Record-breaking GCSE examination results
It was a real pleasure to share in our pupils’ delight when they joined us in school on 27 August to receive their GCSE results. Our warmest congratulations go to the Class of 2009 who achieved our highest GCSE examination results to date. 81% of our pupils gained 5 A* - C, 68% of them with English and Mathematics. 28% of all of the passes were at A* / A. 28 young people achieved 10 or more passes at A* / A.
Some departments deserve particular praise too: 100% of our Religious Studies pupils achieved C or above, two of them achieving 100% in their examination papers; 91% of pupils who took Drama at GCSE achieved a C or above; History achieved its highest percentage to date at 87%; in Music it was 86%, in Business Studies 83% and in Art 81%.
Just as impressive were the results in vocational subjects: 100% of Construction pupils who completed the course achieved pass grades; 56% of Health and Social Care pupils achieved C or above, a significant achievement for this cohort of young people.
The bedrock of our success, however, rests with the core subjects who year on year support our young people to a high level of achievement: English deserves particular credit for their statistics of 82% higher level passes in Language and 84% in Literature; Maths at 76% and Science at 75% round off the picture of success for this wonderful group of young people.
I am immensely grateful to my colleagues who routinely give of their best to support their pupils and to our parents who work so well with the school to help us to do our jobs.