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GCSE Success at St Ignatius College

25 August 2018

CONGRATULATIONS to students at St Ignatius College on achieving superb GCSE results this summer when nearly all qualifications were reformed and reported on the new scale 1-9. We are delighted with students’ achievements:

  • 73% achieved grade 4 and above in both English and Maths
  • 50% achieved grade 5 and above in both English and Maths

English

  • 81% achieved grade 4- 9
  • 68% achieved grade 5- 9

Maths

  • 77% achieved grade 4- 9
  • 54% achieved grade 5- 9

We are especially pleased with the number of higher grades across a range of subjects.

Students achieved grades 7-9 as follows: Physics (57%), Biology (37%), Chemistry (37%), Music (30%), PE (27%), Maths (24%).

We are very proud of each individual child and their own personal achievements. Today was a day to celebrate the hard work and commitment of students and staff. There were some superb individual performances with one student achieving 6 grade 9, and other students achieving all grade 7 - 9.

We are exceptionally proud of the support and pastoral care that students receive and of our partnership with parents. The Headteacher Mary O’Keeffe, said “I am delighted that so many individual pupils have achieved outstanding personal performance. I congratulate them and I thank all the staff who have worked tirelessly to make this possible. Above all, I thank our parents for their continued support of their sons, our pupils. It is only in working in partnership that we achieve such success.”

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