A week after other schools shared details of GCSE results, Island Innovation Trust release details of GCSE results from Carisbrooke College. In their own words. Ed
The spectacular improvement at Carisbrooke College this academic year will compare favourably with improvement figures at any other school nationally, according to Headteacher, Peter Shaw.
He said
“A lot of people in a lot of places will be sitting up and taking notice of this major step forward for our school. One of our headline figures, the number of students obtaining five GCSEs at A*-C including English and Maths, has surged from below 30% to 54%.
“It really is a remarkable achievement by our fabulous students, a few of whom are Danish Hameed who achieved 5A*s and 5As, Lucy Dayman 5A*s, 3As, 1B and 1C, Felix El Alami 4A*s, 5As and 1B and Shae Brett who got 5A* 4A 1B and of course our wonderful staff.
“School improvement takes time and we have been putting in place a number of developments for a while now to make this happen. I am very, very proud of our hardworking learning community but this must not be a flash in the pan. We need to do this year after year.”
The number of students making better than expected progress in English and Maths this academic year, measured by achievement between Key Stage 2 SATS and Year 11 examinations, has also improved significantly.
“What a year!”
Chair of Governors, Joe Finch, said,
“This is further excellent news. I am really pleased for Pete and his team who quickly put last summer`s performance behind them and worked incredibly hard this year so that student levels of progress in English and Maths, one of the key Ofsted judgements on any school, now approach or exceed National averages.
“Coming out of Special Measures, fighting off closure, now this stunning improvement-what a year!”
