Saint Benedict Derby
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We are a Catholic Voluntary Academy for 11-18 year olds and part of the St Ralph Sherwin CMAT. Established in 1986 and situated in Darley Abbey.
Duffield Road, Derby
Joined September 2014
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📣 Open Evening 📣
Come along to our Open Evening on Thursday, September 26th from 5-8pm and find out how you and your child can become part of our Saint Benedict family 💙
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Sixth Former Declan is on his way to
@UniofOxford
to study History after achieving an incredible 3 A*s. Declan is totally blind and has always wanted to go to Oxford University - now he is achieving his dream. Amazing! Read more here
#alevelresults2021
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Tomorrow we will say goodbye to the legend that is Mr Hughes, who has been teaching PE here for 32 years. He said it was an honour to have taught generations of families over the years and we are very sorry to see him go but we are sure you will join us in wishing him well!
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We are absolutely delighted to say that every student who applied to university has gained a place! Our students have achieved excellent results during what has been such a difficult time. Thankyou to our staff for supporting them and congratulations to everyone!
#alevels
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Well done Mrs King 👍🏻
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Congratulations to Sophie who has achieved an A* and an A and is off to
@DerbyUni
to study Sociology. Sophie is blind and completes most of her lessons in Braille. What a fantastic achievement, well done Sophie! 👏👏👏
#alevelresults2019
#alevelresultsday
#alevels
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Copies of our Ofsted report are being sent home with students and we are delighted to tell you that inspectors have rated us as ‘GOOD’ in all areas and ‘GOOD’ overall. You can read the full report here
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Massive congratulations to the brilliant Natasha who achieved two A*s and a B and is off to
@UniofExeter
to study English!
#alevels2019
#alevelresultsday2019
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Head Girl Bernisha achieved an A* and two Bs and is going on to study Occupational Therapy at university. Thanks for all of your hard work as Head Girl Bernisha, we wish you every success for the future!
#alevels2020
#alevelresultsday
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Congratulations to the Class of 2018, we are celebrating a 100 per cent pass rate on
#alevelresultsday
well done everyone! 👍🏻👏🏻
#alevels
#alevelresults2018
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We would like to say a massive thankyou to all of our staff who are looking after our school community during this difficult time - you are all amazing! Thankyou to our students and parents too for all of their support 👍🏻
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Reuben has met the Deaf community, been on
@bbc5live
and
@BBCBreakfast
all before 9am!
#royalwedding
@DerbyTelegraph
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We are so proud of our teachers, inspiring other schools in the St Ralph Sherwin CMAT to support with making face visors - see the article about how to donate materials
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Such emotional scenes this morning as students picked up their
#gcse
results. Over 60% of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths (equivalent to the old grade C) and the number of grade 9s rose significantly from 52 last year to 82 this year! Well done everyone!
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Amazing news 👏
Congratulations to the Creative and Performing Arts Team
@StBenedictDerby
who scooped the Team of the Year award
#srsawards
#srsfamily
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So here’s what the two most important people (Reuben and his mum of course) are wearing to the
#royalwedding
tomorrow- a massive thankyou to Brigdens in
#Derby
for Reuben’s amazing suit based on school colours. Don’t they both look amazing?
#feelingproud
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Well done! Fantastic!
Well done to Mrs Vause from
@StBenedictDerby
who has won Secondary Teacher of the Year
#srsawards
#srsfamily
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1/You have all been incredibly brave amid these uncertain times. Please continue to be a source of support to one another and be kind to one another. Please also continue to value your education; your teachers will be working hard
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We are so proud to say that our Sixth Form is top in the city and the Diocese on the A-level progress measure with an amazing score of 0.23 - well done to all of our students and staff 👍🏻
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We are looking forward to welcoming pupils in Years 3 to 6 from
@stmarysderby
to Saint Benedict after half-term. We are delighted to be able to support a fellow
@SRSCMAT
school
#srsfamily
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We are proud to say that our students have achieved record-breaking
#gcseresults
and our Attainment 8 score, which measures the attainment across the best eight subjects of all pupils, has risen from 42.9 in 2017 to 48.1 in 2018!
#GCSEs18
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We will be standing together with you
@stmarysderby
#srsfamily
Our 25 schools are spread far and wide but tomorrow we will come together to Pause and Pray for
@stmarysderby
we stand with everyone affected by the devastating fire and remember that we are stronger together ❤️
#srsfamily
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Massive congratulations to Year 8 student Rory who competed at the British National Championships of Irish Dancing in Southport at the weekend and came 2nd 👏👏👏
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Jeffrey described today as a 'big moment' for him - he is the first generation of his family to attend university. He achieved a B, a Distinction and a Merit. Well done Jeffrey and we wish you the best of luck! Read more here
#alevelresults2021
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Reuben’s only gone and won the Young Hero award at the Derby Telegraph’s Heroes Awards tonight! Amazing! Well done Reuben!
