John Mason Specialist Visual Arts adn Music School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
John Mason Secondary School, Abingdon
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Our Vision is to be an Outstanding Learning Community...

...where students can both enjoy and achieve. We will work closely with parents and students to support our ambition, with our school very much at the heart of the community with the 06 gallery... Read More 

Our Best Ever Results

We are delighted to report this year on our best ever Key Stage 4 / GCSE Examination results, which put John Mason as the highest achieving state school in Abingdon.  71.3% of our students achieved 5 or more GCSE passes at A*-C, an increase of  over 12%  on last year’s headline figure, with 66% of students achieving 5A*-C including English and Maths (an increase of 18% on last year).

These results continue the soaring trend at John Mason School, with an increase in the number of students achieving 5A*-C rising from 50% in 2006 to today’s figure of 71.3%.  Similarly, the number achieving 5A*-C with English and Maths has risen sharply from 45%, to 66%, exceeding our challenging FFTD target by 8%.  This puts us in the top 25% of schools nationally.

We have also exceeded our challenging target for the number of students achieving 3 or more A* and A grades (28%).

We wish to congratulate all of our students on their achievements.  Behind these excellent results sits a tremendous amount of hard work, commitment and dedication from students, their families and the teaching and support staff at John Mason.   I have every confidence that these high standards and expectations are set to continue and lead John Mason on to become an outstanding learning school. 

Di Mashiter
Headteacher
(24th August 2010)

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JMS 's 50th Birthday Celebrations Featured on BBC Oxford News!

Our 50th birthday celebrations for which staff and students children turned up to school in 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s fancy dress was featured on BBC Oxford's evening news programme. Just to prolong the embarrassment for some, we've included the video here:

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Start dates for
Term 1 2010-2011


Friday 3rd September
for Years 7, 10, 12 and 13

Monday 6th September
for Years 8, 9 and 11

> 2010-2011 Term Dates

100% Success for Fine Art
Congratulations to A2 Fine Art students and staff on the 100% A - B pass success!

Summer Projects

Clay Heads 2

We now have a Summer School video online. What a great week! Our summer schools saw children and young people in the roles of explorers, animators and visual artists, and we've seen Killer Snails, Sleeping Dragons, Clay Faces and more. Details and photos here.

Insight Magazine

The summer edition of our Insight Magazine is out now.  If you'd like a copy just get in touch. An online version is available here.

Easter 2011
Ski Trip to Austria 
8-16 April 2011

(for Years 8-11 at time of travel)

Lunch Menu

Friday 3rd Sept
lunch menu Week 1
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