Official figures released this week show that Wycliffe is now one of the top UK schools for GCSE and A level results.
The news comes from two sources; the Department for Education and from the University of Durham. For A levels the government says Wycliffe is in the top 7% of schools UK-wide and Durham report that the school’s GCSE results this year put it in the top 5%.
Both these results use the most meaningful measure of a school’s success; value-added analysis, which takes into account students’ ability on starting courses and then compares final outcomes.
Wycliffe’s Head, Margie Burnet Ward said; “This is spectacular news. Our constantly improving academic standards and practices are really paying off and we are achieving it while retaining our well-earned reputation for pastoral and cross-curricular excellence.
“We value individual growth and do not select on academic ability. We know that this can lead to lower places on national league tables when using less sophisticated methods of comparison but we think it is important that we teach those with modest abilities as well as those with their sights set on places at top universities. These figures show that we serve both equally as well.”
This year saw 10 students achieving all A* and A grades at Wycliffe winning places at the country’s top universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Imperial and UCL.
The news comes just ahead of Wycliffe’s Sixth Form Fair at the school on Wednesday 10th November at 7.30 pm. That fair follows Wycliffe’s most successful ever Open Day with interest from near and far in the school’s increasing academic reputation.