@derbyshire_live
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Reuben has some very exciting news that he would like to share with you all!
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A lovely but sad day saying goodbye to Year 13!
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Face visors that our staff are making for frontline health workers are being sent far and wide. Here are staff at Royal Derby Hospital who received a batch last night! If you can donate materials (photocopying acetate/polypropylene) so we can keep making them get in touch 👍
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Our Year 8 students have been visiting their former primary schools to talk to Year 6 about the transition to secondary school. They have been fantastic ambassadors for St Benedict and we are very proud of them. Well done everyone!
@StJosephsDerby
@StGeorgesDerby
@SBCVATeamBlue20
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Wow! Everyone was completely blown away by our school show Les Miserables tonight. An absolutely incredible effort from everyone - don't miss it, it's running every evening at 7pm until Saturday (2pm and 6pm)
#feelingproud
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Massive congratulations to Year 9 student Rory Hay who recently competed at the Great Britain Irish Dance Championships. He placed 2nd and has qualified to compete at the World Championships in April! What an amazing achievement! 👏👏👏
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A massive well done to Year 11 student Reuben who is a step closer to achieving his dream of working for
@RollsRoyce
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How brilliant is Reuben? He's been chosen from hundreds of young people across the UK to represent young Deaf people on the Youth Deaf Advisory Board for the National Deaf Children’s Society
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What an honour for ex-student Jane, who took the last official photo of the Queen
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Good morning! Year 13
@StBen_6thForm
, you will get your results on thursday, and you will recieve your appointment time on weds. Try to ignore the media until then. There are lots of misleading headlines. Whatever happens, we will be there ready to support your next steps.
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Here’s Kimberley ahead of her appearance on
@ITVCentral
raising awareness of albinism
@DESCOLEMAN
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Due to the poor weather conditions and forecast school will be closed today. This decision has not been taken lightly. The safety of our students and staff is paramount.
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A massive thank you to former pupil
@Zestfitkathryn
for organising this amazing collection of books for children
@stmarysderby
thank you to all of the members at Zestfit boutique studio who contributed!
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Exciting news! Ex-student Dylan is appearing in Coronation Street and a new BBC teen drama this weekend! He deserves every success and we are so proud of him 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Massive congratulations to ex-student
@sarahvasey96
who has won Gold at the
#CommonwealthGames
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What an amazing turnout for our open evening. It was standing room only for Mrs Boyce’s talk! Well done to our Head Boy and Girl for talking so eloquently about our wonderful school. Thanks to all those who came along and to staff for making everyone feel welcome.
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Well done to Year 7 student Jacob who has qualified for the World and European Street Dance Championships, what a fantastic achievement. We will be sure to update you on his progress and we wish him the best of luck. We are so proud of all of our talented students!
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Molly was thrilled with her
#gcse
results - she achieved five 9s, four 8s and a 7! Well done!
#gcseresultsday2019
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We are delighted that Saint Benedict has been selected as part of the Government’s School Rebuilding Programme, announced today. A letter has been sent to all of our parents/carers and you can read more on our website
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Our staff were among 800 members of the St Ralph Sherwin CMAT who attended a special Feast Day celebration in Chesterfield today. It was a fantastic to see everyone come together for such a wonderful event
#srsfamily
@SRSChaplaincy
@SeanMcClaffert3
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The countdown to the
#royalwedding
is on and Brigdens in Derby have very kindly offered Reuben a free hire suit. Today he was given the VIP treatment by the lovely staff when he went to be measured - watch out for photos of the final suit very soon!
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Thanks to Mr Jarvis and our lovely Sixth Form for putting this very festive video together - Merry Christmas everyone!
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Getting ready for his appearance on The One Show, it’s Reuben, his mum and sister Maisie on the sofa!!!
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A fantastic Athletics Day today, students took part in races, tug-of-war, javelin and relay and everyone had a great day 😊👍🥇
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Well done to our Year 10 football team who won the Derby Schools Cup - beating Chellaston 5-4 on penalties!
http://t.co/5pf9A4FILP
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Fantastic performances at our
#poetry
recital today, well done to our own students and all of the brilliant pupils from
@StJosephsDerby
@StGeorgesDerby
@SJF_Derby
@StAlbans_Derby
@stmarysderby
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Thanks to the Derby Telegraph for helping us to share our ‘Good’ Ofsted news!
#Derby
@derbyshire_live
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Our students have performed well above target and our Attainment 8 score, which measures the attainment across the best eight subjects of all pupils, has risen again to 48.2 from 48.1 in 2018 and 42.9 in 2017. Amazing!
#GCSEResults2019
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We are very proud to be featured in the top 10 schools in Derbyshire in this guide
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Good morning everyone. Here is a lovely video from our teachers who are missing all of our students ⬇️
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We are looking forward to welcoming our new Year 7 students tomorrow, we can’t wait to meet you all!
