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Although 2008 was a very special year for us, 2009 surpassed it! In April 2008, OFSTED inspectors awarded us the accolade of "Outstanding" - a proud moment indeed! Later in that year, our students achieved our best-ever results in GCSE with 81.5% of our Year 11 students achieving 5+ A*-C including English and Maths. This year, however, 86.2% was the figure! These incredible results mean that we are once more, in the top rank of the very best comprehensive schools in the country.

I am delighted to give you the latest news about our exciting Sixth Form here at Tollbar. We began teaching the International Diploma in September 2008. We now have over 140 students studying IB here at Tollbar. This, together with our recent award of Training School status, combined with our specialisms of "Humanities" and "Business and Enterprise" means that we can confidently state that we are a leading edge College of the 21st Century which operates as an educational business for the benefit of students and the local, national and now international community.

So many exciting changes! What has not changed, however, and will not change, is our well-established ethos here at Tollbar - hard work, good behaviour, examination success, responsibility, uniform, homework and consideration for others, delivered through an entrepreneurial and business-like approach to all we do. I also continue to be determined that each of our students will be given every opportunity to acquire and extend the basic skills so necessary for the world of work and higher education.

We are, of course, a Foundation College. Foundation status, with its emphasis upon self-determination, supports our absolute commitment to take local responsibility for everything we do. It is no coincidence, I believe, that since assuming the greater independence that becoming a Foundation College offers, our examination results have continued to improve and our reputation keeps growing nationally and internationally.

As our graduation to IB indicates, we do not believe in resting on our laurels. We have provided our students with the best educational technology that money can buy, together with a clean, pleasant and safe working environment and I will continue to strive to use every penny available to us to get the best deal possible for our students - they deserve it!

The aim of the Governors, staff and myself is to maintain our College at the forefront of educational innovation by promoting the business and enterprise ethic alongside the traditional values described above and the goal of general academic excellence, now given a global dimension.

Please take time to visit every corner of our website to get an idea of the tremendous opportunities that can now be offered to all who join 'Team Tollbar.' If you would like to find out more, call the college any time (on 01472 500 505) and come and see for yourself that "Tollbar really does mean business."

David J Hampson, OBE, BSc, BA.
Principal

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