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Exam Results 2009

GCSE STATISTICS 2009

 

5 passes A* – C

 

(%)

5 passes A* – C

+ English + Maths

(%)

5 passes A* – C

+ English + Maths

+ Sc. + MFL

7 passes A* – C

 

(%)

7 passes A* – C

+ English + Maths

(%)

Girls

97.1

97.1

76.9

87.5

87.5

Boys

97.1

97.1

72.4

87.6

87.6

Total

97.1

97.1

74.6

87.6

87.6

 
THE G.C.S.E. EXAMINATIONS (last year’s figures in parenthesis)

 

209 pupils

 

97% (94%) of pupils achieved A* to C in 5 or more subjects

 

97% (93%) of pupils achieved A* to C in 5 or more subjects including English, Mathematics and at least two sciences

 

89% (87%) of pupils achieved A* to C in 7 or more subjects

 

65 (61) of the pupils, 31% (30%) of the Form gained 7As or better

 

1 pupil gained 11A*s (Hannah Stewart)

 

1 (0) pupil gained 12 passes at A* or A (Niall Ahern 5A*, 7A)

 

13 (18) pupils gained 11 passes at A* or A (Hannah Stewart 11A*, Rebekah Bingham 10A* 1A, Syatwinda Namubo 9A* 2A, David Martin 8A* 3A, Norman Sinclair 8A* 3A, Melissa Carmichael 6A* 5A, Heather McCord 6A*, 5A, Katie Robinson 6A* 5A, Emma Daly 5A* 6A, Sasha English 5A* 6A, Andrew West 5A* 6A, Rebecca McGrath 3A* 8A, Stephen Trainor 3A* 8A)

 

13 (16) pupils gained 10 passes at A* or A (David Allsop 10A* 1B, Christine McMahon 9A* 1A 1B, Alisha Gergett 8A* 2A 1B, David Gorman 8A* 2A 1B, Niall Darragh 6A* 4A 1B, Nicola Henderson 6A* 4A 1B, Jenna Shiels 6A* 4A 1B, Peter McCullough 5A* 5A 1B, Andrew Forsythe 4A* 6A 1B,Tom Coghlan 3A* 7A 1B,Dean Philpott 2A* 8A 1B, Holly Dawson 3A* 7A, Vincent Rowan 1A* 9A 1C)

 

12 (7) pupils gained 9 passes at A* or A

 

17 (12) pupils gained 8 passes at A* or A

 

Out of 2004 (1905) subject entries 91% (90%) were passes at grades A* to C and 73% (72%) were passed at A* to B.

 

 

THE ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY EXAMINATIONS (last year’s figures in parenthesis)

 

187 pupils

 

66% (64%) of the pupils achieved a minimum of 3Cs or better

 

In 16 (15) subject areas there was a 100% pass rate

 

Of the 712 (737) subject entries, the pass rate was 95%

 

Of all subject entries, 57% (55%) were passed at grades A or B and 74% (75%) were passed at grades A to C

 

74% (70%) of our pupils received the equivalent of 3Cs or better (e.g. passes such as BCD)

 

22% (25%) of the pupils gained at least 3 grade A passes

 

34% (33%) of the pupils gained at lest 2 grade A passes

 

92% (92%) of the pupils gained at least 3 passes

 

100% (99%) of the pupils gained at least 2 passes

 

24 pupils gained 4 grade A passes (Gavin Abernethy, Jennifer Blaney, Cara Booth, Philip Brett, Olivia Burke, Rachael Campbell, Gavin Carmichael, Hannah Clarke, Michael Ford, Olivia Gibson, Hollie Henderson, Jennifer Kyle, Christine Martin, Rebecca McAllister, Jayme McDonald, Rachael Nicholl, Anna O’Neill, Niall O’Neill, Jill Richardson, Alanna Smith, Eve Snounou, Claire Steenson, Shannon Turkington, Jonathan Younge).

 

 

THE ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATIONS (last year’s figures in parenthesis)

 

189 pupils

 

Entries were up 4.8% from last year (590 compared with 563)

 

69% (63%) of the pupils achieved a minimum of 3Cs

 

Out of 590 (563) subject entries, 65% (60%) were passed at grades A and B and 85% (80%) were passed at grades A to C.

 

79% (74%) of the pupils received the equivalent of 3Cs or better (e.g. passes such as BCD)

 

96% (95%) of the pupils gained at least 3 passes and 99% (99%) gained at least 2 passes.  100% (100%) gained at least one pass.

 

Out of 590 (563) subject entries 5 (14) were failed.

 

In 22 (16) subjects there were 100% pass rates (25 different subjects were taken).

 

1 (2) pupil gained 5 grade A passes (Julie Hamilton)

 

11 (16) pupils gained 4 grade A passes (Sian Darrah, Katie Devlin, Angus Dwyer, Nicola Holland, Bronagh Kelly, David Lyons-Ewing, Catherine Marshall, Adrian Mawhinney, Ciaran McCarthy, Glenn Pierce, Jeremy Surgenor).

 

25 (14) pupils gained 3 grade A passes (Louise Bannon, Matthew Beattie, Peter Black, Courtney Boyd, Jessica Buchanan, Jordan Carmichael, Rebecca Cromie, Heather Curry, Megan Duffy, Rebecca Hamil, Leanne Kingston, Stephanie Lyttle, Whitney McAdam, Warren McCue, Lorena McGookin, Paula McMillen, Nicholas Montgomery, Bevan O’Donnell-Anderson, Adele Oates, Katie Shields, Matthew Surgeoner, Sherrie Taylor, Matthew Watson, Kirsty Watters, Sarah Wilson).

 

34% (30%) of pupils achieved a minimum of 2As.

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