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St Marylebone: Sarah Duff-Godfrey and Remi Johnson celebrate |
Delight as results set new records
Just 2 per cent of borough’s pupils fail to achieve a single pass at A-level
THE number crunchers have had a chance to dissect the A-level data and their findings are emphatic, schools across the borough have scored record results with only two per cent of pupils failing to achieve a single pass.
The highest proportion of students since the exams were first taken made the all-important A-C grade band, up from 73 per cent last year to 78 per cent.
Headteachers said that almost all their students now plan to go to university.
The status quo of higher achievement from girls showed no sign of wavering, with Grey Coat Hospital in Westminster and St Marylebone School – both girls’ schools – topping the table.
At Grey Coat 127 pupils hit the top A grade, six won places at Oxbridge and their A-C grades shot up to 87 per cent, while in the north of the borough at St Marylebone, 116 managed the same top-grade feat.
Paddington Academy won the most-improved honour, with double the number of pupils taking home an A-level compared with last year.
Its headteacher Oli Tomlinson said: “We are very pleased with today’s results. The sixth-form students have worked hard for the past two years and I am delighted that so many have gained the grades they were hoping for.
“I am particularly pleased that so many students stayed on at the academy to complete their A-levels. I hope the results will encourage our younger students to continue their studies at the academy’s sixth-form which is going from strength to strength.”
Westminster City Council cabinet member for children and young people Mark Page said: “Westminster’s A-level students should feel extremely proud of what they have achieved.
“Overall, the results mean that Westminster’s schools are performing above the national average with 98 per cent of pupils getting A-E grades compared with 97.5 per cent for the rest of the country.
“All of our schools did very well. At Grey Coat Hospital 87 per cent of students got A-C grades, a seven per cent increase on last year, while more than 170 students at Quintin Kynaston achieved A-C grades compared with 158 last year.
“St Augustine’s deserves praise for boosting its overall A-E grades as does Westminster City for improving its A-C grade results.
“There were also some outstanding individual successes at St Marylebone with six students winning places at Oxford and Cambridge.” |
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