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  • STUDENTS ARE TOP TEAM!

    Published 20/02/24

    A team of Sixth Formers is celebrating after they finished as the top non-selective state school in the prestigious Cambridge Chemistry Race, placing 25th out of more than 60 schools from across the country.

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  • Sixth Form Tours Afternoon - 17th January 2024

    Published 04/01/24

    Year 11 students and parents and carers from across North Leeds and Wharfedale are being invited to join us for a tour of school, Q & A with the Sixth Form Team and staff and an opportunity to see the presentation from our Sixth Form Open Evening.

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  • STUDENTS CELEBRATED AT ANNUAL AWARDS EVENING

    Published 22/12/23

    Students from across the years at Prince Henry’s Grammar School in Otley were rewarded for their achievements in all areas at the annual Prince Henry's Celebration Evening at the Leeds City Museum Central Arena. Over 500 students, invited guests, proud parents and carers and staff enjoyed the experience, as Guest Speaker and ex-student, Thornton Tasker, Founder and MD of YourLocal.com, handed out awards.

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  • Food Bank Appeal is a great success!

    Published 22/12/23

    Story by Harry Sutcliffe, Year 12.

    Over this Christmas period, while many have been enjoying themselves and indulging in nice food, not everyone has had this luxury. This is why a small group of Sixth Form students have been busy planning and organising a food bank donation appeal to help support those in the local community who have been struggling in recent times to ensure no one will go hungry this Christmas.

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  • Prince Henry's wins Best High School in Leeds at Modeshift STARS Awards

    Published 17/11/23

    Following the work of our Active Travel Ambassadors with our Feet First campaign and our partnership work with other local schools and Otley Town Council on the WYCA Active Travel bid, we were delighted to be awarded the Best High School in Leeds at the recent Modeshift STARS Active Travel Awards.

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  • SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING - THURSDAY 9TH NOV 2023 6.30-8.30PM

    Published 04/10/23

    Planning is well underway for our Sixth Form Open Evening on Thursday 9th November. If your child is in Year 11, why not come along with them and find out about our friendly and high-achieving Sixth Form?

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  • OPEN EVENING FOR YEAR 6 - MON 2 OCTOBER 6 - 8.30PM

    Published 12/09/23

    Is your child in Year 6 and looking for a great school for September 2024? Come along to our Open Evening and get a feel for Prince Henry's - and get involved in a ton of hands-on activities with our current students and staff.

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  • TRAVEL PLAN IS 'VERY GOOD'

    Published 30/08/23

    Prince Henry's is celebrating today after hearing that we have achieved the 'very good' accreditation from Modeshift Stars.

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  • SMASHING GCSE RESULTS!

    Published 24/08/23

    We are all incredibly proud of our Year 11 students at Prince Henry’s, who, with the support of their teachers, have achieved an excellent set of GCSE results in the return to pre-pandemic standardisation.  They have shown remarkable perseverance since their education was first interrupted by the pandemic early in their secondary education in Year 8, to be rewarded with some extremely strong outcomes, particularly at the higher end.

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  • ENROL FOR SIXTH FORM!

    Published 23/08/23

    Now you have your GCSE Results, it's time to enrol for Sixth Form! Enrolment opens on Thursday 23rd August 2023.

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  • A LEVEL RESULTS DAY 2023

    Published 17/08/23

    KS5 Results "We are all incredibly proud of our sixth form students in navigating through the past few years of exam uncertainty, securing outstanding results and demonstrating tenacity and resilience in their journey towards their chosen pathways. A huge congratulations and well done goes to all of our students – your school, community, and families couldn’t be more delighted and proud of you all. The vast majority have secured a place at their first choice university, apprenticeship or workplace. We wish all of them the very best for their next steps whatever their destination.” Sally Bishop, Headteacher, Prince Henry’s Grammar School

    Comparisons to previous years understandably remain difficult in light of the considerable disruptions faced with exams more recently and the fluctuation of methodology and tolerance. However, overall, our excellence in academic performance is retained with an overall pass rate of 99.3%. The percentage of higher grades awarded remains strong with 77.3% of all grades awarded at A* - C, which is an increase from the same set of grades awarded just prior to Covid in 2019, and above national, and the average points score increasing to 34.89.

    There are some amazing individual success stories across the full range of academic achievement. At the top end a number of students gained straight A or A* grades. Three students secured an impressive suite of A* grades and go on to their first choice of university with Rhuaridh Turner taking up a place at Nottingham to study Veterinary Medicine, Harrisen Crowder gaining his place to study Design Engineering at Imperial College, London and Jake Powell going on to study Medicine at Sheffield.

    Eleven students achieved a mixture of A* and A grades and also progress to their first choice. Among them are Patrick Timmins, Sam Finney and Tom Macauley who have each secured their place at Durham to read Geography, Engineering and Maths respectively, Lia Chew who will progress to Manchester to study Zoology, Josh Carter who heads off to Warwick to pursue a degree in Maths, and Jake Greenwood who will take up his place at Sheffield to study Electronic and Electrical Engineering. There were a number of other high-achieving students collecting straight A’s who included Harvey Nicholson who will read Spanish at Oxford, Isobel Heap who will read Music at Cambridge and Tia Tinkler who moves on to Queen’s University, Belfast to study Psychology.

    Also of note were top achievers in our vocational programmes, many of whom will go on to take up places at university or on apprenticeships which are rapidly gaining in popularity. In addition to the more traditional courses, the eclectic variety of destinations and subjects for our students this year is testament to the forwardthinking advice given to our sixth form, where new opportunities are increasingly promoted and taken up. These include subjects as various as Marine Zoology, Forestry, Cybersecurity, Journalism, Digital Marketing and Financial planning as well as a growing number choosing gap years.

    We are particularly proud of a number of our students who have faced challenges around special educational needs and disabilities and of course there are many more personal success stories too numerous to mention. It should go without saying that we are proud of each and every one of our students for their endeavors and hard work whatever grades are achieved or destinations are being embarked upon.

    “I’d like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank and congratulate the sustained efforts of our committed and dedicated staff at Prince Henry’s who continue to go the extra mile to ensure that our students can really flourish and achieve, fully equipped both academically and personally. The continued success of Prince Henry’s is due to their hard work and the commitment of our amazing students. Well done to all!”

    Sally Bishop, Headteacher, Prince Henry’s Grammar School

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  • TIMANYANE DAY BRINGS COMMUNITY TOGETHER

    Published 19/07/23

    This year’s Timanyane Day was a huge success, with students volunteering in the Community and visitors from across the area leading workshops and discussions in school. “Timanyane Day" (which means "Let's know each other") is where Prince Henry’s focuses on themes of Global Citizenship, Sustainability, Social Justice, Equality and Diversity. 

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