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HOLME Grange is celebrating another successful year of GCSE results, with excellent outcomes and many attainments in line with or better than last year’s unprecedented results.
Head Pippa Adams praised the year group’s achievements, saying: “I am absolutely delighted to congratulate our Holme Grange pupils on their outstanding GCSE results. “These achievements are a testament not only to their academic ability and hard work, but also to the many ways they have embraced school life beyond the classroom.
“Whether excelling in sport, music, drama or other pursuits, they have shown remarkable determination, creativity and resilience throughout their journey.
“I am incredibly proud of all they have accomplished and of the young people they have become.”
Student Yana Vasilyeva, achieved nine grade 9s (plus a 7 in Further Maths):
“I’m honestly speechless,” she said.
“Seeing all those 9s feels incredible and I’m so excited for the next step in my journey.
“I can’t wait to study the sciences and work towards my dream of a career in medicine and healthcare, where I hope I can make a real difference to people’s lives.”
Holme Grange continues to achieve well above national standards and exceeded last year’s results across core subjects.
This summer pupils accomplished a 100% pass rate in English Literature, 99% in Mathematics, 99% in Combined Science (double award) and 96% in English Language.
In Triple Science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics), pupils achieved 100% grades 9-6. Several other subjects with a 100% pass rate included: Additional Maths, Art, Craft & Design, Business Studies, Food Preparation & Nutrition, French, German, PE, Religious Studies, Russian, and Spanish.
A 100% pass rate was also celebrated in GCSE equivalent qualifications, offering students a more vocational approach to study; BTEC Music and BTEC Animal Care.
George Randall, a top scoring Animal Care candidates, has been awarded a place at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire as a weekly boarder to pursue T Levels in agriculture with a view to farming in Australia after Sixth Form.
“I am over the moon,” he said.
“My teachers here have been really supportive, they’ve given a lot of help and they’ve got me to where I am now; I’m really grateful for that.”
The proportion of top grades remained strong with almost half (47%) of grades awarded at 9– 7 (over double the national average of 22%) and over two thirds (69%) of grades achieving 9-6 (almost double the national average of 35.6).
Value-added scores for the cohort show that on average students improved their baseline grades by +0.44 per subject, indicating that their Holme Grange experience has added almost half a grade per subject to each one of their GCSE results.
Matching 2025’s record results, the school recorded an overall pass rate of 97% of grades 9-4 (against a national average of 67%), with 89% of grades once again at 9–5 (5 is deemed a ‘good pass’, suitable for continued study at A Level). This is against a national picture where GCSE results have dipped for five years running.
For information, visit: holmegrange.org