@SBCVATeamBlue20
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Massive congratulations to Simeon who picked up a set of excellent
#gcse
grades today just weeks after playing for the Great Britain basketball team in the U-16 European Championships in Montenegro!
#gcseresultsday2019
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Student Maria achieved two Merits and a Distinction * in her BTECs despite a tough time with family illness leading up to her exams - she's off to study an Architecture Foundation Year
@MyBCU
#alevelresults2019
#alevelresultsday2019
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Congratulations to Reuben who was awarded a Head's Commendation by Mr Gritton for his fantastic work highlighting the issues facing young Deaf people, which included an appearance on
@BBCTheOneShow
. Reuben is a great ambassador for our school and we are extremely proud of him!
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We would like to welcome all of the Year 6 children visiting us today, we hope you have an amazing day! 😊
@StJosephsDerby
@SJF_Derby
@stmarysderby
@StAlbans_Derby
@StGeorgesDerby
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Congratulations to Noah who won the Inspirational Young Person Award at Derby Youth Awards. We couldn’t think of a more worthy recipient!
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Snail farm and tasting, fascinating and delicious! Complete with snail vending machine. Onwards to sea life
#stbeninfrance
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We hope everyone has had a happy and peaceful Christmas and we would like to wish you all a
#happynewyear
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Well done to Maisie who achieved grades ranging from 6 to 9. Maisie is turning 16 in two days so this was a fantastic early birthday present for her! Maisie will be returning to
@StBen_6thForm
to study A-Levels. Congratulations!
#GCSEresults2021
#GCSEresults
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We've seen a rise in the percentage of students achieving A*-C (4 and above) in English and maths up to 61.4% 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#GCSEresults2017
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Incredible welcome from
@RollsRoyce
today for Reuben who was invited in after appearing on
@BBCTheOneShow
, R-R staff were shaking his hand, calling him an inspiration and even asking for selfies with him! Amazing! We cannot thank R-R enough and
@paulbroadheadrr
for organising
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Spent the morning on the Somme. Found a pupil's relative at Thiepval who sadly died during the battle.
#stbeninbelgium
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We are waiting for our
#ALevel
students to arrive!
#alevels2021
#ALevelResults
#ALevelResultsDay2021
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Great first day in France. Bakery and snail farm completed. Now for sleep before day two
#stbeninfrance
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Well done to everyone who was learning at home today and well done to parents/carers too! Remember to look after yourselves, take a break from school work and from watching/reading the news and make time to message or talk to your friends on the phone
#StayAtHomeSaveLives
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Congratulations to Sophie Paul, a student in ERB, who achieved a fantastic set of GCSE results - an A*, 2 As, 3 Bs, 2 Cs, an 8 and 2 7s!
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We would all like to wish Reuben the very best (extra best wishes from Bakhita House) ahead of his appearance on The One Show tonight - he has been invited to the studio in London to be interviewed live! It’s safe to say that we are all excited to watch it!
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Congratulations to students picking up their
#alevelresults
today - 54% or our students' grades were A*-B, compared to 42% last year and 27% of grades were A*/A, up from 14% last year! Wow, amazing! Well done everyone and to all of our wonderful staff too!
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Anyone watching
#Bodyguard
on
@BBCOne
? Co-Producer Tina Pawlik is one of our former students - great work Tina!
#feelingproud
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Year 11 students and sixth formers met lots of ex-students today at an event designed to offer guidance and support with next steps after Saint Benedict. It was great to see so many ex-students return, from university students to apprentices and those in full time work 👍
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We are delighted to be the third top school in the city on our Progress 8 score (FYI the first list on the Derbyshire Live website is alphabetical)
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We were saddened to hear of the death of Mr Statham, who was Head of Biology at Saint Benedict for more than 20 years. He was much loved by students and staff, you can read some of their tributes on our website
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Reuben has set up his own Facebook page where he will post regular British Sign Language tutorials - please like, follow and share!
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Great to see our students’
#AlevelResults
being celebrated in the Derby Telegraph today
#alevels2020
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Goodbye to Year 13 Class of 2019, we wish you every success in the future!
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Well done to all of our students who picked up their
#alevelresults
today, we are so proud of each and everyone of you - read more on our website about our 100 per cent pass rate!
#alevelresults2018
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Reuben has arrived in London ahead of his appearance on The One Show tonight - just look at that smile on his face!
#exciting
#notlongtogonow
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Our whole school took part in
#RemembranceDay
#WorldWarOne
themed lessons this morning including military fitness in PE, code-breaking in Maths, Spanish Flu in Science, planes and tanks in DT, poetry in English and making Anzac biscuits in Food Tech
@PoppyLegion
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Thanks to
@itsanitarani
for the lovely interview with Reuben on
@BBCTheOneShow
tonight and helping him to spread his message about
#BritishSignLanguage
far and wide!
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What a day! Well done to all of our
#gcse
students who have done so well under such challenging circumstances. Read all about their success on our website
#gcses2022
#gcseresults
#GCSEResultsDay
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