GCSE Results 2012 - Wirral Grammar School for Boys

WIRRAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL
A Business & Enterprise School for Boys
EXAMINATION RESULTS 2012
Congratulations to all students who took GCSE and A level Examinations this summer, we are delighted with
your achievements. Our very best wishes for your future academic career.
Top achievement at GCSE!
Congratulations to all of last year’s Year 11 students on your GCSE results this summer. These results are among
the very best of recent years and they are a credit to all of your hard work.
Headline figures
The percentage of pupils gaining five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C this year was 97.4%
The percentage of pupils gaining five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C including both English and
Mathematics was 96.1%
The percentage of pupils gaining five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C including English, Mathematics and
all Science subjects was also 96.1%
18.34% of all grades were A*
48% of all grades were A*, A
77% of all grades were A*, A and B
94% of all grades were A*, A, B and C
97% of students gained at least two Science subjects (A* to C)
The average number of GCSE passes / student was 10
The percentage of pupils who achieved the English Baccalaureate* was 76%
Overall, one third of pupils (34.6%) gained 8 or more A*/A grades including English and Maths.
*The English Baccalaureate is a new measure that indicates the % of pupils who gain at least Grade C in all of
the following subjects: English, Mathematics, one MFL subject, two Science subjects, Geography or History. In
2011 the national figure for the E.Bacc was 17% and Wirral Grammar School was in the top 200 schools with
75%.
Notable individual achievements:
There were notable individual achievements at all levels this year
At the highest grades, 12 pupils gained a minimum of 7A* grades. 20 pupils gained A*/A grades in all of their
subjects and 24 pupils gained A*/A grades in ten or more subjects.

Six pupils: George Anderson, Jawad Qureshi, Oliver Wedgewood, Samuel Molyneux, Daniel Kowalski, Bence
Barton, each gained ten or more A* grades. George Anderson and Jawad Qureshi each gained at least 11 A*
grades.
One student, Jawad Qureshi gained a stunning 14.5 A* grades making him one of the highest achieving
students in recent years.
Congratulations to all pupils and very best wishes for your continued success and future happiness.
Record-breaking results at A Level!
Congratulations to all students who gained their A Level results this summer! The results were a credit to your
hard work and commitment; collectively you set a number of new school records. In fact most of the ‘headline’
figures below are new school records! Very best wishes as you now prepare for the next stage in your career
whether it is University or apprenticeship. We look forward to seeing you at the Certificate Evening at Hulme Hall
in December. Please keep in touch with us in the years ahead and keep us informed of your progress.
In the face of growing national competition for university places it is very pleasing to see our students
performing so well.
Headline Figures
• The pass rate for all A level examinations taken this summer was an incredible 99.8%
• The overall pass rate including General Students which all students took in Year 12 is 98.5% (R)
• 95% gained at least 4 A level passes (R)
• The average number of passes per student was 4.18 (=R)
• The average number of QCA points* per student was the highest ever at 1073.9 (R)
• The average number of UCAS points per student was record breaking 438.4 (R)
• Nearly a third of all grades (31%) were A* or A, (57%) were at top grades A*/A/B and 79% at grades A* to C.
*QCA points refers to the exam board system for numerically calculating the value of grades gained in
subjects.
** UCAS points refers to the University system for numerically calculating the value of grades gained in subjects
and it is this figure and is used by many Universities when making grade offers.

(R) indicates a new school record
Notable individual achievements
Nicholas Harvey and Gareth Mattey both obtained five A* grades. Sean Cavanagh and Usman Hyatt both
achieved four A* grades. A further five students achieved at least two A* grades, including James Lewis who
obtained two A*, four grade A’s and one grade B.
Three students are to take up places at Oxford or Cambridge Universities
• Nicholas Harvey is to read Natural Sciences at Trinity Hall, Cambridge
• Gareth Mattey is to read English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge
• David Field is to read Law at Magdalen College, Oxford
• One student, Luke Cartwright has gained a place at Yale University (USA) to read Earth Sciences
Several students are to take up places at medical and dentistry schools
• Sean Cavanagh : University College, London
• Usman Hyatt : Birmingham
• Sagar Jadeja : Glasgow
• Elliot Jones : Newcastle
• Saad Qureshi : Birmingham
Three more students who left school last year are taking up places at medical and dentistry schools this year
• Matthew Lochead : Bristol
• Islam Ahmed : Liverpool
• Abdullah Ali : Glasgow

Exam results 2012: Congratulations from the School Governors
CONGRATULATIONS to 'Team WGSB' 2012
Well done, to our A Level and GCSE students on your excellent examination performance. This is a testament to
your dedication and hard work and to the commitment of the whole team who make Wirral Grammar such an
outstanding school.
We wish to congratulate and sincerely thank the students, the teaching staff, the Heads of Department, the
Senior Staff, the support staff and not least, all of our supportive parents, for their combined contributions in
producing these excellent results.
The Governing Body can take some solace as this is the first year that these results will be officially recorded
under our status as an academy. Well done everyone. The bar has been set!
On behalf of all Governors at Wirral Grammar School
Bart Edmondson, Chair of Governors
August 2012
© WIRRAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL for BOYS 2012