Small, rural and miles from the inner city. So what went wrong?

The Independent - London;  May 21, 1997 ;     688 words ......the country, 44.5 per cent of pupils gained five or more GCSEs at grade A...School, Sheffield: 8 per cent of pupils gained five A-C grade GCSEs. Ashburton High, Croydon: 18 per cent of pupils gained five A-C grade. Ingram High...

Omihi number one

The Press;  October 22, 2001 ;     103 words ......their skills in all three subjects were tested. Five of the pupils gained distinction, putting them in the top 10 per cent of all those...University of Otago problem-solving maths competition, four pupils gained excellence and three merit marks. Principal Dave Doak says...

'It's not where we want to be'

Hull Daily Mail (UK);  October 18, 2007 ;     382 words ......released today show 29.8 per cent of pupils gained the Government benchmark of five A...last year, when just 25 per cent of pupils gained the required grades. It is the second...In the East Riding, 50.7 per cent of pupils gained the gold standard benchmark, compared...

What a result in GCSEs!

Derby Evening Telegraph;  August 23, 2007 ;     146 words ......Breadsall Hilltop, are celebrating after 46 per cent of pupils gained five or more A* to C grades. This is up 21 per cent on last...Four years ago, as High View School, only six per cent of pupils gained five or more A* to C grades. This placed the school, which...

'Good, solid progress...'

Derby Evening Telegraph;  December 6, 2007 ;     124 words ......as last year. To the nearest whole number, 75 per cent of pupils gained level four or above in English, compared with 72 per cent...fell to 72 per cent this year. In science, 83 per cent of pupils gained level four or above, the same as in 2006. T Councillor Sara...

Bottom of the class.(News Local)

Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  October 22, 2004 ;     327 words ......pass at GCSE - the highest in the region. Only 40.4pc of pupils gained five or more A* to C grade GCSE - again the lowest in the...also improved by 6pc up to 62.2pc. In Stockton, 45.5pc of pupils gained five or more grades A* to C, 88.5pc achieved five or more...

Team spirit helps school improve Pupils at a school which was threatened...

Grimsby Telegraph;  August 24, 2007 ;     300 words ......improvements in GCSE results at Whitgift School. A total of 36 per cent of pupils gained at least five A*s to Cs - three per cent up on last year. Twenty six per cent of pupils gained at least five A*s to Cs which included English and maths. Headteacher...

DOUBLE DELIGHT!(News)

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  August 27, 2004 ;     314 words ......Rhydywaun, Aberdare, 60 per cent of pupils gained five A* to C grades. Aberdare...on last year and 42 per cent of pupils gained A*-C. At Blaengwawr Comprehensive, Aberaman, 42 per cent of pupils gained 5 A*-C grades, while a three per...

GCSEs are adding up.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  October 18, 2006 ;     42 words ...GCSE results in the most crucial subjects have improved in London this year. Comprehensives in tough areas did as well as those in affluent suburbs in English and maths. Results showed 46.11 per cent of pupils gained five A* to C grades, up from 42.91 per cent in 2005.

A-grade results raise the bar as well as thorny issue of quantity versus...

Derby Evening Telegraph;  August 26, 2008 ;     593 words ......eight A*s and an A for art Several pupils gained 11 A*s at Littleover Community School...in style. At Ockbrook School, 56% of pupils gained A* or A passes in their GCSEs. Of those...were graded A* or A and the top 22 pupils gained 243 A* or A grades. Daniel Keeling...

Eleventh best.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 16, 2004 ;     48 words ......school actually is, League Tables now give an easy comparison for parents of the standards achieved. The latest league tables show 59% of Weatherhead High pupils gained five GCSEs at grades A*-C, placing them 11th out of 24 schools in Wirral.

Head teachers pay tribute to students as schools celebrate latest exam...

Derby Evening Telegraph;  August 24, 2007 ;     535 words ......Anthony Gell School, 57 per cent of pupils gained five A* to C grades and 50 per cent...two per cent. Sixty-seven per cent of pupils gained five or more A* to C grades, with a...performances." EREWASH ALL but two pupils gained five or more A* to C grades at Trent...

YOUR FUTURE: Excellent results again.(Features)

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  August 29, 2002 ;     65 words ......Highclare School in Sutton Road, Erdington are celebrating the amazing success of their GCSE results this year. 100 per cent of pupils gained seven or more passes at grades A* to C, with 38 per cent of these passes being at A* & A grades. Mrs Hanson, the Headmistress...

Fight on failure goes on; EDUCATION NOTEBOOK.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 29, 2003 ;     668 words ......tables showed that only 7 per cent of pupils gained five A* to C grades at GCSE. Many had...did better. Twenty-five per cent of pupils gained five good GCSE grades in 2002, compared...hard work paid off: 25 per cent of pupils gained five good GCSE passes, up from 11 per...

Back to basics to speed up change ; Seven out of 10 pupils in Hull schools...

Hull Daily Mail (UK);  January 10, 2008 ;     448 words ......matches the national average. This year, just 30 per cent of pupils gained the government benchmark five A* to C passes including maths...school was hoping to achieve 30 per cent. A total of 959 pupils gained the benchmark in last summer's exams, 122 more than the previous...