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Message from the Head of Sixth Form

Mr Thomas McGarry

Building Bridges...

The academic year 2018 -2019 got off to a strong start university and in their later professional lives.
with the announcement of further Advanced Level exam
success for our students with overall pass rates climbing As our students prepare for their graduation and the
to new heights and our students being recognised by move higher education, we encourage them to face the
Cambridge Assessment International Examinations for future confident in the knowledge that they are not just
their achievements. JPGS students were High Achievers academically on a par with their new peers, but that
in AS Art (Reem Baaghil), Geography (Maimoona thought their time at JPGS they have absorbed the values
Junjunia) and Sociology (Shahdia Sharifi) as well as A2 of community involvement and decency that guarantee
Sociology (Angie Abdalla). Top in Saudi Arabia at A2 that they will be making great contributions outside the
Economics was Haya Faisal and across four AS subjects academic sphere. JPGS has been a bridge for them and
the top in the Kingdom was Adeeb Mogharbel. Adeeb now they must cross it to face their individual futures.
was also named, along with Adam Usman as Top in the
world at AS Mathematics.
T McGarry
The theme of building bridges has expanded into the Head of Sixth Form
wider community has also been evident in our work with
Edward Kelly and Partners who have helped us reach out
to influential figures in the local business and medical
community to come into school to share the benefit of
their experience with our A Level students – giving them
an insight into the challenges that they will face both at

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