Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Protesters have planned a large public demonstration to take place around the school on that date. [3] [4] These plans were overturned on 12 January 2010 by Schools Adjudicator, Canon Richard Lindley. The school is no longer due to close. The GCSE results of 2009 were the best in the school's recent history with 73% of pupils achieving at least ...
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988.
According to Government statistics the school was under achieving in the 2007 GCSE Results, but was ranked in the middle of fellow senior schools in Walsall. The 2009 GCSE results were the school's best ever. Overall 74% of pupils achieved five Grades A*-C at GCSE Level, with 34% achieving five including Maths and English.
The overall rate for grades 1/G or above is the lowest in nearly two decades.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
In 2012 GCSE grades were 66.4% achieving 5+ grades at A* - C grade or equivalent. In 2013 GCSE results increased to a pass rate of 68.4% for pupils gaining 5+ GCSEs at grades A* - C. In 2013, a planned amalgamation of Carrickfergus College with Ulidia College and Downshire School was shelved.
The results for 2010 showed that 79% of students gained at least five grades at A*-C, [12] while 65% obtained five A* to C including maths and English. Nailsea School Sixth Form students also obtained excellent results in 2010. Nailsea School staff described this year's A-level results as 'outstanding' as they beat records set last year. [13]
The centre was extended in 2009/2010 with a bigger private study area and 6 new class rooms, and again in 2015 to include a larger, two-storey private study area. The specialist accommodation includes a sports hall, a gymnasium and 3 squash courts, together with extensive playing fields, flood lit tennis courts and a new full-size synthetic pitch.