Exam Results

Our Year 11 boys are celebrating a strong set of GCSE results, the second for the school. The boys have all performed well and the early indications are that the results, when compared with the baseline data gathered from tests in Year 9, will show we have once again added value to the year group. There was a 97% pass rate overall and the key pieces of data that are a cause for celebration are:

• 33% of all grades received by the Year 11 are the top grade (A*/9-8)
• 60% of all grades received by the Year 11 are A*-A/9-7
• 27% of the year received nine or more A*-A/9-7 grades, with five boys gaining 10 A*-A/9-7 grades and one gaining 11 of those top grades
• 75% of our Year 11 boys achieved an A*/9-8 in at least one subject
• There was again success in the core subjects with 77% of all mathematics papers awarded 9-7/A*-A, 66% of English Literature and English Language papers graded A*-A and 73% of Triple Science entries awarded 9-7

In addition to the above, there were three boys who took a GCSE early in Italian and all achieved an A* grade.

There is no doubt that this second set of results has come about through a combination of the boys’ hard work and the support of teaching staff and the parents. The Year 11 pupils are well placed to join the Sixth Form and to build on the foundations of their first three years at Wetherby Senior School.

S. Bolderow