This year the all of the grades are on the new 9-1 scale that England has adopted, on this scale 4 is a ‘pass’, 5 is a ‘good pass’, and 7 is what would have been an A. There are two higher grades than the 7, and only 4.5% of the grades awarded in England this year were 9.
The trend of ever improving results at HCH has continued through these changes with a higher proportion than ever before getting A grades or equivalent. 78% of the GCSE results were 7, 8 or 9 on the new scale (where 7 is an A) and 46% were 8 or 9 (A*). Nationally, only 20.6% of grades were 7 or better and only 11.4% were 8 or 9.
I am delighted to be able to congratulate the Science department on an exceptional set of results, across the department 86% of the Year 11 grades were 7-9, including 100% 7-9 in chemistry, physics and psychology and 100% 8-9 in biology. The Science department has thrived under Abi’s leadership over the last few years and these results are an auspicious start to her role as Head of Teaching & Learning.
93% of English language grades were 7-9 (A*-A) with 71% 8-9 (A* grades). This is particularly impressive when compared to the national statistics where only 13.9% of grades were 7-9 (A*-A) and only 6.6% were 8-9 (A* grades).
100% of the mathematics grades were 6-9 (A*-B) with 86% being 7-9 (A*-A) and 43% 8-9 (A* grades). Nationally, 24.9% were 6-9 (A*-B), 15.9% were 7-9 (A*-A), and only 8.5% 8-9 (A* grades). Both history and art also achieved 100% 6-9 (A*-B).
Languages traditionally dominate the very highest grades and this year is no exception as 64% of the French grades were 9s and 100% of those students who took their GCSE early received a 9. There is competition for this title looming, however, as 50% of psychology grades were also 9s.
The majority of Year 11 achieved 8 or more 7-9/A*-A. With so many excellent results it is difficult to highlight just a few, but particular mentions should go to:
I’m sure you will all join me in congratulating all the students who took GCSE exams this year. We are immensely proud of them and they well deserve these fantastic results.
Whilst the headlines across the country are about falling numbers of A grades, I am delighted to be able to announce that results are still on the rise at HCH. The proportion of A and B grades achieved by our leavers is the highest to date and more than half of the grades were A grades.
More importantly perhaps, nearly all of our students will be going to their first-choice universities. We wish them all well and hope they visit again soon to tell us all about their experiences.
All of the students achieved passing grades in all subjects.
The majority of subjects are celebrating 100% A*-B grades, including all of the languages and humanities subjects. Over 70% of the grades in Mathematics were A*-A, but Economics was the top performing with 100% A*-A.
Congratulations have to go in particular to the following students who achieved straight A*-A grades.