Isle of Wight teenagers will be finding out today (Thursday) how well they fared with their 2017 GCSE results.
Updates will be coming in throughout the day from all the schools including Carisbrooke College, Christ the King College, Cowes Enterprise College, Medina College, Ryde Academy, Ryde School and Sandown Bay Academy.
GCSE Results index
- Carisbrooke College and Medina College
- Christ the King College
- Cowes Enterprise College
- Priory School
- Ryde Academy
- Ryde School
- Sandown Bay Academy
New grading system
This will be the first year of new grading system, switching from the A*-U to 9-1.
Not all subjects fall under the new grading system, just English literature, English language and maths. 20 further subjects will switch to the 9 to 1 grading in 2018, and others following in 2019.
Ofqual and the BBC have produced this table which helps to understand the new grading boundaries.
This video explains the changes.
https://youtu.be/pgZYx_fycrM
Live 2017 GCSE results coverage
9:55 – Sandown Bay Academy
This year’s GCSE results for Year 11 students are a reflection of the hard work they have put in, which has resulted in an improvement on a headline measure of 5 A*-C including English and Maths; this figure is an increase of 5% on last year with an overall figure of approximately 42% at this stage.
This improvement is alongside last week’s rise in A Level measures which overall was around 12% improvement on most figures, resulting in students getting their university of choice.
This week, however, is focusing on the GCSE students who have performed well in particular with the new grading and associated course content within Maths and English. Well done to all students who rose to this challenge.
Full details can be found on the official release.
9:58 – Cowes Enterprise College
Year 11 students at Cowes have performed extraordinarily well on the new GCSEs in English and mathematics, with a big clutch of the new – much more challenging top grades. Sixteen students scored at least one Grade 9 (tougher than A*) and two of them managed a double Grade 9 in both English Language and Literature.
At the same time, the year group has exceeded all the former performance measures and, by comparison, are the most successful year in the history of the school to date!
Full details can be found on the official release.
10:26 – Carisbrooke and Medina Colleges
Students at Carisbrooke and Medina Colleges celebrated achieving what Executive Headteacher Peter Shaw described as “a really encouraging set of GCSE results”
“Our students and staff, right across the Island Innovation Federation, have worked incredibly hard for a significant period of time now and the improvement is there for all to see. This year we have seen new examinations as well as a new grading system in English and Maths. In any time of change, it is important not to lose sight of the simple fact that great teaching and committed students will always be key to success and we have plenty of evidence of that here today.
“This is my last GCSE results day in the UK and I am very proud to leave our learning community on such a positive note.
“It is particularly pleasing that we have a large number of students getting very good grades, including many achieving a 9 in English or Maths. That really is an outstanding achievement. We now look forward to seeing many of our students, as well as those from elsewhere on the island, coming to our dedicated Sixth Form Campus in September.
“We already have nearly 280 applications for Year 12 and I`m sure that number will increase following this really encouraging set of GCSE results for both Carisbrooke and Medina College.”
Full details can be found on the official release.
10:58 – Priory School
A year of outstanding results for GCSEs for the 13 students in Y11, 1 in Y10, 1 in Y9, who cover the full range of ability. We have the new 9-1 grades in English & Maths but we have done the official A*- G equivalents and so aggregated the grades to give a consistent overall picture.
120 GCSEs taken with 60% of all Grades A*/A/B
92% of candidates 5 A*-C all subjects
85% of candidates 5 A*-C with Maths, English & Science
100 % A*-C in following 12 subjects
Head teacher, Edmund Matyjaszek, said,
“In the year when the new GCSEs in Maths and English came in, and the new Combined/Triple Science syllabus, to achieve 100% A*-C in English, Maths-Higher/Further, and Triple Sciences is exceptional.
“The focus on the individual student is the hallmark of the approach at Priory School, to help those who need it, and to spur on those who can excel. We congratulate our candidates and tutors on their results.”
Full details can be found on the official release.
11.03: Ryde School
Ryde School is celebrating some excellent GCSE results this year: 24% of entries were awarded A* whilst 91% of our pupils achieved 5 or more A* to C grades including Maths and English. 90% of all entries were awarded a C grade or above whilst 63% secured the requirements for the EBacc (in 2016 24.5% of pupils nationally managed this.)
Over a quarter of Ryde School pupils achieved an average score of 10 A grades or better.
Headmaster Mark Waldron commented,
“These are excellent results that pupils, parents and teachers alike can be proud of. There has been a lot of change to manage over recent years so to have our best results for over a decade at A* is fantastic and behind these excellent top grades are lots of individual stories of personal success. I am especially pleased with our pupils success in the core subjects with over half the grades in Maths and close to two thirds in English being either A* or A and some outstanding results in the sciences – over half the grades in Physics were A* for example.”
Full details can be found on the official release.
12.22: Christ the King College
Where credible comparisons can be made to last year’s results, we are delighted to report another year of improvement. Even in the context of tougher and new exams, English and maths have both improved their performances yet again and early indications from the national figures are that the College has exceeded the national averages on all key measures.
Particularly impressive is that over half of our students achieved at least an A or better (7+ or Dist*) and over a third achieved at least 2 As or better. Another measure with which the College is delighted is the continued increase in the number of students achieving the English Baccalaureate by another 5%, reflecting the commitment and successful drive to achieve highly in modern foreign languages.
Full details can be found on the official release.
12.44: Ryde Academy
59% of students achieved 4+ in English and 57% in Maths. 46% of students got 4+ in English and Maths.
71% of subjects have improved from last year.
Above national average in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Core Science, Dance, French and Health and Social Care.
Joy Ballard, Principal, said
“Our average grade has improved from being a D to a C which we are delighted with and shows that across the school all children are making better progress. Although we are celebrating our results today we know we can do even better.
“We would like to wish all our students all the best for the future and encourage them to continue to #ShineBright.”
Full details can be found on the official release.
Image: Todd Binger under CC BY 2.0
