Ditcham Pupils Celebrate GCSE Exam Success

100%   5 or more A*- C

87.5%  5 or more A*- C¹

71%  ‘B’ or higher

41%  ‘A/A*’ grades

413 GCSE subjects taken

(¹ includes English, Maths and at least two Science subject.)

Note: These results are currently ‘raw’ and may be amended should any appeals procedures be successful.

Ditcham Park pupils received their GCSE results this week and there were many smiles and celebrations as the School achieved another year of very good results.  Overall, 100% of pupils achieved 5 or more A*-C, passes whilst 87.5% of pupils achieved this including Maths, English and Science. A very pleasing 41% of all the exams taken resulted in the top grades of A*/A, and 71% were B grade or better.

A good number of individuals had outstanding results with 25% of the cohort achieving 8 ‘A’ grades or better in the GCSE subjects that they sat.  Among the many ‘personal best’ achievements this year, 4 pupils achieved at least 11, A*/A grades -special congratulations in this respect go to Ashley Zee, Amy Woodham, Alexander Steven and Billy Trinkwon.

Head Teacher, Mr Andrew Rowley said: - “We are very proud of our students and their many achievements, with a significant number of them exceeding their predictions and expectations; this reflects the close care and support which they receive in our friendly school community. Our intake is not highly selective but pupils are encouraged to aim high in all that they do, both within the classroom and beyond. Apart from academic successes, many of this year group have also achieved silver and bronze awards in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, outstanding grades and levels of performance in music and drama, as well as success in sport and with their leadership skills too. We say goodbye to a fantastic group of young people and as well as missing them we expect to see them continue to be successful with their future studies and many other talents”.

August 2012