Student achievement in English and Maths rises by 5% at THS

Achievement in the government’s new headline measure of students achieving a grade C or above in both English and Maths GCSE rose by 5% from 48% to 53%.  Given that the year group came to us with SATs figures lower than that of the previous year this represents excellent progress.  This rise is particularly pleasing against a backdrop of what appears to be a national decline.

Although it is not possible to know overall progress in the government’s new ‘Progress 8’ measure until they release the data next term, it appears students have once again made good progress across a wide variety of subjects, particularly English and Maths.

Students of all abilities achieved well.  There have been some eye catching results, and we are proud of all the hard work that has been put into achieving them.

As usual, some individuals’ results stand out, and particularly eye catching results include:

• Sophie Blann – 5 A*s and 4 As
• Aimee Langdon – 5 A*s and 4 As
• Martha Dinsdale – 4 A*s and 6 As
• Beth Hookins – A*s and 5 As
• Emma Cox – 3A*s and 6As
• Jake Stoneman – 2A*s and 7As
• James Aplin – 1A*, 4As, 5Bs and 2Cs

And another 5 students achieving several A*/As overall.  My congratulations to them and all our students who worked so hard over the last two years.

The beginning of term will see the start of Sammy Crooks first year as Head of THS.  Having seen the hard work our staff and students in Year 10 have already put in I am confident  that this strong improvement in results will continue in to next year.