Recorder
2018 Exam Special ??????? 20??
Top grades reward for students’ hard work HAGGERSTON School celebrated huge success at both GCSE and A-Level with students exceeding expectations to post top grades. Mayor of Hackney, Philip Glanville, marked 20 years since picking up his own A-Level results by celebrating with our own sixth form students. Cllr Glanville joined students as they tore open the envelopes containing their exam results and it seems the mayor was a good luck charm, as many pupils achieved grades which earned them places at top universities. Just under half of pupils at the school scored grades which will secure places at Russell Group universities, known as the best in the country. An impressive 53 percent of students scored the benchmark A*- B grade – a 16 percent increase on last year’s results –
which was well above the borough average. At GCSE, a fifth of students scored all grade 7s, the equivalent of A* and A, while 10 per cent achieved seven A grade marks or above in their best eight subjects. Co-Head of Sixth Form Ms Eagleton said: “We are delighted with another year of excellent A-Level performance at Haggerston School.” Headteacher Ms Emmerson said: “We have seen some fantastic achievements from students this year, at both A-Level and GCSE. “Students have performed excellently against a backdrop of new, tougher examinations at GCSE and produced some our best-ever results at A-Level. “It is really rewarding to see the results of students’ hard work and the opportunities that lie ahead because they have secured excellent qualifications.”
A-Level EXCELLENCE n 53% of grades awarded were A*- B n 16 percent rise in grades A*- B awarded n 80% of grades at A*- C n 13 out of 16 subject areas have improved from last year n Huge improvement in all STEM subjects
GCSE JUBILATION n New GCSEs: 4% of grades at grade 9 n Almost a fifth (18%) of results all grades 7 and above n 10% of students have 7/A or above in their best eight subjects