Examination Result 2008
Below is a synopsis of the results from the GCSE and GCE A level examinations taken in June 2008. Yet again our students and teaching staff have produced an excellent set of results comparable with any high performing school in the World.
GCSE 2008

GCSE’s are normally taken at the end of Year 11. Some students do take some languages subjects at younger ages and their results are included in the year that they sit the exam. The grading for GCSE is shown in the table below. Most students in Year 11 take 10 subjects at GCSE.

 

The table below shows the recent performance compared to the previous five years.

  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
A* 17.2 22.0 15.1 21.9 18.1
A 28.7 30.0 29.4 25.9 23.4
B 27.1 29.0 28.3 28.9 31.3
C 19.9 15.0 19.6 18.7 19.2
D 6.0 2.7 5.2 3.9 5.6
E 1.2 1.1 1.8 0.5 1.3
F 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.6
G 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
U 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5
           
% Results at A*/A 45.9 52.0 44.4 47.8 41.4
% Results at A*C 92.8 96.1 92.3 95.1 91.8
% Students achieving 5 or more grades at A*C 92.8 98.6 93.5 98.2 94.7

 
GCE 2008 – A2 (A level)

 

  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
A 28.6 39.8 40.2 31.0 30.5
B 27.6 29.6 32.7 22.2 31.2
C 22.4 24.1 13.1 19.8 14.2
D 15.3 4.6 4.6 13.5 16.3
E 6.1 1.9 1.9 9.5 5.7
U 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 2.1
           
% Results at A/B 56.1 69.4 72.9 53.2 61.7
% Results at AE 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.0 97.9

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