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Holly Robinson-Gore (left) and Jacky Sinton-Hewitt from Camden School for Girls |
Schools celebrate best-ever GCSEs
FOUR Camden schools – Hampstead, Haverstock, Acland Burghley and La Swap – achieved their best GCSE results ever last summer.
Camden secondary schools, overall, attained their best GCSE results in six years, government statistics have revealed.
The number of students gaining five or more A*-C grades have risen to 55.9 per cent, up from last year’s figure of 54.7 per cent, according to figures published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Slightly below the national average of 46 per cent, but way above the government floor target of 30 per cent,
Camden school pupils achieved five higher level GCSEs or equivalent in English and maths in 45.6 per cent of cases.
Twenty-one per cent of all exams taken were graded at A or A*.
Not only did Acland Burghley achieve its best results in recorded history, the school also beat the number of high-end grades in English and maths achieved in 2006 – up 7 per cent to 46 per cent.
Second in terms of year-on-year success was Hampstead School – up 6 per cent to 50 per cent.
And La Sainte Union came third with an increase of 4 per cent to 71 per cent.
A total of 97.1 per cent of Camden’s year 11 students gained at least one qualification, just up on last year’s figure of 97 per cent.
Camden also performed better than most schools with similar levels of deprivation and special needs.
The contextual value added (CVA) scores, which track the progress of pupils between leaving primary school and completing their GCSEs, continue to rise above the national average.
Two schools, La Sainte Union and Parliament Hill, received CVA scores in the top 25 per cent of schools nationally. Camden School for Girls was in the in the top 40 per cent.
Pupils at Camden School for Girls continue to score well above the national average for A-levels as well.
Of the 21 schools inspected by Ofsted in 2007, 38 per cent were rated outstanding, 71 per cent good or better and 100 per cent satisfactory or better.
Councillor Andrew Mennear, Camden Council’s Executive Member for Schools, said: “This is another set of extremely good exam results and it’s terrific that last year’s already high standards have been improved upon.
“Camden’s secondary schools and students deserve many congratulations on all they have achieved.” |
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