Year 11 students at Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School have celebrated another year of superb results this week.
In the benchmark Progress 8 measure, the school expects to achieve above +0.85. This means that, on average, students have achieved more than four fifths of a grade better than expected in each of their subjects.
56.8% of all grades were at 7-9, up from 56.2% in 2023.
97.5% achieved 5+ grades in English and mathematics, while 99% gained a standard pass in both subjects. The average grade per GCSE course taken by the students was 6.79.
67.6% of all grades in mathematics were at the top 7-9 band, and 55.4% of those in English.
The average grade achieved across the EBacc group of subjects was 6.89.
The Attainment 8 measure, average pupil achievement across 8 qualifications, including English and maths and at least 3 other English Baccalaureate qualifications was 70.16.
Notable individual performances include:
- Leo: 10 grade 9s, 1 grade 8;
- Yusuf: 9 grade 9s, 2 grade 8s;
- Benedict: 9 grade 9s, 2 grade 8s;
- Honore: 10 grade 9s, 2 grade 8s;
- Lewis: 9 grade 9s, 2 grade 8s;
- Louie: 8 grade 9s, 2 grade 8s;
- Travis: 9 grade 9s, 2 grade 8s;
- Nikola: 10 grade 9s, 1 grade 7;
- Melvin: 7 grade 9s, 3 grade 8s;
- Vansh: 7 grade 9s, 4 grade 8;
- James: 9 grade 9s, 1 grade 8, 1 grade 7;
- Faizan: 7 grade 9s, 3 grade 8s, 1 grade 7;
- Erakan: 6 grade 9s, 4 grade 8s, 1 grade 7;
- Ted: 5 grade 9s, 5 grade 8s;
- Rayeed Tahmid: 9 grade 9s, 2 grade 8s, 1 grade 5;
- Laurence: 5 grade 9s, 4 grade 8s, 2 grade 7s; and
- Toby: 5 grade 9s, 3 grade 8s, 2 grade 7s.
Overall, 73 students, nearly 40% of the whole year group, achieved only grades 7-9.
Eliot Hodges, Principal, said
“I’m proud of the successes our students have achieved. I’m particularly delighted that so many gained the top grades because this was a target for us and places our students in a very strong position for sixth form study”
