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Article: TEENAGERS CELEBRATE BEST EVER GCSE RESULTS.
- Article from:
- Shields Gazette (South Shields, England)
- Article date:
- August 24, 2007
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ALL the hard work's over - now it's time to celebrate.
And there's plenty for pupils and staff at South Tyneside schools to be happy about as they notched up their best ever GCSE results.
In a first for the borough, six out of 10 pupils sitting the exams gained at least five A* to C passes.
The borough's average pass rate is now 60.78 per cent - an improvement of more than five per cent on last year.
Mike Dillon, head of social inclusion and achievement at South Tyneside Council, said: "Our progress over the past six years has been fantastic - from 42.2 per cent back in 2002 to a cracking 60.78 per cent.
"This is a far better ...