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GCSE results have steadily improved, not just 5 A* to C benchmarks but also the numbers of higher grades including English and Maths. Each year most of the 100 or so Year 13 students leave with their first choice of University. [The actual raw data is on the DCSF performance tables web site, and the schools own web site].
The incorporation of GCSE awards into school league tables, and the setting of targets at school level at above national average levels of attainment, has been criticised. At the time of introduction, the E grade was intended to be equivalent to the CSE grade 4, and so obtainable by a candidate of average/median ability. [ 56 ]
The school performs well in the local and national league tables at GCSE level, and in 2012 over 99% of year 11 Pupils achieved five or more A*–C passes, above the national average. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] As a Roman Catholic school, all pupils are entered for a compulsory GCSE in religious studies as well as English, maths and science.
In 2018 it was ranked joint 1st for its GCSE performance with 100% of its entrants receiving five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C, including the core subjects English and Maths. [ 3 ] In 2019 it was ranked 7th out of 159 secondary schools in its A-Level performance with 91.1% of its entrants in the 2017/18 exams being awarded three A*-C grades.
The unitary authority has not excelled in recent years, but seemed to have elevated marginally in the results league tables. Unfortunately when the exam league tables were reformed (removing modules, and disallowing repeated re-sits) in 2014, to reveal the true extent of GCSE results, [ 2 ] the LEA was fourth from bottom (148th) in England (out ...
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The school received a rating of "Good" in an Ofsted report made in 2023. [2] The Department for Education stated that the academic performance of students at Mossley Hollins was amongst the best in England with the GCSE results in English in 2014 placing them in the top 2% of schools nationally. [3]