NORLINGTON SCHOOL AND 6TH FORM Wisdom is strength
n Results Special 2017
Happy: Norlington students share their results
Students can be proud of exceptional results NORLINGTON School and 6th Form maintained its position as a top-performing school after impressive results at GCSE and A Level. In just our first year of A Level results, just under a third of pupils have won places at a Russell Group university, ranked the best in the UK. Every student at the school who applied also secured a place at university, including top London institutions such as Kings College and Queen Mary’s. At GCSE, one in four students achieved three or more A and A* grades, despite the national grade average dropping for the first time in five years around the rest of the UK. Overall, 91 per cent of the triple Science students gained A and A* grades, while 97 per cent took home A*-C grades in Graphics. An impressive 72 per cent of students scored between grades 4 to 9, the equivalent of A*-C, in English and Maths, the new government standard for GCSE exams. A huge 83 per cent
of all students achieved A*-C grades in English and 76 per cent scored in the high-grade category for Maths. Almost one-third achieved A* or A. Our budding scientists, lawyers and engineers took their first giant leap towards successful careers with top grades in Maths, Science, Graphics and Languages. This year’s GCSE students were the first to experience the new grading system in English Language, English Literature and Maths, where instead of receiving the traditional A*-G grades, they were marked from 1 to 9 – with 9 being the highest. The new marking system will be phased in for all subjects over the next two years. Executive Principal Mr Hernandez said: “We are very pleased with another year of exceptional GCSE grades. “This builds on several years of outstanding academic performance at Norlington. “This includes 72 per cent of students achieving the new government standard in
English and Maths and one in four achieved three or more A* or A equivalent grades. We are very proud of all of our students. Norlington is a very unique school where a family ethos is the foundation upon which students achieve great things. “Staff and students work tirelessly to achieve the school’s aim: to become the No.1 boys’ school in the country. Our students deserve it.” Head of 6th Form Mr Georgiades said: “It is extremely pleasing to have got 30 per cent of students into Russell Group universities with our very first cohort. This is well above the historic average for the borough of Waltham Forest, which is very encouraging. “We are also pleased that every one of our students who applied will be attending university next year, which means we have delivered on our promise to start these young people on a path to success. Our students are well prepared to take up challenging degrees at top universities including Kings College, SOAS and Queen Mary’s. We wish them well.”
Norlington School newsletter n Results Special 2017