2017 GCSE results
This summer the college celebrated another excellent set of GCSE results which were our best ever.
Our Progress 8 score was +0.07 which means that broadly, a student who took 10 GCSEs achieved their target grade in all 10 subjects and a grade better than their target in 1 out of their 10 subjects.
Performance Measure | Result |
Progress 8 Score | +0.07 |
Average Attainment 8 Score per pupil | 53.36 |
Percentage of students achieving a strong pass (grade 5 or above) in GCSE English and Maths | 57% |
Percentage of students achieving a standard pass (grade 4 or above) in GCSE English and Maths | 84% |
Percentage achieving the English Baccalaureate grade 4 or above in English/maths & grade C or above in unreformed subjects | 9% (out of 11% of the cohort) |
Against the ‘old’ accountability measures for schools in 2017 our percentage of students achieving 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and Maths was 82%, and the percentage of students achieving 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C was 86%.
A further breakdown of our results by subject can be viewed below .
(national averages are given in brackets – green shading indicates that the college's results are above the national average in that subject):
9-1 GCSE |
No. of Entries |
%9-7 |
%9-6 |
%9-5 |
%9-4 |
Mathematics |
183 |
24% (19%) |
38% (30%) |
63% (48%) |
88% (69%) |
English Language |
183 |
22% (15%) |
48% (29%) |
67% (48%) |
89% (65%) |
English Literature |
183 |
22% (19%) |
44% (36%) |
71% (55%) |
89% (72%) |
Overall English |
183 |
31% (N/A) |
54% (N/A) |
79% (N/A) |
92% (N/A) |
A*-G GCSE |
No. of Entries |
%A*-A |
%A*-B |
%A*-C |
Biology |
61 |
51% (42%) |
82% (71%) |
97% (90%) |
Chemistry |
19 |
37% (42%) |
68% (70%) |
100% (90%) |
Physics |
42 |
52% (42%) |
79% (70%) |
95% (91%) |
Double Science – Additional |
120 |
18% (9%) |
46% (29%) |
78% (58%) |
Information Technology |
13 |
31% (20%) |
54% (44%) |
85% (67%) |
Business Studies |
61 |
10% (17%) |
33% (40%) |
61% (63%) |
Fine Art |
44 |
27% (23%) |
82% (47%) |
96% (76%) |
Geography |
57 |
21% (24%) |
40% (43%) |
68% (65%) |
History |
96 |
30% (26%) |
52% (46%) |
67% (65%) |
Religious Studies |
62 |
15% (30%) |
47% (53%) |
71% (71%) |
Citizenship |
46 |
33% (15%) |
48% (39%) |
70% (63%) |
Drama |
33 |
52% (23%) |
85% (49%) |
100% (74%) |
French |
35 |
20% (23%) |
40% (42%) |
69% (70%) |
Spanish |
15 |
40% (28%) |
60% (46%) |
73% (71%) |
Music |
16 |
63% (32%) |
100% (56%) |
100% (75%) |
PE |
40 |
45% (19%) |
83% (42%) |
100% (69%) |
Computing |
34 |
9% (21%) |
32% (41%) |
59% (61%) |
Sociology |
73 |
27% (N/A) |
66% (N/A) |
84% (N/A) |
Media Studies |
44 |
32% (16%) |
66% (39%) |
82% (65%) |
Dance |
24 |
21% (23%) |
67% (45%) |
92% (70%) |
D&T Food Technology |
41 |
22% (18%) |
46% (38%) |
66% (61%) |
D&T Textiles Technology |
24 |
42% (18%) |
63% (38%) |
92% (61%) |
D&T Systems and Control |
13 |
8% (18%) |
62% (38%) |
85% (61%) |
D&T Product Design |
15 |
0% (18%) |
13% (38%) |
27% (61%) |
Level 2 Vocational |
No of Entries |
L2 D*-D |
L2 D*-M |
L2 D*-P |
Camb Nat Health & Social Care |
11 |
27% (N/A) |
46% (N/A) |
73% (N/A) |
BTEC Sport |
11 |
18% (N/A) |
46% (N/A) |
82% (N/A) |
BTEC Travel & Tourism |
5 |
0% (N/A) |
40% (N/A) |
100% (N/A) |