Outstanding Academic Success KEY ACHIEVEMENTS 50% increase in GCSE A* grades Record 52% GCSE grades at A*/A 76% of A Level grades at A*-B 94% of A Level grades at A*-C 100% success rate in GCSE & A Level
A Level 2013
GCSE 2013
The Head Girl and Boy led the A Level results celebrations, together with their two deputies. They celebrated a remarkable 14 A*/A grades between them.
Students celebrated remarkable improvement in their attainment at the very highest level compared with the previous year, with a 50% increase in A* grades. As well as 21% of all GCSEs being awarded A*, a record 52% of grades were at A*/A and a record 30 students achieved at least 9-12 A*/A grades. The outstanding results at New Hall were in contrast to the national picture, where the grades fell overall. Once again New Hall announced a 100% success rate.
Overall, 94% of grades at A Level were at A*-C and 76% of grades at A*-B. Head Boy Daniel Mullens secured an offer to read Classics at Oxford University by achieving 3 A*s in Classical Greek, History and Latin and 2 A grades in Mathematics and Spanish. He secured a further A* grade in his Extended Project, as an independent research initiative. Head Girl Grace Fairbairn achieved 3 A grades in Biology, Mathematics and Music to secure her first choice university to study Midwifery, beating 585 applicants to secure one of only 28 places.
This year, both girls and boys at New Hall have achieved exceptional results in a number of challenging academic subjects, including Sciences and Mathematics; girls have performed particularly well in these areas, usually dominated by boys nationally. GCSE students are now entering the school’s newly relocated and refurbished Sixth Form Centre.
At New Hall the curriculum is distinctive in its breadth and academic rigour. The outstanding results and record numbers achieving A*/A grades are testament to all our students’ hard work and dedication. We look forward to hearing of their future successes. Katherine Jeffrey, Principal
A Level Results 2013 We are proud of all our students and delighted to hear that they have secured places at Oxford University to read Classics, Politics, Philosophy and Economics, as well as at other leading Russell Group universities, such as Edinburgh, Exeter and Queen Mary, University of London, to read competitive subjects including Law, Engineering and Medicine. Katherine Jeffrey, Principal
A Level 2013 Subject
Number of Students
New Hall
National
A*
A
B
C
D
E
Total
A*-E Pass %
A*-B%
A*-B%
Art
3
1
2
0
0
0
6
100%
100%
57.80%
Biology
4
6
3
3
1
0
17
100%
76.47%
52.50%
Business Studies
3
7
10
1
1
0
22
100%
90.91%
42.50%
Chemistry
1
5
4
3
1
0
14
100%
71.43%
60.40%
Chinese
0
10
3
0
0
0
13
100%
100%
79.30%
Classics
0
0
1
3
1
0
5
100%
20.00%
65.40%
Classical Greek
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
100%
100%
79.30%
Critical Thinking
0
3
4
2
1
0
10
100%
70.00%
38.50%
Dance
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
100%
100%
50.00%
Drama
0
0
2
4
0
0
6
100%
33.33%
47.00%
Economics
1
7
6
3
0
0
17
100%
82.35%
61.70%
English Literature
0
1
7
4
1
0
13
100%
61.54%
48.60%
Extended Project
2.5
1.5
0.5
0
0
0
4.5
100%
100%
51.50%
French
0
2
3
0
0
0
5
100%
100%
69.40%
Further Mathematics
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
100%
100%
78.30%
German
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
100%
100%
67.80%
Geography
3
4
11
7
2
0
27
100%
66.67%
58.40%
Government & Politics
2
4
3
5
1
1
16
100%
56.25%
58.50%
History
1
2
5
3
0
0
11
100%
72.73%
56.00%
ICT
4
5
4
0
0
0
13
100%
100%
33.60%
Latin
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
100%
50.00%
65.40%
Mathematics
5
12
10
5
2
0
34
100%
79.41%
64.90%
Music
0
1
2
1
0
0
4
100%
75.00%
41.57%
Photography
0
1
3
1
0
0
5
100%
80.00%
57.80%
Physical Education
0
1
2
3
0
1
7
100%
42.86%
38.20%
Physics
0
0
4
1
1
1
7
100%
57.14%
54.60%
Psychology
1
2
4
2
2
0
11
100%
63.64%
43.30%
Russian
5
1
0
0
0
0
6
100%
100%
79.30%
Spanish
0
2
2
0
0
0
4
100%
100%
66.50%
Theology
2
1
3
0
0
0
6
100%
100%
54.70%
Includes out of age candidates
• 76% of grades at A*-B • 94% of grades at A*-C • Student Heads of School earn 14 A*/A grades between them • 100% success rate • Students win places at Oxbridge to study Classics, Politics, Philosophy and Economics • On average, every A Level grade almost half a grade better than the predicted grades, according to national baseline statistics
