Pupils celebrate an excellent set of
GCSE results published in August. Over a third of all grades are the top grades of A*/A. Results for IGCE were published earlier with over 56% awarded A*/A/B grades.
There were some particularly notable performances that are worthy of specific mention in their A star achievement and many more scooped up a cluster of top grades in the A*/A/B range.
Head of the Middle School Girls’ House, Emily Palmer from Baschurch achieved 10 A* grades and an A grade in the extra course, Free Standing Maths Qualification for gifted mathematicians. John Leadbeater from Ruyton XI Towns also achieved an impressive 5A*’s and 5A’s.
Other top performers include:
Jake Rogan, from Market Drayton 6A*’s and 2A’s and 1B.
Craig Tattersall, from Bangor on Dee, 5A*’s, 4A’s and 1B.
Hannah Swan from Shrewsbury, 4A*’s, 5A’s and 1B
Declan Roberts from Whitchurch, 3A*’s, 5A’s and 1B.
Peter Nelhans, Wrexham, 4A*’s, 3A’s and 1B
Josh Bendell, from Tarporley, 3A*’s 5A’s and 2B’s
Olivia Jones, who lives in Market Drayton, achieved 2A*’s, 4A’s and 1B. Olivia has managed this impressive set of results whilst maintaining a demanding Tennis regime as a player who has played at a National level.
GCSE Results 2012
Over a third of all grades are the top grades of A*/A with notable performances from a number of pupils who scooped straight A* and A grades with some adding in an extra course, the Free Standing Maths Qualification for gifted mathematicians, in their spare time.
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Subject |
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Entries |
A* |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
U |
A*-C |
A*-C % |
Biology |
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18 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
100 |
Chemistry |
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16 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
100 |
Physics |
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18 |
9 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
100 |
Science Single Award |
58 |
2 |
17 |
20 |
15 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
54 |
93.1 |
Science: Additional |
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78 |
2 |
19 |
24 |
22 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
67 |
85.9 |
Mathematics |
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78 |
11 |
12 |
20 |
25 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
84 |
87.7 |
Business Studies |
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36 |
0 |
8 |
17 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
91.7 |
Fine Art |
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22 |
0 |
4 |
11 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
81.8 |
Geography |
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48 |
9 |
13 |
15 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
87 |
History |
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37 |
2 |
6 |
16 |
9 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
35 |
89.1 |
English Language & Literature |
78 |
1 |
14 |
24 |
25 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
66 |
82 |
English Literature |
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78 |
3 |
15 |
26 |
25 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
80 |
88 |
Drama |
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16 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
93.8 |
Media Film and TV Studies |
21 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
100 |
French |
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28 |
1 |
5 |
11 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
85.7 |
Spanish |
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13 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
100 |
Russian |
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7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
100 |
Latin |
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3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
33.3 |
Music |
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4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
50 |
Sport/PE Studies |
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28 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
89.3 |
D&T Product Design |
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21 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
76.2 |