Vol 6 Issue 1.pub - Highcliffe School
Vol 6 Issue 1.pub - Highcliffe School
Vol 6 Issue 1.pub - Highcliffe School
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Headteacher, Judith Potts<br />
said; “we are absolutely<br />
delighted with<br />
these results<br />
and in the<br />
knowledge<br />
that students<br />
have secured<br />
their university<br />
places. Perhaps<br />
even<br />
more importantly<br />
students gained on<br />
average 1 grade or higher<br />
than their target grade<br />
based on their GCSE results”<br />
Top achieving students<br />
with straight A grades<br />
include<br />
Lucy Emmett in Biology,<br />
Chemistry, French, Spanish<br />
(and Mathematics at<br />
AS Level)<br />
Bethany Gower in English<br />
Literature,<br />
French, Religious<br />
Studies<br />
and Spanish<br />
Sian Owen in<br />
French, Psychlogy<br />
and<br />
Spanish<br />
Sam Quirke<br />
in Computing,<br />
English Literature<br />
and Photography<br />
(and Business Studies at<br />
AS Level)<br />
Some Statistics<br />
Overall pass rate is over<br />
98% for all A level courses<br />
Nearly 45% of all grades<br />
are at A or B.<br />
2/3rds of all results were<br />
top grades of A, B or C.<br />
This shows a continuing<br />
upward trend in results in<br />
line with a year of improvement<br />
in the achievement<br />
of our students. Most<br />
importantly the vast ma-<br />
jority of students achieve<br />
their target grade or<br />
above. “We are proud of<br />
our students<br />
at<br />
<strong>Highcliffe</strong><br />
and across<br />
the Christchurch<br />
Sixth Form<br />
as a<br />
whole”,<br />
says Anna<br />
Karanja, Director of Sixth<br />
Form.<br />
Headteacher, Judith<br />
Potts and the<br />
Sixth Form team<br />
say, “We are absolutely<br />
delighted<br />
with these results.<br />
They confirm<br />
our position<br />
as a key provider<br />
of high quality Sixth Form<br />
education in the region.<br />
They are a testimony to<br />
the excellentstandard<br />
in the<br />
Sixth Form<br />
at <strong>Highcliffe</strong><br />
and build<br />
on the successfulOfsted<br />
report<br />
from 2004.<br />
Our prestigious<br />
double specialist<br />
status in languages and<br />
science with<br />
mathematics is<br />
providing a high<br />
quality of education<br />
across all<br />
subjects in the<br />
school.”<br />
“Given the perennial<br />
debate<br />
about the value<br />
of A level grades we must<br />
not lose sight that students<br />
give their all to achieve<br />
their very best. We are<br />
proud of their ambitions as<br />
well as their achievements<br />
as they seek to go on to<br />
higher education or employment.”<br />
“All students who are<br />
seeking university places<br />
this year as a first choice<br />
have been successful. This<br />
is a tribute to the students,<br />
their parents and the<br />
teachers who work closely<br />
in the Sixth Form to bring<br />
about this level of success.<br />
This has<br />
been a<br />
tremendously<br />
stressful<br />
time for<br />
all students<br />
and<br />
we must<br />
give<br />
them<br />
credit for their achievements<br />
and not shortchange<br />
them. These results<br />
reflect a similar success<br />
story with our partners<br />
in the Christchurch<br />
Sixth Form”.<br />
Nick O’Connor<br />
Deputy Headteacher<br />
Press Release<br />
GCSE Examination Results<br />
Following on from the<br />
school’s<br />
recordbreaking<br />
KS3 and<br />
GCE performance<br />
the GCSE<br />
results<br />
day was<br />
another<br />
pleasant<br />
experience for the students<br />
at <strong>Highcliffe</strong>.<br />
The overall pass rate is<br />
68% for 5 or more A*-C<br />
H2U, <strong>Vol</strong> 6 <strong>Issue</strong> 1 - September 2006 Page 2
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