I have had the fortunate opportunity to sing with pupils from the 6th Form at NSB. I have found them polite, intelligent and responsible teenagers. Their parents must be very proud of them.

Whilst we live in a Country where 'chavs' seem to rule, pupils from NSB should be acknowledged for their recent A level achievements - well done to both the students and teachers. Whilst many other things in Northampton are deteriating, at least we have something decent here at NSB.

I am really pleased for students at NSB and all the other colleges who have helped students gain good results.
However I am also really disappointed with the Chronicle & Echo for again highlighting NSB for having such success. My disappointment comes from NSB being such an elitist establishment. I would love to see the school's teaching ethos installed into all the schools in the community. I do not forget how many students are turned down for entry into schools such as NSB, the numbers are vast, but not reported by C&E? Why does the local paper not report on the thousands of youngsters who try to get into the school but are rejected? Why does the LEA continue, year after year, to allow schools to fail students at both GCSE & A’ level schools, such as, Unity and Weston Favell. If you look at the GCSE pass rates they are appalling.
Educationalists like Mike Griffiths, head of NSB, and the local LEA should be doing a lot more to help all the students in the community, not just the ones who have been to the best schools. Essentially I am arguing that the positive teaching ethos of NSB / NSG & all the succeeding schools should be introduced to the establishments failing students.

If Deirdre Kennedy, the director of Sixth Form at NSB can be so pleased with NSB’s results does she not have a responsibility to be a leader of education the county, why just one school? The same applies to Mike Griffiths and all the heads of all the other successful schools. In my view for far too long the “status quo” has been some schools are consistently very good with others in the same locality failing. Successful educationalist, such as Deirdre & Mike plus others within the LEA, and the failing schools teaching staff should be putting in maximum effort to ensure all schools achieve great results for students. The C&E should be reporting the whole picture. When this happens, then I would be in ore of these educationalists, and we would be giving students the establishments, teachers

Ray, I do not think Deirdre Kennedy is payed to lead all the schools in the county. The same applies to Mike Griffiths and all the heads of all the other successful schools.