Sixth Form pupils at Badminton School have obtained outstanding results for their Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), with 16 out of 19 pupils achieving an A* or A. Mrs Tear, Headmistress at Badminton, said: “We are proud of this achievement which flags the readiness of the students for the next step of their educational journey. We value these largely self-directed projects and students enjoy...
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Bruton School for Girls has once again been ranked as the top school in Somerset at GCSE. The school reached the number one spot in two categories in the Department for Education league tables - the Attainment 8 measure and the percentage of GCSEs achieved at Grade 5 and above in English and Maths (68% vs the 40% national average). Bruton achieved an Attainment 8 score of 61.3, compared to the 44.7...
Sexey’s School has been announced as the top performing state school in Somerset, based on the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) average point score (5.01). Mrs Helen Cullen, Headteacher, said: “The EBacc score is tremendously important. Studying subjects in the EBacc increases the likelihood that a student will stay on at school and sit A-levels, regardless of their ability, according to...
Westbourne School has been ranked by The Daily Telegraph as the best school in the UK for 'Smaller Schools Results'. A third of IB Diploma graduates in 2019 achieved 41+ points at the Penarth-based school, placing them in the elite top 2% worldwide. The school has also been ranked as the best independent school in the whole of the Cardiff and the Vale region, with 71% of results A*-A. On...
Harrow’s outgoing Fifth Form achieved the best GCSE results in the School’s history, with 64.5% of grades at 9, 8 or A*. 98% of entries used numerical grades, with 39.2% of these graded 9 – the highest possible outcome, achieved by 4.5% of entries nationally in 2018. The percentage of grades 4 or higher was 99.4%, with seven boys achieving ten or more grade 9s. 29 boys attained ten or more grades...
Against the backdrop of tougher national standards in both A-level and GCSE examinations this year, Bromsgrove School has been delighted to celebrate some of the best academic results in its long history. GCSE 45% of all GCSEs achieved the top grades of 8/9. Three pupils gained perfect scores of grade 9 in every subject, a feat achieved by only 732 in the whole country. 64% of Bromsgrove’s GCSE...
Felsted pupils have recorded outstanding results in their GCSE exams this summer, following the excellent results in A-levels and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Headmaster, Chris Townsend, commentsed “There are some exceptional results this year, with seven pupils achieving at least six GCSEs at grade 9, 18 pupils achieving a full set of 9 - 7 grades (the equivalent of A* and A)...
Year 11 students at Taunton School are celebrating an impressive 417 9-7 or A*-A grades (43%) across 27 subjects. In the year where very nearly all subjects have switched to the new number grades (just ICT has letters), the school saw more top grade 9’s than in 2018 (78 up from 67), 150 grade 8’s (old A*) and 189 grade 7’s (or old A). 94% of students gained at least five pass grades 9-4 (old...
The highest proportion of top level GCSE grades for 14 years has been achieved by Leighton Park’s Year 11 students. Celebrating 55% of results at grades 7-9 equivalent, an impressive year-on-year increase of 4% on the highest scoring results, the 84-strong cohort racked up 35% at grades 8-9 equivalent with 15% at grade 9. Matthew Judd, Head, commented: “These outstanding results represent a...
Wellington School pupils are celebrating another impressive set of GCSE results with almost half of all grades being awarded at 9-7 (A* - A). A remarkable 29% of the grades achieved were at the top 9-8 grade (A*) and there has been a notable rise in the number of pupils achieving the coveted grade 9 across a wide range of subjects. New Headmaster, Eugene du Toit, said: "I am delighted with this very...
Pupils at Harrogate Ladies’ College are today celebrating their highest number of top GCSE grades in over 10 years with 37% of all grades at 9 or 8 (or the equivalent A*), almost 3 times higher than independent predictions. The number of 9-7 grades (or equivalent A*-A), also increased to 55%, with 56% of all pupils achieving 5 or more 9-7 grades. Eight different subjects at the school achieved 80%...
Llandovery College is today celebrating GCSE success with results demonstrating a marked year on year improvement. Once again our pupils have overcome the challenges of tougher examination specifications with a strong performance at the top grades. Attainment of 23% at level 9-7 (equivalent to A* to A) and 77% at level 9-4 (equivalent to A* to C) ensures that Llandovery College’s results remain...
Bishop’s Stortford College is celebrating its best ever GCSE results with 75% of results graded 9-7*. Of the 1100+ examinations sat, 337 of them were awarded the top grade of 9; 625 being graded 9 or 8. 38 pupils have been awarded the College’s coveted Ten Club tie for achieving 10 or more grades at 9 -7 with a total of 238 grade 9s between them. Of the 5 sets of twins in the cohort, Freddie...
As students arrived to celebrate their GCSE results today, they saw how close the new Great Hall at Kent College is to completion with an official opening due on September 12th. Kent College is celebrating another year of excellent GCSE results following this summer’s examinations. The courses and the grading have changed for all subjects, and the nature of assessments has altered with much less...
Results day is always a happy time, but this year at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School, the number of happy pupils seemed to be even higher than usual. This is because more pupils have been getting better than expected results this year. The ‘Progress 8’ score this year has shown that pupils have made significantly better progress than was expected. This translated into a lot of very happy...
Prior’s Field girls have recorded the school's best ever GCSE results. The Class of 2019 have delivered a triumphant tally of top grades to give Prior’s Field their best ever year with 64% of all GCSEs gained by our girls being Level 9 to 7 which is a full 6% increase on 2018 results and beating the previous 2010 record year. Level 9 to 6 being 79% and a pass rate of 97%. There were celebrations...
Tonbridge School’s boys have once more achieved an excellent set of GCSE grades. In one of the school’s strongest ever performances, 92 per cent of all GCSE results were at Grade 9, 8 and 7, the equivalent to A* or A. Further impressive statistics about this year’s GCSE performance at Tonbridge are as follows: * 46 per cent of all results at GCSE were at Grade 9; * 76 per cent of all...
King's Ely is celebrating a stellar set of GCSE results this year, with more than half of all grades achieved being 9 to 7 - the equivalent of A*s and As. 87 per cent of all GCSE results achieved this year were grades 9 to 5, 75 per cent of which were grades 9 to 6 and 56 per cent of which were grades 9 to 7. An impressive 35 per cent of results were grades 9 to 8 (11 per cent higher than last year) and...