Great GCSE results from Warden Park

Warden Park is delighted to announce that our Year 11 students have achieved fantastic GCSE results this summer. In all subjects students have received grades in the new reformed GCSE qualifications, which have more demanding subject content and more challenging examinations. Therefore this exceptional set of GCSE results is a real testimony to the dedication and hard work of our students and our staff in achieving the ‘best from all’. The proportion of students who achieved impressive grades in both English and Maths was a headline measure for schools nationally and Warden Park’s performance was well above average.

Across all subjects a significant per cent of the grades achieved by students were at the very top. At Warden Park we offer a very wide range of subjects, and in 18 of these subjects over 80% of students achieved top grades, which is a tremendous testimony to the strength of teaching across the curriculum and of students’ hard work here at Warden Park.

Dom Kenrick, Headteacher, commented: “I am delighted that our Year 11 students have achieved such an outstanding set of results and it is a fitting reward for the determination to succeed academically that they have shown throughout their time at Warden Park.”

John celebrates his first published novel at 75

John Bromley, Cuckfield

Cuckfield resident and writer John Bromley has just had his first novel published at the age of 75.

His new book ‘The Adventures of Arthur Mulrooney’ is a fictional tale based in a small fishing community in South Devon in the years after the Second World War.

The title character has a secretive past and is obsessed with protecting his anonymity, which then arouses suspicion from the other villagers.

John explains: “I started writing this book about ten years ago. It emanated from a name that just popped into my head. My main inspiration behind the book is really about injustice and that sometimes in life the things that happen shouldn’t happen at all.”

His interest in writing started as a young boy and over the course of his life he has written nine books.

“I used to write and do nothing with them. Once or twice I have made attempts to get some of my other novels published but just gave up as I thought well if they haven’t accepted them this time then they probably never would. So they’ve just been gathering dust.”

John would like to see more of his books published one day. “I have a book in the making that I wrote about 20 years ago. It’s been rewritten about three or four times. It has been to the publishers who offered me a contract a while ago so we’ll just have to wait and see how that goes.”

John is originally from London and moved to Cuckfield a number of years ago to be closer to his family. “We’ve been here now for almost 11 years. We’ve made a good few friends. It’s a lovely village and we’re very happy to be part of it.”

To purchase a copy of John’s new book please visit https://amzn.to/2KeAmVj

Bolnore Summer Fete 2019 - round-up

By Gemma Coombes

Saturday 13th July saw the annual Bolnore Village Fete return to the Woodside on the Tim Farmer Recreation Ground. Work started early with all the preparations, and by noon all was ready for Mayor of Haywards Heath and Bolnore resident, Alastair McPherson, to open the event.

First up in the arena was BPM Dance Academy, who showcased their competition-winning Street Dance routines, as solos, pairs and crews – setting a high tempo at the fete right from the off. Next, keeping the energy levels up was Bounce and Burn who showed off their fitness and stamina, working out to music on mini trampolines. Sussex Supremes showed the crowd their baton twirling skills in between the various rounds of the Dog Show, expertly run by Mewes Vets, enabling the competitors to show off their furry best friends. Meanwhile, over on the netball courts, Woodside Netball team showed their skills with a series of hard fought exhibition matches.

[Read the full story in the August 2019 issue of Cuckfield Life magazine]