24 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=114</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">On Wednesday 5 October, The Weald School opened its doors for its 23rd Future Choices Fair, the flagship event in our rolling careers programme.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">With over 600 attendees, The Fair was open to students across all year groups. The evening is designed to empower students to make informed decisions about their future choices, whether they are considering apprenticeships, further or higher education or employment.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 09:27:34 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=113</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>
	<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Students at The Weald School were celebrating another excellent set of GCSE results at the Billingshurst School last Thursday. Headteacher Peter Woodman commented, “There was huge excitement, joy and some tears of relief as students opened envelopes to receive their GCSE results. Students have produced another bumper set of grades which exceed our best previous best performance as a school with 74% of students achieving 5 or more A*-C grades or better including English and maths.&nbsp;</span></p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:16:03 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=112</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>
	<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Weald School was alive with the sounds of laughter and tears of joy as students received their A level results this morning. The school was celebrating another bumper set of results with 88% of grades at A*-C and 65% A*-B and 39% at A* and A. 14% of students achieved grades at A*, nearly twice the national average.</span></p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:19:44 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=111</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>
	‘You really can achieve whatever you want in this life, the secret is to believe in yourself’ was Huw Jones take home message to Weald School students attending the school’s annual prize giving evening, The Gold Awards.</p>
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	Around 700 students, proud parents and esteemed guests from the community all gathered to celebrate another outstanding year.&nbsp; Students at The Weald excel in a wide range of skills throughout the year and this annual event recognises exceptional successes for effort, progress, and wider contribution to the school.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=110</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>
	This year our Year 13 Graduation Dinner was held at the Hilton Avisford Park Hotel, on Friday 1st July. With over 120 students and 30 staff in attendance, our community feel was tangible. It was a night to remember!&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 23.4px;">Students arrived in style and looked stunning in their glamorous outfits and were excited about taking the opportunity to celebrate the hard work over the past year.&nbsp;</span></p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:30:20 GMT</pubDate>
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	Year 11 students marked another successful year by celebrating at their annual Leavers Prom on Friday 1 July by cruising down the River Thames.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 23.4px;">Students looked amazing in their finery as they arrived in a variety of vehicles ranging from limousines and camper vans. They then embarked upon the coaches for the journey up to London passing the many historical sites before being dropped off at Westminster Pier.</span></p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:39:10 GMT</pubDate>
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	<span style="line-height: 23.4px;">On Wednesday 22nd June we held our annual sponsored walk.&nbsp; This event has been running for many years now and, as with previous years, the school walked in support of our school charity Classrooms for Kenya.&nbsp; We are hoping that the walk will raise enough money to pay for four more classrooms for our partner schools in Kitale, Kenya.&nbsp; Many of these schools are in desperate need for new facilities as the Kenyan government only pays for teachers' salaries and not the construction of classrooms.&nbsp; As such, schools rely on parental contributions to fund the construction of new classrooms.&nbsp; In poorer areas of the country these funds are very scarce and this is where Classrooms for Kenya and events like the Sponsored Walk come in.</span></div>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:00:38 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=107</link>	<description><![CDATA[Well done to our extremely talented GCSE and A-Level students for their hard work in producing such brilliant art work in our annual Summer Art Exhibition. On Thursday 23 June, students work was on show to the public and everyone was very impressed with the quality of work. Students should be very proud to have produced such a fantastic display!]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:41:03 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=106</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>
	On Friday 17th of June, Weald students held a hat day to raise awareness for the Day of the African Child. Students from Year 7 – 10 were given the opportunity to donate £1 each and wear a hat to school.&nbsp; This has very much been a student led fundraiser and all funds go towards Uganda Hands for Hope, which provides free education, food and clothing to the most vulnerable primary school children in the Kampala slums.&nbsp; At The Weald, we work very closely with them, and we currently sponsor a child to go to school, based upon our last fundraising effort.</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:43:08 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=105</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>
	The Virtual Baby project for Year 9s is a programme for sex and relationships. This year we gave nine students the opportunity to learn from the experience of what it means to become a parent. The programme is designed to inform young people about the&nbsp;realities of parenting and involves caring for a virtual baby over 3 days.</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:45:50 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.theweald.org.uk/news/?pid=192&amp;nid=4&amp;storyid=104</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>
	We are thrilled to be celebrating again, having successfully gained the Investors in Careers Status for the sixth time running. This Award has been held by the school since 1999 and is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the students and staff at The Weald. &nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:09:05 GMT</pubDate>
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