Varndean School has reported above average progress with its proportion of good GCSE results rising 10 percentage points to 58 per cent compared with last year.
Results are good, according to the government’s benchmark, when pupils achieve five GCSE passes at A* to C including maths and English.
The school said: “There has been a substantial increase in the amount of progress that students make, especially those making four and five levels of progress – well above the national average.
“In many significant categories, Varndean’s results this year have been the best ever – and continue the upward trend in the school’s results that we have seen over the last five years.”
The highlights include
- 67.5 per cent of students entered achieved the EBacc qualification – the school’s best ever result.
- More than a quarter of all GCSE results are A* or A (26 per cent) and nearly half of all grades were A* to B (47 per cent). This also represents the schools best ever result.
- 139 students achieved at least eight passes graded A* to C.
Individual highlights include a quarter of all students achieving at least five passes at A* or A. Among the outstanding performances are those of
- Amit Balter, who achieved 14 passes including nine A* and four A grades.
- Isabella Lambert, who achieved 12 passes all at A* or A grade including an A grade for additional maths. Her results also represent one of the highest levels of progress achieved by any student.
- Miri Smith, Barney Rudkins-Stow, Isabella Ricca-McCarthy, Rabiah Neerahoo, Eleanor Kubiak, Esther Cardona Senker and Tessa Bate, who each achieved 11 passes, all of which were graded A or A*.
Outstanding progress was also made by Rebecca Hong, Sahiba Zaryali, Murad Ali, Finn Larkin, Lydia McDonnell and Ruby Bambrick-Gunn.
Each student’s value-added scores show a significant amount of progress made throughout key stages 3 and 4 while at Varndean School.
Head teacher William Deighan said: “The results this year have been fantastic and in many aspects represent the highest ever results for the school.
“We are thrilled for the students and for their teachers, who have worked so hard to achieve these outcomes.
“The work we do within the citywide Secondary School Partnership (SSP) and Challenge Partners continues to be a positive force in raising standards at Varndean School and across Brighton and Hove.”
