Report from Roundwood Park School, Hertfordshire

How we have been getting on

We started on the SNAB course in September 2005 having previously been doing AQA. We set up Field Studies Council courses at Preston Montford for A2 coursework and booked the Natural History Museum for visits. We got Dr Dann in from SAPs to cover the work on electrophoresis using Nature's Dice to demonstrate finding carriers of diseases like CF. We also got projectors in each lab and this year (2007) have been connected via lap tops so students can get on the SNAB website www.snabonline in lessons themselves. In other words we have been through a revolution.

All this change has given us remarkably good results. Our AS results in 2007 which is our second time around were the best ever in the 14 years I have been at the school. The A2 were also very good. Clearly our students felt they could do well and were interested enough to try hard. They were rewarded for their efforts. These latest results are remarkable, and the whole department have an increased feeling of confidence that we can do well.

by Lesley Pollock, autumn 2007
Roundwood Park School