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Stunning first set of GCSE results for The City Academy, Hackney Students at The City Academy, Hackney have achieved a set of truly exceptional results. The City Academy, Hackney’s first cohort of students took their GCSE exams this summer; 82% of students achieved five or more A*- C grades (including English and maths), more than 20% above the national average. Since opening in 2009 the academy has achieved two ‘Outstanding’ grades from Ofsted, which were “the first of many important milestones” says Mark Emmerson, Principal of The City Academy, Hackney. “In 2012 we were judged by Ofsted to be ‘Outstanding’ in every category
and this recognition, while welcome, was of course only a judgement on our work as teachers. The most important thing is the actual achievements of our students. In this regard, I am so proud of our first cohort of students; they have led the way from day one. These statistics show the extent of the progress of this year group in their time at the school. In particular the extent and range of A/A* passes and the progress statistics are exceptional.” In addition to the headline figure of five good GCSE grades, 66% of students also achieved the English Baccalaureate (an arguably more rigorous measure of exam results with students obtaining an A*- C grade in English, maths, science,
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geography or history and a modern foreign language). The City Academy, Hackney serves two of the most deprived wards in Hackney; has a high proportion of students from ethnic minority backgrounds with English as a second language; a third of students with special educational needs; and most students join the school with below average levels of attainment - all of which we are led to believe should limit these students’ attainment - and yet the academy’s first cohort achieved English Baccalaureate results more than three times better than the national average.
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