August 2017

GIS STUDENTS CELEBRATE OUTSTANDING IGCSE RESULTS!
GIS students have been celebrating their spectacular IGCSE results.
Following the May 2017 examination session, students were delighted to come away with a
string of excellent grades.
In total, students had a 83.5 per cent pass rate. And even more impressively, 88 per cent of
students gained 5 or more passes at IGCSE. A pass is considered to be a grade ‘C’ or higher.
In the UK in 2016, 67 per cent of students achieved grades A*-C for their GCSEs.
Among the star students were Aakheel and Kanokrak (Pop), who both gained 10 passes, including
7 at A or A*. Also celebrating was Erica, who achieved 9 passes, including 7 at A*/A,
while Mara was awarded 8 passes, including 6 A*s and two As. Peeraya (Kam) gained 9
passes, 5 of which were A* and 3 As.
The International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) is run by Cambridge
University and is the world's leading examination for 16-year-olds. GIS is the most
established IGCSE centre in the region. The school's results are regularly far above the global
average.
In addition, several Year 10 students took IGCSE Mathematics a year early, and all passed,
while some Year 9 students took IGCSE English as a Second Language (ESL) – and also
enjoyed a 100 per cent success rate. One IGCSE Mathematics student scored an incredible
99 per cent in his examination.
Mr Beales, Deputy Head of Secondary, officer, said: "These amazing results show the dedication
of both our talented students and our teachers. The IGCSE is a major examination and
we are very proud that GIS has again shown its results are well above average. To have so
many subjects achieve 100 per cent pass rates is remarkable. We are also delighted that so
many of these students have stayed and have now started the IB Diploma Programme.”
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