Following the report from Ryde School on their GCSE results, this in from the council with details of other Island school results. In their own words. Ed
The number of Isle of Wight students achieving the key indicator of five or more A* – C grades at GCSE improved compared with 2010.
Provisional results released by the schools today shows 75.1% of students achieved five or more A* – C grades on the Island. This compares to 70% in 2010 – a rise of 5.1 percentage points which builds on last year’s largest single increase for more than a decade. This will close the gap to the expected national average.
Improvements in Maths and English
The percentage of students achieving five or more A* – C grades including English and Maths also improved from 45.5% in 2010 which represents a rise of almost four percentage points to 49.5%.
Medina High School improved by more than nine percentage points in both key indicators of five or more A* – C grades and five or more A* – C grades including English and Maths, up from 43% to 52.7% and 72% to 84.5% respectively.
Cowes rose 6.8 percentage points in five or more A* – C grades inc English and Maths, rising from 42% to 48.6%.
“Delighted with the increased overall performance”
Welcoming the results, Isle of Wight Council’s Head of Learning and Achievement Roger Edwardson said, “I am delighted with the increased overall performance of our high schools. It is pleasing schools have continued on the good performance from last year. This is the last year of A-level and GCSE results for the Island High Schools which will all be replaced by the new 11-19 Trust schools and the Academies. Christ the King College will also have their first GCSE results next year.
“What is particularly pleasing is that in the key indicator of five or more A* – C grades, we have narrowed the gap to within less than one percentage of last year’s national average.”
“Congratulations to all the students”
Isle of Wight Council Lead member for Children’s Services, Cllr Dawn Cousins said, “I offer my congratulations to all the students, parents and staff who have helped achieve these encouraging results in the last year of the three tier system.
“These results give a good foundation for our new secondary providers to build on from September.
“The new two tier system bodes well for further educational improvement and increased standards as pupils will only change schools once from primary to secondary.”
Advice available from Connexions
Isle of Wight Council’s Education Participation Team (Connexions) provides information, advice and guidance for young people and their parents. Advisers are available on a drop-in basis and can be spoken to by calling into the Connexions Centre, 29 High Street, Newport (tel 525927).
They provide one to one personal guidance interviews to discuss education and training opportunities, including school and college programmes, university, apprenticeships, and work-based learning provision.
They also provide advice and support to help young people find employment and identify current job vacancies. The service is available to all young people aged 13-19 (up to 25 for young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities).
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