Hydesville Tower continues to lead as one of Walsall’s top performing non-selective school achieving way above national average pass rate and 45% of all grades achieved at GCSE at 7-9 (A, A*, A** equivalent)

Students in year 11 are enjoying excellent GCSE results. The abundance of 9, 8 and 7 grades this year (equivalent to A* and A) at Hydesville Tower School, which is renowned for not only its academic rigour but also for offering exceptional pastoral care and the range of extracurricular activities, is a testament to the wonderful teaching and learning environment on offer.

The headlines in brief are:

• 45% of GCSE entries at Hydesville Tower School have been awarded the most sought after 9, 8 and 7 grades (A*/A equivalent)
• 75% of grades achieved were 9 to 6 (A*- B equivalent)
• Over a third of the cohort were awarded grades 9-7 in nine or more subjects
• 100% pass rate at Biology, Chemistry, Physics and English Language GCSE

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 is consistently ranked as the third highest achieving Secondary School in the borough in the 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.