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Posted on September 6th 2011
Exam results 2011 - our best ever
Students at HGAED are celebrating remarkable achievements in the 2011GCSE and A level results, announced last month.
66 per cent of Year 11 students achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and Maths, compared to 49% last year – well above the national average (54%).
The total percentage of students achieving 5 or more grades A*-C grades also rose to 96%.
‘We are delighted with these results, which show what hard work and excellent teaching can enable students to achieve,’ said Principal Jane Fletcher.
Students with the highest number of passes included Adebola Adewuyi, who achieved 20 GCSE passes; Jessica Hoang, who passed with flying grades in 18 subjects; and Huriya Nazari, whose haul of 17 GCSEs included Dutch and Statistics.
Year on year progress
Students achieving 5 or more A*-C grades including English and Maths GCSE
2009 – 38%
2010 – 49%
2011 – 66%
GCSE high-fliers
Successes across the board including Astronomy, Business Studies, Chinese, Dutch, Geography, History and Statistics, as well as the essential core subjects of English, Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
‘These are excellent results, a huge increase on last year,’ said Chris Brown, Head of English. ‘It took lots of hard work. I’m really delighted by how well the students have done.’
Top results were recorded by Jessica Hoang, who achieved 4 A*s and 11As among her 18 GCSEs.
Other special mentions to:
- Adebola (4A* 12B)
- Brighid (6A* 4A)
- Huriya (5A* 8A 1B)
- Jessica (4A* 10A)
- Julia (7A 4B)
- Lara (3A* 7A 2B)
- Nadia (3A* 10A)
- Patrice (5A 5B)
- Quynh (2A 10B)
- Ramatu (8A 1B)
- Yashimabet (4A 4B)
- Yasmin (6A 3B)
A level success
Our 2011 A level results were also impressive for the second year in a row. 93 per cent of students achieved grades A-C, compared to 89% last year.
The average grade was between A and B with nearly 62% of passes being at A grade or equivalent. Almost three quarters of exams taken were passed with either A or B grades or equivalent.
‘These results speak for themselves,’ said Head of Post 16 Chris Everitt. ‘Our students will now be embarking on university courses of their choice on the strength of these results.’
Year 13 results (A level) in detail
- A-C grades 93%
- A-E grades 100%
- %A or A equivalent grades 61.9%
- % of grades at A-B
- or equivalent grades 74.6%
- APS per entry 251.4
- APS per student 811.36
