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  • IB Success for BGS Students!

    Published 07/07/25

    Congratulations to our Year 13 IB students and their teachers for the IB results, which were released on Saturday 5th July 2025. We're very pleased to continue to maintain high standards at BGS, and an impressive average point score of 34 points.

    Of special note this year are the proportion of grades awarded at 7-6 (46%) and 7-5 (82%); these represent the best results achieved by students since the school became a fully IBDP sixth form, 8 years ago. If we consider grades awarded in Higher Level subjects alone, these proportions are even greater, 7-6 (52%) and 7-5 (84%). With 168 UCAS points equating to 3 A* grades at A level, you can see from the table below that our students have once again gained a qualification of great academic value.

    As well as the school wide results being extremely pleasing, we also had some excellent individual results. One student, River Wattret, gained full marks - 45 points - in his Diploma. This perfect score is typically gained by less than 0.5% of all IBDP students globally, which is a phenomenal achievement. A further 8 students gained a score of 42 points or more, which would typically place them in the top 5% of IBDP students to have taken the diploma in the world this year. Ursule Goraviciute, Alexander Innes and Andy Yu all scored 43 points, while Jasreen Ghag and Summer Hewitt attained 44 points. These levels of excellence are quite astounding and the students should feel extremely proud of achieving these feats.

    In destination news, the Sixth Form Team is working hard to help confirm places on many university courses and degree apprenticeships, while some students have already secured employment. So far we have 7 confirmed Oxbridge places and 6 students accepted on to Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Science courses. For those in need of any advice or support in taking their next steps please do contact the Sixth Form Team via the support form sent by the Sixth Form Team.

    Congratulations, Year 13!

    WhichSchoolAdvisor IB Results 

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  • Congratulations & Well Done 12DLH!

    Published 30/04/25

    Last month, 12DLH took part in the 100 Miles in March challenge to raise much-needed funds for WWF.

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  • Culture Week 2025

    Published 19/03/25

    Culture Week was nothing short of spectacular!

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  • Bar Mock Trial

    Published 19/03/25
    On Saturday 25th January, Ms Ellis and I had the privilege of accompanying a group of Year 12 students to the regional heat of the Bar Mock Trial, a competition where teams from different schools fight legal battles against each other, in front of re
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  • International Women's Day 2025

    Published 12/03/25

    Our incoming Senior Prefect team made sure that the school acknowledged this year's International Women's Day.

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  • 12DLH ~ CAS IB Diploma Fund Raising Challenge for WWF

    Published 04/03/25

    As a form group, 12DLH have taken on the challenge to each walk, swim, cycle, or run 100 miles in March either as part of CAS for our IB Diploma, or in an effort to just stay active.

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  • BGS' First Winter Formal

    Published 11/12/24
    Glamour, memories and pure vibes.
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  • Balkan And Eastern European Society (B.E.E.S)

    Published 13/11/24

    The Balkan And Eastern European Society (B.E.E.S) is proud to announce our entrance into the BGS community!

    We aim to raise awareness about our traditions, sharing our culture with the school community. It has been amazing to see how many students have interacted with our Balkan and Eastern European cultures, and learnt more about our countries! We are a team of dedicated Ambassadors, Creative Directors, including a Social Media Director, Finance Manager, President and Vice President, from a wide range of countries, such as Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Russia, Moldova, Serbia, Croatia, etc. 

    I’d just like to say a big thank you to Victoria Karasimova for organising and forming the society and Ms Zotova for being our teacher representative!

    As well as this, we aim to fundraise for many Balkan and Eastern European charities with our events. This includes our Bake Sale on the 25th of November. It will be a special opportunity to try our homemade Balkan and Eastern European desserts. We can’t wait to share this part of our culture with you. Make sure to look out for the posters and posts on our Social Media pages! @bees.bgs 

    On the 14th October, we hosted a traditional dance session and learnt Bulgarian and Albanian dances. It was so great to see many people taking part in this and stepping out of their comfort zones. It was such a fun experience and a successful first B.E.E.S event! See the pictures below of this event. 

    We hope to see you at the B.E.E.S Bake Sale, where all our proceeds are going to charity! For any further questions or ideas, please don’t hesitate to reach out at @bees.bgs on Instagram or email bees.bgs@gmail.com

    Deya Dimitrova, Social Media Manager (B.E.E.S)

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  • Alexandra Quan’s talk about Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway

    Published 13/11/24

    Having the opportunity to attend Alexandra Quan’s talk about Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway was very inspiring. Since this course was something I had not previously heard of before, this was new information to me and was incredibly useful! We were enlightened about all the possible societies, trips (to Cyprus, Tenerife, etc.) and events associated with this university course, as well as university life in general. I have to say a massive thank you to Alexandra for her talk and all of her information today!! Especially since I am also doing Biology as one of my Higher Level subjects, seeing how Alexandra went to uni for this subject was something that definitely personally resonated with me.

    Deya Dimitrova, Year 12

    The Senior Science Society were blessed to have the privilege of hosting Alexandra Quan from Royal Holloway University of London. She gave us a deep insight into her course, Earth Sciences, and illustrated the university life we will be experiencing soon! Alexandra, being a former BGS student, deeply connected with us as she told us about her journey into Earth Sciences, starting with Biology in her first year. Alexandra also highlighted how important the practical laboratory work on her course is, emphasising how it complements theoretical knowledge and prepares students for future research opportunities in large companies, such as BP or even Thames Water. The talk was incredibly inspiring and gave us a preview of what’s to come if we followed her steps!

    The entire Senior Science Society would like to thank her for taking the time out of her schedule to talk to us. Thank you, Alexandra!

    Jesse Oshogwe, Year 12

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  • Year 12 Senior Society attended King’s College’s annual Daniell Lecture

    Published 13/11/24

    Last week, BGS Year 12 Senior Society attended King’s College’s annual Daniell Lecture. These are delivered by internationally renowned scientists and cover a topic of current interest or excitement in memory of Professor Daniell. 

    First we heard from a PhD student who is exploring cutting edge nano medicine. I was particularly inspired by her masters project focussing on simultaneously diagnosing and treating diseases. We also heard from Professor Rebecca Goss, who was the first female professor of organic Chemistry at St Andrews in Scotland. It was amazing to see such an ambitious and successful woman in that position. She demonstrated to us how we can start building molecules sustainably, exploring areas of chemistry and biology. 

    The Senior Science Society is a group of aspiring scientists in Year 12 who all come and meet every week. It is such a great opportunity to collaborate and fully embrace our subject. We took the initiative and booked tickets for this lecture and all attended together. It is so nice to work with like-minded students and I look forward to our meetings every week. 

    Last week I had the opportunity to run a debate on the ethics behind stem cell research. I really enjoyed seeing everyone get stuck into the topic and discuss what science looks like outside the theory within our curriculum. I am really looking forward to seeing what else we will do within our society in the future… 

    Matilda Jackson, Year 12

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