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ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE students were rewarded for their endeavours, receiving a splendid set of GCSE results.
Despite sitting externally-assessed exams for the first time since 2019, candidates improved the percentage of top grades achieved.
A quarter of all exams were awarded a grade 9, up by 8 percent from last year, when teachers awarded grades.
Grades 8 or 9 were obtained in 46 percent of entries, in contrast to 27 percent in 2019, and 68 percent of results received were graded a 7 or higher.
This year, 12 percent of students achieved 8s or higher across the board, with 21 percent achieving 7s and above in all subjects.
This would be the equivalent of straight As in the old grading system.
Candidates performed particularly well in computer science, with everyone achieving a grade 9.
At least 80 percent of pupils achieved grades 7-9 in maths, further maths, geography, art and design, food tech and ICT,
Head Laura Stotesbury said: “I am delighted by these GCSE results which are a testimony to all the hard work that students have put in over the past two years – both in school and when having to learn remotely during the various lockdowns.
“I am thrilled by how many students have chosen to remain at St Joseph’s College to study for their A Levels and by how many new students are joining us in Year 12 this September. With a newly refurbished Sixth Form Centre and cafe, I am sure they will enjoy Sixth Form life and, in a few years, we will be celebrating their A Level results!
She continued by praising the set of results achieved together with last week’s strong A Level performance,
Ms Stotesbury thanked the school’s staff for their efforts and for ‘keeping the young people at the centre of all that we do’.
“When considered alongside our strong set of A Level results last week, it is clear that St Joseph’s College is gaining a reputation for academic success as strong as its excellent pastoral care.
This is thanks to the hard work of our impressive staff who keep the young people at the centre of all that we do.”
