Best ever results for Warwickshire pupils
GCSE results in Warwickshire are the best ever according to figures released this week.
The 2010 Key Stage 4 results have revealed that 59 per cent of pupils achieved five or more GCSE grades A*-C or equivalent, including English and maths.
This is a five per cent increase on the previous year, the county’s biggest ever rise.
The figure has risen consistently in recent years. In 2007 fewer than half of all pupils (48%) reached this level, meaning that in the last three years results have risen by 11 per percentage points.
Around 6,000 16-year-olds took national tests and examinations this year, but many did not just take GCSEs. As a result of partnership working between schools, colleges and training providers, increasing numbers gained GCSE equivalent qualifications such as Young Apprenticeships, BTEC and other practical and applied learning qualifications.
Bob Hooper, Head of School Improvement with Warwickshire County Council, said: “These results are the product of more than 11 years of learning by these pupils and teaching by their teachers throughout their primary and secondary school years, and they should all be proud of their success.
“There have been pleasing results across the county, but particularly at Ash Green and Shipston schools.”
There has also been good news in the Key Stage 5 results with the average points score per entry for students taking Level 3 examinations was 718.3 points. This was 2 points higher than last year.
The average points score per student was 212 points, which was about 4 points higher than last year.
This means the average A Level grade moved to just above grade C, and on average students attained the equivalent of just less than three A Level grades C and an AS grade D.
Bob Hooper added: “These results are about much more than A Levels. Last year there were around 14 000 16 to 19 year old students in Warwickshire schools and colleges, and many have gained successful results in a range of vocationally related qualifications, including BTECs and National Vocational qualifications.
“The overall pass rate for A Level subjects was over 99%, but if all Level 3 examinations are taken into account, over 4,000 students gained the equivalent of two or more A Level passes.”