GCSE results from around the region

2:20pm Friday 22nd August 2008

Education reporter HAYDN LEWIS sifts through the GCSE results to find some outstanding success stories.

ALL the months of hard work have paid dividends for thousands of students from across York, North and East Yorkshire collecting their GCSE results.

In schools in York it was a record-breaking year, with 78 per cent of pupils at All Saints RC School achieving five A*- C grades and 62 per cent achieving those grades in English and maths. Head teacher Bill Scriven said: “They represent our best-ever set of results.

“Students of all abilities have achieved outstanding grades and deserve to be proud of their results.”

Peter Cannings, chairman of governors, said: “Congratulations to all the young people, and a big thank you to all the staff and parents for all their hard work and support.”

Across the city at Huntington School the percentage of pupils getting A*-C grades including English and maths was 60 per cent, with 75 per cent of pupils getting A*-C grades.

Head teacher John Tomsett said: “We are very pleased with our GCSE results this year. We have seen Huntington students attain beyond expectations yet again.

“The school is going through a transitional stage and the fact that so many students did so well is testimony to the hard work of our young people and the dedication of Huntington School’s staff.

“Our school’s core purpose is to inspire confident learners who will thrive in a changing world. The vast majority of our students have gained the grades they require to take the next step in the journey towards that ever-changing world.”

Manor CE also received the best set of GCSE results ever, with 89 per cent of students gaining five GCSEs at A*-C. Its head teacher, Brian Crosby, said: “This is the sixth year of improvement and an astonishing achievement.

“Erin Meikle gained ten A* grades, Alex Philips and Helena Schofield gained nine and Rachel Lund gained eight. Jonathan Burr was among the top ten students in the country for science.

“It was a delight to see students who came to the school in the bottom five per cent of students academically gaining eight GCSEs at grade C or above.

“Together with the move to the new school it has been a remarkable a new year.”

Girls at The Mount private School were celebrating maths success, with pupils Carmen Harland and Rebecca Springett each getting ten A* grades at GCSE with outstanding results in maths.

Carmen had 600/600marks over her GCSE Maths modules and Rebecca 599/600 plus 95/100 in additional maths and 98/100 in her first AS module, which she took in Year 11.

Head teacher Diana Gant said: “These results add to our conviction that in girls’ schools girls excel in maths and science. The Mount is certainly bucking the national trend, with the majority of girls going on to study maths and science subjects at A-level.

“We are delighted that our girls have achieved 46 per cent of GCSE grades at A* or A. My congratulations go to the girls who have worked so hard and, of course, their expert teachers.”

Meanwhile, at Easingwold School the students – and a teacher – achieved record GCSE results.

At a time of concern over the national decline in the number of students studying GCSE languages, 92 per cent of students at this specialist language college achieved a GCSE pass in at least one language, 43 per cent at C grade or higher.

This year the results in languages included an A* in Japanese for geography teacher Laura Elsom. Ms Elsom had studied Japanese and taken the exam with the school’s support.

GCSE results from around the region:

All Saints School

Ampleforth College

Archbishop Holgate’s School

Ashville College

Barlby High School

Bootham School

Brayton College

Burnholme Community College

Easingwold School

Fulford School

Harrogate Grammar

Harrogate Ladies College

Huntington School

Joseph Rowntree School

King James’s School

Lady Lumley’s School

Manor School

Millthorpe School

The Mount School

Northallerton College

Queen Margaret’s School

Ripon Grammar School

Ryedale School

St Peter’s School

Scarborough College

Selby High School

The Snaith School

Tadcaster Grammar

Thirsk School

Woldgate College

York High School

York College