On Tuesday 17th March, ten Yr 10 and Yr 11 students were invited to go to Ripley St Thomas school in Lancaster to listen to a presentation by Kevin Roberts, CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi Worldwide.  His company is responsible for adverts you will be familiar with from a whole host of companies including Cadbury, Toyota and Guinness.  He has also worked with the NSPCC for the past 20 yrs designing their campaigns.  So inspired by his presentation, the Ladybridge students wrote the following report of their experience:

Dream.  Avoid moderation.  Be different.  Inspire.  Never have these few words echoed so loudly in both the minds and hearts of the ten Ladybridge students lucky enough to be at Ripley St Thomas High School in Lancaster this morning.

Kevin Roberts, CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi Worldwide, gave an incredibly inspirational talk about success, business and life.  As visitors, we were very privileged to be granted access to this opportunity, especially as he was giving up his extremely valuable time to speak to us and share his life experiences and expertise.

Kevin invited us into the exciting, creative business of marketing and public relations and gave us an insight into what it is like to be successful and follow your dream.  The motif that left a big impression on the minds of our group was the pursuit of failure: 'Fail Fast, Learn Fast, Fix Fast'.  It is easy to make mistakes as long as you learn from them.  We also learnt that an important rule in life is to follow your dream; don't have any regrets as 'nothing is as painful as regret'. Kevin asked us to think with our hearts as 'your heart is the compass that leads to happiness'.

All in all, the whole experience has been very thought provoking and extremely inspiring.  We'd like to thank Kevin Roberts for filling us with his drive and determination and we'd like to extend a special thanks to Ripley St Thomas for their outstanding hospitality.

This report was sent to Kevin immediately and he has responded saying, ‘Am glad you enjoyed it.  I was very impressed with the spirit of your Ladybridge Team.  Uplifting’.

 If you would like to find out more about the work of Kevin Roberts, go to:  www.saatchikevin.com

 

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Ladybridge High School on the road to success

Students and Staff at Ladybridge High School have every reason to feel proud as those obtaining 5+ A*-C in their GCSE results has increased by a massive 27% this year to 60%. This is a great achievement and demonstrates the hard work and commitment that has been shown by all to achieve these results.

There were some outstanding individual successes with particular congratulations going to Jay-Cee Court, Ben Roscoe, Hussain Bobat, Tunir Sakin, Raiesa Valli, Kirti Vasta, Adam Patel, and Josh Davis for their exceptional A*C performance across 10+ subjects.

Hilary D’Arcy, Head Teacher at Ladybridge High School said:

“We are absolutely delighted with our results and thrilled with the progress we have made at Ladybridge High School this year.

Our 5+ A*-C has increased massively from 33% last year to 60% this year. The number of students gaining A* and A Grades is particularly pleasing this year.

We have also achieved our Government target for this year’s A*-C including English and maths. Our students have performed magnificently and this is down to all of the hard work and support of staff, parents and the wider community.

This year has been an excellent year for Ladybridge High School. We know that this year’s success will lay the foundations for even greater success in the future.”