GCSE Results 2013 The entire year group should be immensely proud of their achievements. We believe these results are a testament to the success of New Hall’s pioneering ‘Diamond Model’, which provides the benefits of a co-educational environment together with the advantages of girls and boys being taught separately at Key Stage 3 and for GCSE. Katherine Jeffrey, Principal
GCSE 2013 Subject
Number of Students
New Hall New Hall National
A*
A
B
C
D
E
Total
A*-A%
A*-B%
A*-B%
3D Design
3
6
5
4
1
0
19
47%
74%
38%
Art
5
5
8
2
0
0
20
50%
90%
48%
Astronomy
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0%
0%
33%
Biology
13
10
2
0
0
0
25
92%
100%
69%
Chemistry
16
7
2
0
0
0
25
92%
100%
69%
Chinese (iGCSE)
11
0
0
0
0
0
11
100%
100%
n/a
Classical Greek
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
100%
100%
76%
Drama
0
2
8
7
7
0
24
8%
42%
49%
English Language
10
41
37
18
3
0
109
47%
81%
35%
English Literature
7
26
50
17
0
0
100
33%
83%
52%
French
9
11
10
10
7
3
50
40%
60%
44%
Geography
11
24
27
11
3
1
77
45%
81%
47%
German
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
100%
100%
47%
History
21
12
6
2
1
0
42
79%
93%
49%
ICT
0
10
8
2
0
0
20
50%
90%
49%
Italian
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
100%
100%
76%
Latin
5
10
1
1
1
0
18
83%
89%
77%
Mathematics
29
24
28
21
6
3
111
48%
73%
31%
Music
2
7
3
0
0
0
12
75%
100%
58%
Photography
3
4
16
6
0
0
29
24%
79%
79%
Physical Education
2
15
13
5
7
0
42
40%
71%
45%
Physics
11
11
2
1
0
0
25
88%
96%
69%
Russian
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
100%
100%
76%
Spanish
11
16
7
11
8
0
53
51%
64%
48%
Theology
41
52
11
5
1
0
110
85%
95%
53%
Universal Science
6
16
37
24
4
0
87
25%
68%
24%
Universal Science (Ad)
6
21
21
20
2
2
72
38%
67%
35% Includes out of age candidates
• Record 52% of grades at A*/A • Record 21% of grades at A* • 50% increase in A* grades on previous year • Top achievers gain 12 A*/A grades each • 100% success rate • Year 8 student achieves A* in GCSE Mathematics • Record 30 students achieved at least 9 A*/A grades • 23 Distinctions and 1 Merit in Thinking & Reasoning
Gifted & Talented New Hall School has its own Gifted & Talented programme, which is proven to bring exceptional value added at GCSE and A Level. We believe that giftedness can be created and that students’ academic skills can be developed at ever higher levels if they are given intellectual challenges and opportunities to ‘think out of the box’. Through careful use of setting in most subject areas, our most academically gifted students are given the particular encouragement they need to stretch themselves. The outstanding performance of our most academically gifted students, those in the top sets, can be best appreciated by analysing the results of the top third of students in the Year 13 cohort. These are shown in the chart below. A Level A*-B (Co-ed) 99%
88%
Local Grammar School
New Hall Top Third
53%
54%
National Average
Essex Schools Average Based on best available data
Oxbridge
Winning one of the most competitive places at Oxford University, Jan Nedvidek has taken up his place to read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Christ Church. Daniel Mullens, who joined New Hall in Year 7, has also progressed to St Hugh’s College, Oxford, to read Classics. They join other students who have recently secured places at Cambridge University, including Pavel Kohout, who is reading Engineering at Jesus College, Sam Trizuljak, who is reading Economics at St Catherine’s College and Lucy Talbot (New Hall 1998-2010), who is reading Modern Languages at Emmanuel College.
New Hall School vs. National Results The following charts compare New Hall School’s results at GCSE and A Level in 2013 to that of the National Average across all schools. Nationally, results were down, particularly at GCSE; in contrast to the national decline, New Hall saw record numbers of A*/A grades and a remarkable 50% increase in A* grades compared with 2012. A Level 2013
GCSE 2013
New Hall School %
New Hall School %
National %
34.7 27.6
30.6
26.5
24.2
27.6
25.2 21.5
20.6
17.6
18.6
National %
16.7
15.6
14.4 14.9
13.6 7.7
8.1
6.8
6.2
5.2
4.8 0.8
1.1
A*
A
B
C
D
E
A*
A
B
C
D
E