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A Cambridge Education A T H R I V I N G C I T Y W I T H M U C H T O O F F E R , C A M B R I D G E S C O R E S H I G H L Y W I T H P U P I L S O F A L L A G E S S E E K I N G F I R S T - C L A S S L E A R N I N G
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he three Bs – brainpower, biotechnology and brilliant transport (not to mention the general beauty of all those historical buildings), are among the factors
that make our area a magnet not just for students, but employers and workers, too. Some residents were born and bred here. Others are more recent arrivals, drawn by the diversity of age, background, experience and skill that makes this such an exciting and innovative place to live and work. But making a successful life here is also about having the certainty that all the support systems are in place. High on that list of must-haves for families comes education. Schools need to be demonstrably good at caring about their pupils and building on their strengths, enabling them to flourish and prepare for a future working environment where career paths are increasingly hard to predict. Fortunately, our schools are well placed to cope. In Cambridgeshire, just over 46% of year 11 students achieved a grade five or above in English and maths GCSEs, ahead of England as a whole. They also did rather better in their ‘attainment 8’ scores – which monitor how pupils do across a range of GCSE subjects. As the world changes, schools are having to rethink the ways they do things, fulfilling all their students’ needs, academic and otherwise – something that’s inevitably a delicate operation. They need to cater
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