Michael Gott Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Old students 1963 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 25 minutes ago, Michael Gott said: Old students 1963 They were pupils in them days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUFFEMS Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Left in 1965 when it closed down. I can't say I enjoyed my time there as a 13+ pupil, how we were expected to miss 2 years of GCE education and sit exams alongside 11+ pupils and pass I'll neveer know. Regards, Duffems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sovrappeso Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Hello Michael My name is Roger Wells and I also left in 1963. I then transferred to ABGS as did you if I remember rightly. Others who transferred were: Robert Ellsworth, Richard Egan, Stuart Gregory, David McLeavy, Peter Memmott & Mick Lee. I am still in touch with Robert Ellsworth via email. Several years ago I was in touch with Mick Lee via FriendsReunited. At the time I think he told me that he was living in Dronfield & that Peter Memmott was living in Worksop. Mick & Peter had also kept in touch with David McLeavy & Richard Egan, who was living in South Africa. I'm afraid I have no contact details for them. Hope this helps a bit. Best Wishes Roger Wells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo beach Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 On 03/02/2024 at 09:43, DUFFEMS said: Left in 1965 when it closed down. I can't say I enjoyed my time there as a 13+ pupil, how we were expected to miss 2 years of GCE education and sit exams alongside 11+ pupils and pass I'll neveer know. Regards, Duffems At secondary modern school we never had a chance to take GCE’s. They weren’t on the curriculum. Had to leave at 15 and move on to a 2 year course at college to eventually be ‘certified!’ echo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUFFEMS Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Exactly my point echo beach. I was already in a secondary school not doing a GCE curriculum but, the head thought it was a good idea for a few of us who'd failed the 11+ exam to sit a 13+ which I passed. Consequently the 13+ class was already 2 years behind the other pupils in the same year and we all did the same curriculum, we had to catch up and succeed. Regards Duffems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo beach Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 (edited) 42 minutes ago, DUFFEMS said: Exactly my point echo beach. I was already in a secondary school not doing a GCE curriculum but, the head thought it was a good idea for a few of us who'd failed the 11+ exam to sit a 13+ which I passed. Consequently the 13+ class was already 2 years behind the other pupils in the same year and we all did the same curriculum, we had to catch up and succeed. Regards Duffems I recall my maths teacher at school telling a few of us who were in the A stream that if he could teach us for another 6 months we would be able to pass GCE in maths but it wasn’t an option. 2 years later we managed it at college along with other subjects. echo. Edited February 5 by echo beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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