Blatchington Mill head Ashley Harrold has spoken of his pride in the GCSE results achieved by students at his school.
Mr Harrold praised pupils for a set of “superb exam results … with higher pass rates and more top grades achieved by all students”.
The school said: “Blatch students have once again outperformed the national expectations for both attainment and progress.
“In all measures the school is reporting improved outcomes, building on the already high attainment of the past five years.
“The ‘attainment 8’ score, which measures achievement across all subjects, rose from 48 to 52.5 in 2019, an indication of the level of success across all subject areas.”
Last year the highest “attainment 8” score in state schools in a local education area was 58 while the lowest was 35.2.
About 300 students sat their GCSEs at Blatch this year and were expected to have shown more improvement during their time at the school.
Last year the school’s “progress 8” measure was 0.02 – just above the national average.
The measure compares pupils’ achievement at the end of secondary school with the end of primary school.
The estimate from the latest results is a rise to 0.2 although the measure is not formally due to be published until October.
At Blatch, students were celebrating a strong performance in English and maths, with 87 per cent achieving a pass or better in English and 82 per cent doing the same in maths.
The school said: “Both these results represent an increase of 8 percentage points from the previous year.
“On top of this, an impressive 143 students in English achieved the challenging top grades 7 to 9.
“In maths, 73 students received a grade 7 to 9, underlining the high academic standards across the core subjects.”
