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Congratulations to Year 11 students on their excellent GCSE results. Despite the adversity and disruption caused by COVID, with hard work and determination our young people have achieved the success they deserve. Within the context of reduced grades this year to bring them back into line with 2019, we saw continued strong performance at the top end, with 18% of grades awarded being 7+. Individual subject performance was strong in many areas that will allow students to progress to their chosen destination.

The Year 11 and Sixth Form Teams have worked hard to ensure all of our young people secure a positive destination– including apprenticeships and other Level 3 courses with colleges and training providers. 

It is important to mention that many pupils exceeded their targets – with many by over a grade, which is an outstanding achievement.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of our Sixth Form students from the 2023 cohort!

This year the government have brought results back in line with 2019 outcomes, therefore grades across the country are lower than in the previous two years. In spite of this, our students have continued to perform brilliantly. As a school, we only experienced minor reductions when compared to results last year, with our Year 13 cohort also bucking this national trend by meeting or exceeding our 2019 performance in almost every measure. Most notably, with a 12% increase in A*-B grades and a 19% increase in A*-C grades.

A Levels

This year we celebrate another year of high A*-B grades in both our academic and vocational subject areas. 50% of our student entries achieved an A*-B grade at A level. Our previous validated record for examined entries at A*-B% was 38% in 2019. Our A*-A% rate was also the highest this year at 18% (with the highest validated grades previously being 15%) alongside our A*-C% rate increasing to 80% this year. 

Although we are proud of all of our academic subject areas, particular success were in the following subjects that saw more than 50% of the cohort achieving A*-B: Further Maths, Maths, Photography, Economics, Art, English language and literature, Geography, Politics, History, Business, Psychology and Product Design.

Vocational Subjects

This year saw our best ever results for vocational subjects. 79% of entries for our vocational subjects achieved Distinction*-Merit – this is actually an increase even on last year’s results where the rate was 56%. In addition, an incredible 69% of student entries achieved Distinction*-Distinction, a further improvement on last year when 40% achieved this. These are phenomenal achievements against the backdrop of reducing grades across the country and our students should be incredibly proud of themselves.

A level and GCSE results - 2020

On average, our students made greater progress against their expected attainment. Particular success has come at our higher end where a student’s average attainment was at Grade 8 or above.

We have already enrolled a significant proportion of our students into our Sixth Form and supported all other students with their positive destinations for next academic year.

We have had a significant increase at A*-B% which was inline with expectations based on their success in Year 11.

Please find a link to Compare school and college performance services: Coundon Court - Compare school and college performance data in England - GOV.UK (compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk