Following months of successfully contested heats, Saturday 20th January 2018 saw Leighton Park School’s Giacomo (Johnny) (Year 10) at The NEC in Birmingham for The Open Mic UK Grand Final.
The Department of Education (DfE) released new data on 25th January 2018 that aims to show the academic progress students have made since joining a school. This change follows concerns around previous league tables that showed the percentage of students achieving grades A* to C. The previous system was considered unfair by many as it took no account of students’ starting levels and therefore the actual impact the school had had on students’ academic attainment.
Leighton Park’s credentials as a centre of excellence for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics gained a further boost with a Matthew Meade, a Lower Sixth student, winning a prestigious Arkwright Engineering Scholarship.