GCSE results were of an extremely high standard again in 2020 with 95% of all exams achieving a “good pass” or better at the new Grade 5 compared to the national average of 58.2%.
Most impressively, 100% of pupils gained eight or more GCSEs at Grades 9-4. 52% of exam grades were awarded at Grade 7 or above with almost half the cohort securing 5 or more GCSEs at Grades 7-9 – the previous A grade equivalent. Almost a third of all exams were awarded Grades 8 or 9, the latter being the equivalent of an A** to show exceptional performance.
The global lockdown didn’t stop Hydesville pupils excelling and results in specific subject areas this year were exceptional. In the three separate sciences, 85% of grades were 7 or above. In Business Studies, a third of the cohort attained grade 9, and there was high levels of success in Maths, Religious Studies, History, Drama and Spanish, where the majority of pupils secured grade 7 or above.
Read more about our 2020 GCSE results here.
Our 2020 GCSE Highlights
95%
Exams achieving a "strong pass” at Grade 5
(vs. 58.2% National Average)
52%
Grades awarded at 7+ (the previous A grade equivalent)
(vs. 25.5% National Average)
100%
Gained 8 or more GCSEs (at grade 4 or above)
Exam results are one important measure of a school’s performance and we are proud to report consistently top notch grades.
Hydesville Tower Senior School was ranked as the third highest achieving Secondary School in the borough in the 2019 GCSE league tables published by the Department for Education. The league tables show that the school’s Attainment 8 score – which gauges achievement across eight qualifications including English and Mathematics – far exceeds the national average.
Although extremely proud of our position in the GCSE performance tables, there is another measure which is of greater importance to us; the amount of progress each child makes. ‘Value added’ is a measure of the progress pupils make between different stages of their education; if pupils perform beyond expectations this is reflected in a high ‘value added’ score. The Senior School is within the top three per cent nationally when it comes to adding value to a child’s level of attainment.
